#dystopian-fiction — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #dystopian-fiction, aggregated by home.social.
-
Who wrote 'The Handmaid's Tale'?
Margaret Atwood, the prolific Canadian author, penned the dystopian masterpiece ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’ Published in 1985, this chilling novel explores themes of oppression, feminism, and totalitarianism in the near-future Republic of Gilead. Its powerful storytelling and enduring relevance have cemented Atwood’s status as a global literary icon. 🇨🇦 #CanadianLit #MargaretAtwood #DystopianFiction
-
📚 The Last Contract of Isako by: Fonda Lee
Isako is a legendary swordswoman, but every legend must come to an end. When her long-time client unexpectedly retires, she plans to follow—to walk out into the frozen wasteland of their planet with her head held high and her family enriched by her dea...
https://bookblabla.com/book/the-last-contract-of-isako
#books #reading #libraries #fiction #sciencefiction #cyberpunkfiction #dystopianfiction #actionadventure
-
All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall
This story is set in the future with a group of people living on the roof of New York’s Museum of Natural History. Global warming has happened and everything is flooded worldwide. Millions of people are killed and the ones who survived are not always people you want to live with. There are groups of wild people and in the cities, dogs run in wild packs that kill.
The survivors must hunt and scavenge for food, water, and medicines. They are running out of everything. There is no way to communicate with anyone else, there is no electricity or fuel for vehicles, or public transit of any kind.
There are research ships in the ocean that are a beacon of hope.
The group at the museum spend their time trying to preserve the displays. They only use the items they need.
The story is told by Nonie, a young girl. She survives with her father, her sister Bix, a museum employee Keller, and a handful of other people.
As the story starts most of the other people have died. Nonie’s mother needed a new kidney so couldn’t keep going. The others die over the few years that they are struggling. Their stories are told as things Nonie remembers.
The building that they are living in is called the American Museum of Natural History. They call the place Amen. It feels appropriate because of their situation.
They keep being hit by harder and more dangerous storms. Eventually a hypercane hits and Nonie, her father, Bix, and Keller must leave. They decide to go north to her mother’s family farm. They heard from someone traveling through that there was dry land in the north. They leave in an ancient boat from the museum.
The story follows their travel north. Their struggle is real and I did root for them to succeed.
This was not an easy story. Life was difficult and the author doesn’t spare you from their danger.
The writing flows smoothly and the description lets you see and feel what they are experiencing along the way. The characters are well developed, and I grew to care for them.
I enjoyed this story more than I thought I would. I am glad that I read it.
I have so many books to read that I have decided that I won’t read books that don’t grab me.
This was a book club book, and I do belong to book clubs so that I will be introduced to books I might not choose on my own. This one was good. I would recommend it to anyone who likes a little fantasy. That said, science is saying that global warming is real. Because they do, I recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in saving our planet. If half of what is in this book is true, we have a problem.
First published January 7, 2025
I include links to purchase for readers who really can’t wait or find it difficult to shop in person. As an associate, I earn from qualified purchases.
Books by this author:
What I am currently reading:
Dog Person by Camille Pagan
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
I think it is interesting that the two books I am reading have animal characters. Dog Person is told by a dog named Harold. In The Last House on Needless Street, we have a cat as one of the points of view.
I attended a local author event last night for Maria Semple. Her newest books is Go Gentle. I look forward to reading it eventually. She wrote for television, Where’d You Go Bernadette, Mad About You, Arrested Development, and Saturday Night Live were a few. She did convince me I need to read Go Gentle but I have so many books I need to read, I will wait until I am ready. You could always read it and let me know what you think.
I hope you are enjoying spring so far.
You can find some of the books I have reviewed in the past at my Pango book shop – Get Lost in a Book Shop – https://pangobooks.com/bookstore/virginia468417
Happy Reading!
Rate this:
#BookReview #Books #DystopianFiction #Fiction #GlobalWarming #reading -
25 Modern Classics That’ll Actually Wreck You (In the Best Way)
25 modern classic books that belong on every reading list, from gut-punch literary fiction to genre-bending thrillers. Cormac McCarthy, Zadie Smith, Gillian Flynn, and more. These aren't dusty assignments, they're the books people are still talking about. Here's your no-BS guide to what's actually worth reading. -
ICYMI: The Testaments: Why the Handmaid’s Tale Sequel Feels So Real Right Now https://popgeeks.com/the-testaments-why-the-handmaids-tale-sequel-feels-so-real-right-now/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #TheTestaments #HandmaidsTale #DystopianFiction #HuluOriginal #Gilead
-
The Testaments: Why the Handmaid’s Tale Sequel Feels So Real Right Now https://popgeeks.com/the-testaments-why-the-handmaids-tale-sequel-feels-so-real-right-now/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #TheTestaments #HandmaidsTale #DystopianFiction #Gilead #Hulu
-
@cjtalksbooks - (Satire) These authors had wild imaginations #dystopianfiction https://youtube.com/shorts/VNgVeXeD2e0
-
📚 I Who Have Never Known Men (B&N Exclusive Edition) by: Jacqueline Harpman
As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl--the fortieth prisoner--sits alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others...
https://bookblabla.com/book/i-who-have-never-known-men-bn-exclusive-edition
#books #reading #libraries #fiction #generalfiction #literaryfiction #dystopianfiction #feminist
-
Who wrote 'The Handmaid's Tale'?
