Comments on: Top 12 Dystopian Novels

By: A Story Starter « Just Nous

A Story Starter « Just Nous — Sat, 26 May 2012 04:49:48 +0000

[...] am sure there is the ripened seed of a a dystopian novel here. Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:LikeBe the first to like this post. Leave a [...]

By: KuntHuh4

KuntHuh4 — Sat, 12 May 2012 00:07:59 +0000

Too bad Idiocracy wasn’t a novel.

By: Esta Semana (2012/18) – Pingo Doce, ASAE levanta Crista(s); Brasil/Portugal, e os piratas somos nós? FBI cria terroristas; Mozilla e Firefox atacam #CISPA; microsoft/Skype usa GNU/Linux « O Vigia

Fri, 04 May 2012 15:10:18 +0000

[...] In 1912 Predicts Global Collapse In 2013 ; aqui em versão audio e texto e por falar em livros, Top 12 Dystopian Novels; Neil deGrasse Tyson Lists 8 (Free) Books Every Intelligent Person Should [...]

By: goober

goober — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:51:25 +0000

Where’s the great WE; the father of brave new world and 1984.
Where’s Anthem.

By: Name

Name — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:33:25 +0000

My thoughts exactly on Zamyatin’s “We.” As good as Fahrenheit 451 is, it did not do nearly as much for the dystopian genre as “We.” The toss-up for number 1 should be between “A Brave New World” and “We” because they were the earliest recognized dystopian novels and they were written, to the best of my knowledge, independently (Huxley wasn’t aware of Zamyatin’s work when writing BNW).

By: Defi

Defi — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:17:17 +0000

There isn’t really much vclienoe that would scare aa0lot of the elementary students. There is no ***** or nudity, that website doesn’t know what they are saying. Ia0am in the middle school and I’m in 8th grade. There is no way Ia0would have been able to see that movie if there was ***** and nudity in it. Ia0understand your concern but it’s not that bad once you see it. The book is way more inappropriate then thea0movie.

By: Kakoli

Kakoli — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:58:32 +0000

Thanks so much for your thoughts and rnfteclioes Mr. Jim.Ia0appreciate this comment verya0much. We just had aa0friend, professor from Berkeley, visiting this weekend and we engaged in aa0long conversation (last night) on the problems with primary age/lower elementary kids watching the popular cable shows targeted for teens (i.e., icarly, phineas and Ferb, Shake it up), which are shaping and norming kid’s ideas of how siblings and friends, across genders, can and should behave. The influence it has in norming language like “butt head”, “wedgies”, idiot, stupid, etc. and the influence they have in norming teasing, cruel jokes, and the obsession of young (very young) boys on the older teenage girl, just to name aa0few, should be of concern to us as parents also. Antonio and Ia0were called to task– to sit and watch these shows for ourselves to determine if we think their content is appropriate for our young kids toa0watch.I think your invitation to research the content and appropriateness of this film can (and should) be extended to what our kids watch on TVa0also.Best,Rosalee(Kinan, Hyazna and Kuyuchik’s mom) p.s.Small fact:Violence on TV has increased by 75% from 1995–2005 (Kimmel, 2011).

By: display booths for trade shows

display booths for trade shows — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:47:49 +0000

Howdy very cool site!! Man .. Excellent .. Wonderful .. I will bookmark your web site and take the feeds also?I’m glad to find so many helpful info here in the publish, we’d like work out extra techniques in this regard, thanks for sharing. . . . . .

By: Evolution420

Evolution420 — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:29:46 +0000

Brave New World is pure genius. Huxley was way ahead of his time.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:04:03 +0000

First, that to say that every true believer or person involved with religion is bad or fits the same mold would be a mistake, however, organized religion viewed as a whole is extremely problematic to almost every culture on Earth. It sponsors extremism and elitism across the board, and an us vs. them mentality. In the U.S., the religious right spreads disinformation, abhors education, and is a constant barrier to developmental science. It causes more of the problems we face today from the environmental to foreign policy, than it does positively keeping a select group of people from fearing their own mortality. There are many people that identify as religious followers, pointed out in your link, that do so for only family or traditional reasons. These people barely if at all practice religion. In the PC world we live in, anyone bringing up that they question religion’s sensibilities faces being ostracized by their family and communities, so that many would rather not rock the boat. Your point really proves nothing as many atheists have been some of the world’s largest philanthropists it’s ever seen. If a dystopia ever comes to pass, then I’m afraid it will be at the hands of mankind’s inability to mature and embrace an educated future filled with open thinkers. It’s the 21st century and it’s time we act like it.