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This is a list of dystopian literature. Dystopia is the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being utopian. Dystopian societies feature different kinds of repressive social control systems, various forms of active and passive coercion. Ideas and works about dystopian societies often explore the concept of humans abusing technology and humans individually and collectively coping, or not being able to properly cope with technology that has progressed far more rapidly than humanity's spiritual evolution. Dystopian societies are often imagined as police states, with unlimited power over the citizens.

[edit] 19th century

A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation, in the Year of Our Lord, 19-- (1835) by Oliver Bolokitten^[1]
The Republic of the Future (1887) by Anna Bowman Dodd^[2]
Caesar's Column (1890) by Ignatius L. Donnelly^[3]
Pictures of the Socialistic Future (1890) by Eugen Richter^[4]
The Time Machine (1895) by H. G. Wells^[5]
When The Sleeper Wakes (1899) by H. G. Wells^[6]

[edit] 20th century

[edit] 21st century

[edit] 2000s

Noughts and Crosses (2001) by Malorie Blackman^[34]
Feed (2002) by M. T. Anderson^[35]
The House of the Scorpion (2002) by Nancy Farmer
Jennifer Government (2003) by Max Barry
The City of Ember (2003) by Jeanne DuPrau
Oryx and Crake (2003) by Margaret Atwood^[36]
Manna (2003) by Marshall Brain^[37]^{[non-primary source needed]}
Knife edge (2004) by Malorie Blackman^[38]
The Bar Code Tattoo (2004) by Suzanne Weyn^[39]^{[unreliable source?]}
Cloud Atlas (2004) by David Mitchell^[40]
Checkmate (2005) by Malorie Blackman^[41]
Divided Kingdom (2005) by Rupert Thomson^[42]
Never Let Me Go (2005) by Kazuo Ishiguro^[43]^{[not specific enough to verify]}
Uglies (2005) by Scott Westerfeld
Pretties (2005) by Scott Westerfeld
Specials (2006) by Scott Westerfeld
Armageddon's Children (2006) by Terry Brooks^[5]
Bar Code Rebellion (2006) by Suzanne Weyn^[39]^{[unreliable source?]}
The Book of Dave (2006) by Will Self^[44]^{[not specific enough to verify]}
Day of the Oprichnik (День Опричника) (2006) by Vladimir Sorokin^[45]^{[unreliable source?]}
Genesis (2006) by Bernard Beckett^[46]^{[unreliable source?]}
The Pesthouse (2007) by Jim Crace^[47]^{[not specific enough to verify]}
Extras (2007) by Scott Westerfeld
The Host (2008) by Stephenie Meyer^[48]^{[non-primary source needed]}
Double Cross (2008) by Malorie Blackman^[49]
The Hunger Games (2008) by Suzanne Collins^[50]^{[non-primary source needed]}
The Forest of Hands and Teeth (2009) by Carrie Ryan^[51]
The Maze Runner (2009) by James Dashner^[52]^{[non-primary source needed]}
The Year of the Flood (2009) by Margaret Atwood^[53]^{[non-primary source needed]}
Shades of Grey (2009) by Jasper Fforde
Catching Fire (2009) by Suzanne Collins

[edit] 2010s

The Envy Chronicles (2010) by Joss Ware^{[citation needed]}
Matched (2010) by Ally Condie^[54]^{[non-primary source needed]}
Monsters of Men (2010) by Patrick Ness^{[citation needed]}
Mockingjay (2010) by Suzanne Collins^{[citation needed]}
Rondo (2010) by John Maher^{[citation needed]}
Delirium (2010) by Lauren Oliver^[55]^{[non-primary source needed]}
Super Sad True Love Story (2010) by Gary Shteyngart
The Scorch Trials (2010) by James Dashner
Wither (2011) by Lauren DeStefano
Across The Universe (2011) by Beth Revis^[56]^{[non-primary source needed]}
Shadow Children (1998-2006 series) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Divergent (2011 - Trilogy) by Veronica Roth
Crossed (2011) by Ally Condie^[57]^{[non-primary source needed]}
Shatter Me (2011 - Trilogy) by Tahereh Mafi
XVI (2011) by Julia Karr
The Death Cure (2011 - Trilogy) by James Dashner
Blood Red Road (2011 - Trilogy) by Moira Young

