Little Brother by Cory Doctorow. For the Win by Cory Doctorow. Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. OK, I made that genre name up all by myself. “Techno-thriller” and “genre-busting” are the terms I’ve most often seen applied to these novels. The thing I like about these books is definitely …
Category Archive: Dystopian Fiction
Jan 22
UnWholly by Neal Shusterman
A sequel to Shusterman’s best-selling Unwind. I think publishers probably talked him into making it a trilogy in light of the success of The Hunger Games and other dystopian fiction series. It was a good move for all concerned, whoever had the idea. UnWholly begins where Unwind left off: Connor and Risa are leaders at …
Oct 24
Crossed by Ally Condie
I read Matched, the first book in this planned trilogy, in 2011, and I had this to say about it: “Matched by Ally Condie. There’s not so much action and adventure in this book, but more romance and thoughtful commentary on the pros and cons of a ‘safe’ society bought with the price of complete …
Aug 26
The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi
The Drowned Cities is a companion novel to Mr. Bacigalupi’s award-winning dystopian novel Ship Breaker. Both stories take place in the same nasty, war-torn world: “a world destroyed and reconfigured by climate change and the greed of oil hungry corporations and industries. By the time the story opens, oil is an extremely scarce commodity, and …
Jun 24
The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers
The Testament of Jessie Lamb is a book about teen rebellion and the end of the world, and it was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2011. The London Daily Mail called it “a wonderful evocation of teenage confusion, passion, and idealism.” I was not impressed. Ms. Rogers says in a note in the …
May 04
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Dystopian fiction. Matt Alacron was not born; he was harvested. He’s a clone with DNA from El Patron, druglord of a country between Mexico and the U.S. called Opium, where other clones called “eejits” work the poppy fields in mindless obedience and slavery. But Matt is different; El Patron wanted Matt to retain his intelligence …
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