Comments on: Top 12 Dystopian Novels

By: Peter Dash

Peter Dash — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:53:38 +0000

Try ZUrabia, http://www.Zurabia-PeterDash.com. A post 2008 financial meltdown novel. A novel with a financial dystopian background where for example, the very wealthy send all of their gold and cash to tax havens. With Wall Street bankers working with terrorists to atom bomb western cities while they short the stock markets in them at the same time and make huge amounts of money through all of this destruction.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:05:32 +0000

“We also have pervasive, terrible influence of religion in society”

Despite the fact that believers give more to secular charities than non-believers do? Despite the fact that religious followers are more likely than the non-religious to donate money and time?

http://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/6577

Better get your facts straight. There are people who do terrible things in the name of religion. So what? People can do terrible things in the name of anything. If anything, the facts show that religion has an overall more positive influence on society than negative.

By: Pharmc278

Pharmc278 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:05:51 +0000

Very nice site!

By: What is a Dystopian Novel? « Fancy Oatmeal

What is a Dystopian Novel? « Fancy Oatmeal — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:26:24 +0000

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By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:23:27 +0000

Reblogged this on Fancy Oatmeal and commented: I am obsessed with Dystopian Novels! This is an amazing list of books that I need to add to my Kindle ASAP!

By: H

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:09:36 +0000

I read The Running Man on the basis of this review. I don’t think I have ever read a more *****ist book. The author’s (Stephen King’s) searing misogyny nearly stripped the flesh from my poor female bones. Not a single female character is anything but helpless, useless, a mother or a *****. Not to mention racist – the “n” word appears several times. If anything, the most interesting thing about reading this novel was realising how far we have come in the 3 decades since it was published. The writer’s attitudes are positively neaderthal by today’s attitudes. I guess affirmative action and all the equal rights campaigning have improved our world, because there’s no way this appalling piece of writing would make it into print these days – and that’s a good thing.

By: Helen

Helen — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:02:44 +0000

The Hunger Games was not yet published when this post was written! But now that it has been published, I totally agree with you that it should be on this list.

By: I'mSafe&Sound

I'mSafe&Sound — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:55:59 +0000

Umm hello? Where is The Hunger Games? Gosh…

By: ruby

ruby — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:49:57 +0000

the book Uglies by Scott Westerfield I think would also be a good dystopian novel. Also the Hunger Games could be considered to have a bit of dystopia in it.

By: Chris Jones

Chris Jones — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:53:26 +0000

Very Good List. I would have had Stephen King’s “The Stand” in place of “Lord of the Flies” though. I guess they’re both kind of questionable but I’m a huge fan of “The Stand”. Again, great list!