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ Kennedy, Randall (2003). Interracial Intimacies. New York: Pantheon. p. 134. ISBN 9780375402555.
^ Jean Pfaelzer (1984). The Utopian Novel in America 1886–1896: The Politics of Form. Pittsbrugh, University of Pittsburgh Press; pp. 81-6.
^ Pfaelzer, pp. 120-40.
^ http://mises.org/books/socialisticfuture_richter.pdf
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Top 12 Dystopian Novels". http://listverse.com/2008/03/12/top-12-dystopian-novels.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x Stableford, Brian (1993). "Dystopias". In John Clute & Peter Nicholls (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2nd edition ed.). Orbit, London. pp. 360–362. ISBN 1-85723-124-4.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Tom Moylan, Raffaella Baccolini (2003). Dark horizons: science fiction and the dystopian imagination. Taylor and Francis Books. ISBN 0-415-96613-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=8N51QpEDEfoC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
^ ^a ^b MacDonald, Nathan. "Journeys to the Future: My Greatest Hope and Greatest Fear - The Invention of a Time Machine". Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/kosmos-cover-story-92-2.html. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
^ ^a ^b Gunn, James (2002). The Road to Science Fiction: Volume 2 - From Wells to Heinlein. Scarecrow Press. p. 17. ISBN 0810844397.
^ Clute, John (1993). "Koestler, Arthur". In John Clute & Peter Nicholls (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2nd edition ed.). Orbit, London. p. 675. ISBN 1-85723-124-4.
^ John Hickman. "When Science Fiction Writers Used Fictional Drugs: Rise and Fall of the Twentieth-Century Drug Dystopia." Utopian Studies Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 141-170. (2009)
^ Clute, John (1993). "Nabokov, Vladimir". In John Clute & Peter Nicholls (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2nd edition ed.). Orbit, London. p. 854. ISBN 1-85723-124-4.
^ Clute, John (1993). "Orwell, George". In John Clute & Peter Nicholls (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2nd edition ed.). Orbit, London. p. 896. ISBN 1-85723-124-4.
^ Stableford, Brian (1993). "Vonnegut, Kurt Jr.". In John Clute & Peter Nicholls (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2nd edition ed.). Orbit, London. p. 1289. ISBN 1-85723-124-4.
^ "Dystopia - Twentieth-century Dystopias". Science.jrank.org. http://science.jrank.org/pages/9039/Dystopia-Twentieth-Century-Dystopias.html. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
^ Knud Sørensen (1971) "Language and Society in L. P. Hartley's 'Facial Justice,'" Orbis Litterarum 26 (1), 68–84.
^ Lopez, Edward J. (associate professor, San Jose State University) "Thoughts on "Harrison Bergeron"", April 16, 2007
^ Clute, John; Nicholls, Peter (1993). "Christopher, John.". In John Clute & Peter Nicholls (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2nd edition ed.). Orbit, London. pp. 218–219. ISBN 1-85723-124-4.
^ Clute, John (1993). "Levin, Ira". In John Clute & Peter Nicholls (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2nd edition ed.). Orbit, London. p. 715. ISBN 1-85723-124-4.
^ "Ursula Le Guin Q&A | By genre | Guardian Unlimited Books". London: Books.guardian.co.uk. 2004-02-09. http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/sciencefiction/story/0,6000,1144428,00.html. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
^ Survey of Science Fiction Literature
^ ^a ^b Downing, David C. (1 September 1995). Planets in Peril: A Critical Study of C.S. Lewis's Ransom Trilogy. University of Massachusetts Press. p. 157. ISBN 087023997X. http://books.google.com/books?id=P6EVNHp5qF8C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false.
^ Kirkus Reviews, 1 October 1979.
^ Kirkus Reviews, 1 February 1984.
^ Kirkus Reviews, 15 February 1986.
^ Strauss, Victoria. "Book Review: Obernewtyn Vol. 1, The Obernewtyn Chronicles", SF Site, 1999
^ Characterized as such by author himself, see Chapter 1
^ Kirkus Reviews, 15 May 1992.
^ Kirkus Reviews, 1 December 1993.
^ Natalie Babbitt, "The Hidden Cost of Contentment", Washington Post 9 May 1993, p. X15.
^ Phil Daoust (2001-09-01). "A kangaroo in a dinner jacket". London: Books.guardian.co.uk. http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/generalfiction/0,6121,544907,00.html. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
^ Kirkus Reviews, 15 December 1994.
^ Koehler, Robert (2001-01-23). "Battle Royale film review (mentions book)". Variety Magazine, Tue., Jan. 23, 2001. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117797143.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0. Retrieved 2007-01-23.
^ The Guardian (January 23, 2001).
^ Kirkus Reviews, 1 September 2002.
^ Bethune, Brian. "Book Review: Atwood's Oryx and Crake", Maclean's Magazine, April 28, 2003
^ "Brain, Marshall". Marshallbrain.com. http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
^ The Guardian 8 February 2004
^ ^a ^b "Review: Bar Code Rebellion by Suzanne Weyn « Teen Book Review". Teenbookreview.wordpress.com. 2006-07-25. http://teenbookreview.wordpress.com/2006/07/25/review-bar-code-rebellion-by-suzanne-weyn/. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
^ Kloszewski, M. (15 June 2004). Library Journal, 129(11): 56.
^ The Guardian 27 July 2005
^ D. J. Taylor: "Anima Attraction", The Guardian (April 16, 2005).
^ Atwood, M. Brave New World: Kazuo Ishiguro's novel really is chilling., Slate Magazine, April 1, 2005
^ Harrison, M John (27 May 2006). "The gospel according to Dave". London: The Guardian. http://books.guardian.co.uk/hay2006/story/0,,1784132,00.html. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
^ "REVIEW: Day of the Oprichnik by Vladimir Sorokin". Farrar, Straus and Giroux. http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/soviet/sorokin2.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
^ "REVIEW: Genesis by Bernard Beckett". SF Signal. http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2009/05/review-genesis-by-bernard-beckett/. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
^ "http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2007/04/30/070430crbo_books_oates" April 30, 2007
^ "http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/thehost.html" May 8, 2008
^ The Guardian 14 December 2008
^ "www.thehungergames.co.uk" October 26, 2009
^ Karen Brooks-Reese: "Zombies Rise in Teen Lit", Pittsburgh Post Gazette, May 26, 2009
^ {http://www.randomhouse.com/teens/mazerunner/}
^ [1]
^ "Matched". matched-book.com. http://www.matched-book.com/. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
^ "Oliver, Lauren". laurenoliverbooks.blogspot.com. http://laurenoliverbooks.blogspot.com/. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
^ "Revis, Beth". http://www.bethrevis.com/.
^ "Matched". matched-book.com. http://www.matched-book.com/. Retrieved 2011-02-19.

