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Are we seeing a new resurgence of dystopian literature?


ALAN v40n2 - Understanding the Appeal of Dystopian Young Adult ...

Tapping into a long tradition in literature hallmarked by works such as Orwell's 1984 and Huxley's Brave New World , dystopian fiction seems to have found a ...

For Some Educators, Dystopian Literature Takes On New Meaning ...

The resurgence of popular dystopian books is due in part to how people would talk about Trump's speeches as both a candidate and a president, ...

Life of chaos, life of hope: Dystopian literature for young adults

However, these novels do provide females a chance to see themselves in a role of power and identify with a strong female protagonist. These new roles are still ...

When Dystopia Is Too Close For Comfort | The FADER

In times of political and social upheaval, we often return to a familiar refrain — It could be worse — to help us manage our uncertainty. To ...

Dystopian Books Endangered By Movie Versions - The Observer

Dystopian novels may linger longer than vampirism or wizardry, but before we know it, the abundance of post-apocalyptic shows and movies will grow old and ...

The 30 Greatest Dystopian Books Of All Time - Forbes

Dystopian novels take place in societies that have been restructured and are heavily controlled, be it by governmental agencies, monarchs, ...

Diving Into Dystopia: How YA Fiction Reflects Current Social Issue

Dystopian novels are a popular YA fiction in the genre because of their common themes such as coming of age and a new journey, with a twist of reflecting ...

Dystopian Fiction - The International Anthony Burgess Foundation

Novels such as High Rise by J.G. Ballard (1975) presented modern, consumerist society as intrinsically dystopian. In Ballard's novel, the residents of an ultra- ...

The 20 best dystopian novels of all time - Entertainment Weekly

Controversial and thought-provoking, Brave New World is a novel that deserves continued analysis and enjoyment for years to come. 08 of 20. The ...

Lessons from Dystopian Novels - Latter-Day Disciples

Maybe you've seen those 'Make 1984 Fiction Again' t-shirts floating around ... we get to Christ's return. Nephi foretells when he writes, “For behold ...

Finding Hope in Dystopian Literature | Forest Ridge Blog

There's something addicting about watching The Handmaid's Tale to see how close we can feel to losing democracy, bodily autonomy and religious ...

Gettysburg professors reflect on the return to dystopian classics

Coinciding with the presidential inauguration and recent executive orders, Americans have turned to novels they might have read in high school: ...

13 Dystopian Novels Guaranteed to Make You Think

The dystopian genre has seen a big resurgence of late, thanks to books like Suzanne Collins's series The Hunger Games, which took the book ...

The Coming Dystopia—and Beyond - Life, Hope & Truth

The dystopian genre has dominated books and movies, but the coming dystopia will be much worse—and the end of the story, much better—than anyone ...

'Handmaid's Tale, '1984' See Boost in Sales Following Trump Election

Dystopian Novels See Boost in Sales After Election, From 'Handmaid's Tale' to '1984' ... If you purchase an independently reviewed product or ...

Dystopian Literature: Dystopian Novels (1980's to 2012) - LibGuides

See a book that you like but it's not at your MDC campus library? ... The New Horizon's leaders are desperate to populate the new planet ...

The resurgence of dystopian fiction: 1984 and The Handmaid's Tale

Following the annus horribilis that was 2016, George Orwell's dystopian classic Nineteen Eighty-Four has returned to the best seller lists. Over ...

Utopian and dystopian fiction - Wikipedia

This increase is partially associated with the rise in popularity of science fiction and young adult fiction more generally, but also larger scale social change ...

Handmaid's Tale soars 400 places to third place on bestseller charts ...

Sales of the dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale have soared since Donald Trump was elected US president again. Books about feminism ...

Please Return to the Lands of Luxury by Jon Tilton: An MG Tale (in a ...

Most Dystopian novels are about people realizing the problems in their particular dystopia—or realizing they have the opportunity and ability to ...


The Call of the Wild

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The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck.