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Classic Dystopian Societies
Giver, the (Readers Circle (Paperback))Giver, the (Readers Circle (Paperback)) by Lois Lowry
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The classic dystopian novel for kids. Everyone and everything is gentically engenierred to SAMENESS. Once when you finish this book, read Gathering Blue and The Messanger by the same author.
Fahrenheit 451: The Temperature at Which Book Paper Catches Fire, and BurnsFahrenheit 451: The Temperature at Which Book Paper Catches Fire, and Burns by Ray Bradbury
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Dystopia that tells what will happen when we all stop reading and the government starts burning books becuase society makes reading queer. Seems suprisingly real distipe that fact that it is fiction.
Brave New World (Perennial Classics)Brave New World (Perennial Classics) by Aldous Huxley
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The greatest dystopian novel of all. The society is addicted to sex and drugs and people are created in factories. A strict caste system is in place based on how they were born in the factory.
Brave New World Revisited (Perennial Classics)Brave New World Revisited (Perennial Classics) by Aldous Huxley
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Huxley's thoughts on his book Brave New World in essay form. He says how the world seems to be going towards his fictionous society.
1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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A terrifing warning on how Orwell thins that the world will turn out in 1984 will the rise of communism and facism. Remember the phrase Big Brother is Watching You.
Animal Farm (Signet Classics)Animal Farm (Signet Classics) by George Orwell
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A great fable about communism. Riddled with symbolism. For example, the windmill represents the five-year plan and Snowball represents Trolsky.
WeWe by Zamyatin Yeugeny
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Communism at its greatest point. In order for the community to exceed and prosper, it must unite. To do this, they bann the word I because it seems that it makes the community go backwards.
A Clockwork Orange (Norton Paperback Fiction)A Clockwork Orange (Norton Paperback Fiction) by A Burgess
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Makes a point that humans cannot be fully manipulated and a search of morality. The protagonist is a criminal who is tried to become a respectable member of society. *Note: Get the British version.
The Handmaid's TaleThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
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Tells the horrors of a lawful good society. After a great war, the population is decimated and the womens status is lowered and their point is to produce more children for Gaea.
Lord of the FliesLord of the Flies by William Golding
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People who like anarchy should read this book. It says that when people who can do anything they want, they turn towards savage ways. The book takes place on a remote island with no adults, but kids.
Anthem: 50th AnniversaryAnthem: 50th Anniversary by Ayn Rand
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Attacks socialism in general and is by the highly capitalist author.