[0] Kennedy, Randall (2003). Interracial Intimacies. New York: Pantheon. p. 134. ISBN 9780375402555.

[1] Jean Pfaelzer (1984). The Utopian Novel in America 1886–1896: The Politics of Form. Pittsbrugh, University of Pittsburgh Press; pp. 81-6.

[2] Pfaelzer, pp. 120-40.

[3] ttp://mises.org/books/socialisticfuture_richter.pdf

[top12-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Top 12 Dystopian Novels". http://listverse.com/2008/03/12/top-12-dystopian-novels.

[jcpn2-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x Stableford, Brian (1993). "Dystopias". In John Clute & Peter Nicholls (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2nd edition ed.). Orbit, London. pp. 360–362. ISBN 1-85723-124-4.

[DarkHorizons-6] Tom Moylan, Raffaella Baccolini (2003). Dark horizons: science fiction and the dystopian imagination. Taylor and Francis Books. ISBN 0-415-96613-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=8N51QpEDEfoC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 29 July 2011.

[Humboldt-7] MacDonald, Nathan. "Journeys to the Future: My Greatest Hope and Greatest Fear - The Invention of a Time Machine". Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/kosmos-cover-story-92-2.html. Retrieved 2 October 2011.

[road_science_fiction-8] Gunn, James (2002). The Road to Science Fiction: Volume 2 - From Wells to Heinlein. Scarecrow Press. p. 17. ISBN 0810844397.

[jcpn2ak-9] Clute, John (1993). "Koestler, Arthur". In John Clute & Peter Nicholls (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2nd edition ed.). Orbit, London. p. 675. ISBN 1-85723-124-4.

[10] John Hickman. "When Science Fiction Writers Used Fictional Drugs: Rise and Fall of the Twentieth-Century Drug Dystopia." Utopian Studies Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 141-170. (2009)

[jcpn2vn-11] Clute, John (1993). "Nabokov, Vladimir". In John Clute & Peter Nicholls (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2nd edition ed.). Orbit, London. p. 854. ISBN 1-85723-124-4.

[jcpn2go-12] Clute, John (1993). "Orwell, George". In John Clute & Peter Nicholls (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2nd edition ed.). Orbit, London. p. 896. ISBN 1-85723-124-4.

[jcpn2kv-13] Stableford, Brian (1993). "Vonnegut, Kurt Jr.". In John Clute & Peter Nicholls (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2nd edition ed.). Orbit, London. p. 1289. ISBN 1-85723-124-4.

[14] "Dystopia - Twentieth-century Dystopias". Science.jrank.org. http://science.jrank.org/pages/9039/Dystopia-Twentieth-Century-Dystopias.html. Retrieved 2009-12-13.

[15] Knud Sørensen (1971) "Language and Society in L. P. Hartley's 'Facial Justice,'" Orbis Litterarum 26 (1), 68–84.

