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Posted on 24 Mar 2012 02:15:30 GMT
Oracle says:
I never realised before that The Running Man is a Stephen King novel. I've only seen the film - pretty cheesy - but the novel looks pretty different so I've downloaded the Kindle version.
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ric_mac says:
Several of JG Ballard's books deal with a post-apocalyptic scenario (The Burning World/The Drought; The Drowned World; The Wind From Nowhere etc). Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 451 depicts a dystopian society where a fireman's job is to burn books. Russell Hoban's Riddley Walker describes a degraded, post-apocalyptic society and the frantic search for ancient destructive technology. It is written in the corrupted English of the survivors. Also written in its own argot is Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange.
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Posted on 25 Mar 2012 18:15:28 BDT
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SomethingBeautiful says:
Thanks, looks good.
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Posted on 30 Mar 2012 21:17:36 BDT
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Garscadden says:
Spam is supposed to be kept to MOA, isn't it?
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In reply to an earlier post on 30 Mar 2012 22:03:03 BDT
J. Cherry says:
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In reply to an earlier post on 30 Mar 2012 22:04:07 BDT
Anita says:
Sorry, I do too
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In reply to an earlier post on 30 Mar 2012 22:05:09 BDT
J. Cherry says:
Vic, FYI, you don't need a Kindle reader to read Kindle books. Amazon provides a free downloadable app that allows you to read them on any Mac or PC, tablet, or phone.
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Posted on 30 Mar 2012 22:06:50 BDT
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J. Cherry says:
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Anita says:
You post self-promotion at Meet Our Authors forum, as simple as that
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In reply to an earlier post on 30 Mar 2012 22:23:51 BDT
J. Cherry says:
Thanks Anita! Did not know about that. Will do so. Cheers.
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In reply to an earlier post on 31 Mar 2012 00:33:03 BDT
mingo says:
ahhh, thats a great one.
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Posted on 1 Apr 2012 03:05:46 BDT
Ilovemycat says:
Second JG Ballard. It's quite literary for sci-fi but he deals with a lot of dystopian ideas.

Another one my American friends keep recommending to me is Snowcrash by Neil Stephenson. I haven't read it myself yet so I don't know but apparently it's some kind of dystopia.
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In reply to an earlier post on 1 Apr 2012 05:25:08 BDT
Anita says:
Christopher: respect for not mentioning your own book. Still, I've found it :)
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In reply to an earlier post on 2 Apr 2012 13:41:19 BDT
Ken O'Neill says:
Reading an announcement from forum administration that's sticky-posted to the top of the forum is hardly rocket science. Ignoring it (read or otherwise) is spamming.
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Posted on 2 Apr 2012 22:25:07 BDT
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Posted on 6 Apr 2012 21:01:37 BDT
S. J. M says:
Its sort of a dystopian book, The Man in the High Castle (Penguin Modern Classics) Its a fictional account of post WW2, when the Axis forces beat the Allies and looks at a number of people living in this world and what effect it has.

Because its PKD, nothing is ever so black & white, and within the novel, there is a (banned) novel "The Grasshopper lies heavy" which tells a tale of what happened if the Allies had one, and a bunch of other things being explored (and intertwined into the tale)
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Posted on 7 Apr 2012 04:07:16 BDT
van der ploeg ronny says:
Walter Tevis - Mockingbird
Geoff Ryman - The Child Garden
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Posted on 9 Apr 2012 17:04:45 BDT
Constant Reader says:
A few have been mentioned before and a few are not strictly 'dystopian', but would be a shame to miss them out!!
Under the Dome - Stephen King
The Tyranny of the Blood - Jo Reed
Last Light - Alex Scarrow
Afterlight - Alex Scarrow
Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood
The Regulators - Richard Bachman
The Island of Doctor Moreau - HG Wells
The Death of Grass - John Christoper
I am Legend - Richard Matheson
The Taking - Dean Koontz
Needful Things (?) - Stephen King
The Tommyknockers (?) - Stephen King
Check out the SF Masterworks Collection too! :-)
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In reply to an earlier post on 9 Apr 2012 17:10:28 BDT
Mr. R. Steed says:
I read Triffids, I would't recommend it. The plot isn't very exciting, it has no twists etc.
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In reply to an earlier post on 9 Apr 2012 20:14:05 BDT
SomethingBeautiful says:
Wow, thank you. I have looked at them all and think I'd like to read pretty much all of them. I have downloaded a couple and the rest are on my wish list. I'm glad you've suggested so many different kinds of stories and authors as hopefully it will help me broaden my reading list a little - I need a break from dystopia!
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