Margaret Atwood, the prolific Canadian author, penned the dystopian masterpiece ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’ Published in 1985, this chilling novel explores themes of oppression, feminism, and totalitarianism in the near-future Republic of Gilead. Its powerful storytelling and enduring relevance have cemented Atwood’s status as a global literary icon. 🇨🇦 #CanadianLit #MargaretAtwood #DystopianFiction
-
Who wrote 'The Handmaid's Tale'?
Margaret Atwood, the prolific Canadian author, penned the dystopian masterpiece ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’ Published in 1985, this chilling novel explores themes of oppression, feminism, and totalitarianism in the near-future Republic of Gilead. Its powerful storytelling and enduring relevance have cemented Atwood’s status as a global literary icon. 🇨🇦 #CanadianLit #MargaretAtwood #DystopianFiction
-
📚 Departure by: A. G. Riddle
En route to London from New York, Flight 305 suddenly loses power and crash-lands in the English countryside, plunging a group of strangers into a mysterious adventure that will have repercussions for all of humankind.
Struggling to stay alive, the survivors soon realize that the worl...
https://bookblabla.com/book/departure
#books #reading #libraries #fiction #dystopianfiction #thrillers #technologicalfiction #suspensefiction
-
“Dystopian fiction also has this wonderful ability to heighten our compassion & broaden our empathy for one another. It is a reminder that ultimately nothing can be taken for granted.”
—Rachelle Atalla on writing her debut novel THE PHARMACIST
https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2023/03/bunker-life/
#Scottish #literature #writing #postapocalyptic #dystopia #dystopianfiction
-
Creative Conversations: Rachelle Atalla
20 January, University of Glasgow & online – freeRachelle Atalla is a Scottish-Egyptian novelist, short story writer & screenwriter. Her first novel, THE PHARMACIST, is now in development for film with Compact Pictures & the BFI. THIRSTY ANIMALS is her second novel & has been optioned by STV. Her most recent book is THE SALT FLATS
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-conversations-rachelle-atalla-tickets-1977613863301
#Scottish #literature #writing #screenwriting #dystopia #dystopianfiction
-
Happy #FeastOfSaintJanis! (#JanisJoplin's birthday). I've been hearing a LOT of Janis on #WMPG today! Also, I have a physical copy of the book #BeyondArmageddon, and story is on pages 295-325. Registered users can borrow a copy of Beyond Armageddon from the #InternetArchive for one hour -- plenty of time to read the story!
The Feast of Saint Janis • (1980) • novelette by Michael Swanwick
Beyond Armageddon: Twenty-One Sermons to the DeadPublication Record # 263174
Editors: Martin H. Greenberg, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Date: 1986FMI:
https://archive.org/details/beyondarmageddon00mill/page/n13/mode/2up#DystopianFiction #NuclearWar #PostNuclearWar #NoNukes #NoWar #NoNuclearWar
-
Who wrote 'The Handmaid's Tale'?
Margaret Atwood, the prolific Canadian author, penned the dystopian masterpiece ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’ Published in 1985, this chilling novel explores themes of oppression, feminism, and totalitarianism in the near-future Republic of Gilead. Its powerful storytelling and enduring relevance have cemented Atwood’s status as a global literary icon. 🇨🇦 #CanadianLit #MargaretAtwood #DystopianFiction
-
🚀 Sci-Fi & Dystopian Fiction Fans
Hindsight Station: Ashes Reborn is now live as a serialized science fiction story on Wattpad and Patreon.📖 New chapters released on Wattpad
🔥 Advance chapters available on PatreonFollow James Fong into a dystopian future shaped by disaster, survival, and hope.
🔗: https://authormulhall.com/discover-hindsight-station-a-new-sci-fi-reading-journey/
#ScienceFiction #SciFi #DystopianFiction #SpeculativeFiction #SerializedFiction #IndieAuthor #Wattpad #Patreon #WritingCommunity #SciFiReaders #Bookstodon
-
News Podcast: Remembering Porter Anderson and Spotify’s Year in Audiobooks
On this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, Dan Holloway reflects on the death of Porter Anderson, longtime editor in chief of Publishing Perspectives and a respected, sharp-witted voice in the book world whose influence…
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-remembering-porter-anderson/#Podcast #audiobooktrends #dystopianfiction #horrorresurgence #PorterAndersontribute
-
📚 Vanishing World by: Sayaka Murata
Amane is ten years old when she discovers she's not like everyone else. Her school friends were all conceived the normal way, by artificial insemination, and raised in the normal way, by parents in 'clean', sexless marriages. But Amane's parents committed the ultimate taboo: they fell...
https://bookblabla.com/book/vanishing-world
#books #reading #libraries #fiction #literaryfiction #dystopianfiction #familylife #general