[16] Lopez, Edward J. (associate professor, San Jose State University) "Thoughts on "Harrison Bergeron"", April 16, 2007

[jcpn2jc-17] Clute, John; Nicholls, Peter (1993). "Christopher, John.". In John Clute & Peter Nicholls (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2nd edition ed.). Orbit, London. pp. 218–219. ISBN 1-85723-124-4.

[jcpn2il-18] Clute, John (1993). "Levin, Ira". In John Clute & Peter Nicholls (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2nd edition ed.). Orbit, London. p. 715. ISBN 1-85723-124-4.

[19] "Ursula Le Guin Q&A | By genre | Guardian Unlimited Books". London: Books.guardian.co.uk. 2004-02-09. http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/sciencefiction/story/0,6000,1144428,00.html. Retrieved 2010-05-29.

[20] Survey of Science Fiction Literature

[Lewis_dark-21] Downing, David C. (1 September 1995). Planets in Peril: A Critical Study of C.S. Lewis's Ransom Trilogy. University of Massachusetts Press. p. 157. ISBN 087023997X. http://books.google.com/books?id=P6EVNHp5qF8C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false.

[22] Kirkus Reviews, 1 October 1979.

[23] Kirkus Reviews, 1 February 1984.

[24] Kirkus Reviews, 15 February 1986.

[25] Strauss, Victoria. "Book Review: Obernewtyn Vol. 1, The Obernewtyn Chronicles", SF Site, 1999

[26] Characterized as such by author himself, see Chapter 1

[27] Kirkus Reviews, 15 May 1992.

[28] Kirkus Reviews, 1 December 1993.

[29] Natalie Babbitt, "The Hidden Cost of Contentment", Washington Post 9 May 1993, p. X15.

[30] Phil Daoust (2001-09-01). "A kangaroo in a dinner jacket". London: Books.guardian.co.uk. http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/generalfiction/0,6121,544907,00.html. Retrieved 2010-05-29.

[31] Kirkus Reviews, 15 December 1994.

[variety1-32] Koehler, Robert (2001-01-23). "Battle Royale film review (mentions book)". Variety Magazine, Tue., Jan. 23, 2001. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117797143.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0. Retrieved 2007-01-23.

[33] The Guardian (January 23, 2001).

[34] Kirkus Reviews, 1 September 2002.

[35] Bethune, Brian. "Book Review: Atwood's Oryx and Crake", Maclean's Magazine, April 28, 2003

[36] "Brain, Marshall". Marshallbrain.com. http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-29.

[37] The Guardian 8 February 2004

[teenbookreview.wordpress.com-38] "Review: Bar Code Rebellion by Suzanne Weyn « Teen Book Review". Teenbookreview.wordpress.com. 2006-07-25. http://teenbookreview.wordpress.com/2006/07/25/review-bar-code-rebellion-by-suzanne-weyn/. Retrieved 2009-12-13.

[39] Kloszewski, M. (15 June 2004). Library Journal, 129(11): 56.

[40] The Guardian 27 July 2005

[41] D. J. Taylor: "Anima Attraction", The Guardian (April 16, 2005).

[42] Atwood, M. Brave New World: Kazuo Ishiguro's novel really is chilling., Slate Magazine, April 1, 2005

[43] Harrison, M John (27 May 2006). "The gospel according to Dave". London: The Guardian. http://books.guardian.co.uk/hay2006/story/0,,1784132,00.html. Retrieved 2008-02-10.

[44] "REVIEW: Day of the Oprichnik by Vladimir Sorokin". Farrar, Straus and Giroux. http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/soviet/sorokin2.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-15.

[45] "REVIEW: Genesis by Bernard Beckett". SF Signal. http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2009/05/review-genesis-by-bernard-beckett/. Retrieved 2009-12-13.

[46] "http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2007/04/30/070430crbo_books_oates" April 30, 2007

[47] "http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/thehost.html" May 8, 2008

[48] The Guardian 14 December 2008

[49] "www.thehungergames.co.uk" October 26, 2009

[50] Karen Brooks-Reese: "Zombies Rise in Teen Lit", Pittsburgh Post Gazette, May 26, 2009

[51] {http://www.randomhouse.com/teens/mazerunner/}

[52] [1]

[53] "Matched". matched-book.com. http://www.matched-book.com/. Retrieved 2011-02-19.

[54] "Oliver, Lauren". laurenoliverbooks.blogspot.com. http://laurenoliverbooks.blogspot.com/. Retrieved 2011-02-19.

[55] "Revis, Beth". http://www.bethrevis.com/.

[56] "Matched". matched-book.com. http://www.matched-book.com/. Retrieved 2011-02-19.

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