Theme+-+Dystopia

= = Dystopia is a form of literature that explores social and political structures. It is a creation of a nightmare world - unlike its opposite, Utopia, which is an ideal world. Dystopia is often characterized by an authoritarian or totalitarian form of government. It often features different kinds of repressive social control systems, a lack or total absence of individual freedoms and expressions, and a state of constant warfare or violence. Many novels combine both Dystopia and Utopia, often as a metaphor for the different directions humanity can take in its choices, ending up with one of the two possible futures. //[from Goodreads.com]// = = = = =Dystopian fiction for yr11-13 =

The Selection series: The selection / The elite / The one by Kiera Cass Ink & bone by Rachel Caine The glittering eye by L.J. Adlington Feed / M.T. Anderson The handmaid's tale / Margaret Atwood Oryx and Crake / Margaret Atwood Juno of Taris / Fleur Beale (NZ) Genesis / Bernard Beckett (NZ) Catching fire / Suzanne Collins Hunger games / Suzanne Collins Matched / Ally Condie Incarceron / Catherine Fisher Sapphique / Catherine Fisher The crossing / Mandy Hager <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">World shaker / Richard Harland <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The bridge / Jane Higgins <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Brave new world / Aldous Huxley <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Legend / Marie Lu <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The road / Cormac McCarthy <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Vulture's gate / Kirsty Murray <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The ask and the answer / Patrick Ness <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Divergent / Veronica Roth <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Unwind / Neal Shusterman <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Ashes, ashes / Jo Treggiari


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