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Dystopian Novels
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items A Dystopia is normally an imagined state or society in which great suffering or injustice occurs, typically one that is totalitarian by nature and in which information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted, censored, or ignored by the mass...
"If you control the story, you control the culture. If you control the culture, then you control politics, and if control politics, you have control over a nation.” -Kawika Miles, Saga of the Nine: Origins
Saga of the Nine: Origins - Kawika Miles
“If most of remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the illusions of pleasure.” Aldous Huxley
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
“In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” George Orwell
1984 - George Orwell
“People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.” Alan Moore
V for Vendetta - Alan Moore
“We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?” Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
“Knowing was a temptation. What you don’t know won’t tempt you.” Margaret Atwood
Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
“In a perfect world everything would be either black or white, right or wrong, and everyone would know the difference. But this isn’t a perfect world. The problem is people who think it is.” Neal Shusterman
Unwind Dystology - Neal Shusterman
“I felt like a kid standing in the world's greatest video arcade without any quarters, unable to do anything but walk around and watch the other kids play.” Ernest Cline
Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
"The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared." Lois Lowry, The Giver
The Giver - Lois Lowry
"Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same." -Scott Westerfeld, Uglies
Uglies - Scott Westerfeld
"That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery." Stephen King, The Stand
The Stand - Stephen King
"Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.” ― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand