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The Handmaid's Tale: Empire and Resistance

The Handmaid's Tale, like many other dystopian novels, depicts how empire (in this case the Gileadean theocratic regime) seeks to close down the ...

The Golden Age of Dystopian Literature - - The Badger

In times of political and social havoc, it only makes sense to see this widespread trend. Novels such as Zamyatin's We, Huxley's Brave New ...

Trump victory boosts book sales from "The Handmaid's Tale" and ...

Since President-elect Donald Trump clinched his return to the White House, Margaret Atwood's dystopian classic about a country in which women ...

"Dark Sight Rises": The Growing Lust for Dystopian Media & Fiction

While we all can acknowledge that brilliant minds back in those times have culminated to the renaissance of art, literature and sciences; the ...

"The Handmaid's Tale," "1984" and more: See which books got a ...

Books sales rise for dystopian books after the presidential election.

Dystopian Fiction Books | New and used books from PangoBooks

Since ancient times, in folktales or religious writings, humans have told stories of dystopias, or worlds dominated by fear, injustice, and suffering. Examples ...

A Creative Exploration and Analysis of Contemporary Dystopian ...

What creates a memorable opening? More importantly, what are the conventions of dystopian fiction? There is now an increasing number of scholarly works that ...

Why Are All Dystopian Novels the Same? The Answer Isn't Shocking

As (un)surprising as it may seem, these dystopian narratives depicting broken governments and stringent societies aren't so distant. In fact, ...

Dystopian worlds: Fear or fantasy - Artefact magazine

The most recent spike in dystopian literature and media is different from its classical counterparts. Modern film and literature of the genre ...

Dystopian books fly off the shelves following Trump's re-election

We give you the latest climate facts ... On the other side of the political spectrum, pro-Trump books have seen a resurgence in the charts.

Read 'Em And Weep: The Rise Of Dystopian Fiction - Turnbull & Asser

However it was the rise of fascism and communism in the early 20th century that saw dystopian fiction soar in popularity. Stories such as Aldous ...

Dystopian Fiction - Learning in Room 213

Today is no different, and the last decade has seen a new resurgence of dystopian tales. The Giver, The Hunger Games, Maze Runner, and Ready ...

The Evolution of the Dystopian Novel - The Science Survey

Two famous examples of dystopian fiction that emerged after the 1920s include Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and George Orwell's 1984, ...

How Dystopian Fiction Draws From Current Events: Guest Post by ...

In recent years, dystopian fiction has become one of the most popular—and commercially successful—genres in the publishing world, ...

Thomas More's Utopia and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale

young adult dystopian novels that have seen a recent surge in popularity (not to say that ... The desire to leave society behind and forge a new, uncertain path ...

The Dystopian Impulse and Media Consumption: Redefining Utopia ...

analyzing how recent texts view the pillars of dystopian literature. ... great dystopian fictions like We, Brave New World, and 1984—have become far more ...

Discussion: Dystopian Fiction - Cups and Cards and Books

With The Hunger Games and then Divergent, dystopian fiction became a massively popular subgenre in YA fiction, with dozens of new series and ...

Tales from the Political Void: The Dystopian Turn in Chilean Science ...

... new system of dystopian oppression. We can see a very good example of this ironic dismantling of political meaning at the end of Manns' novel ...

Dystopian Fiction: Reflecting Society's Fears and Hopes (Guide)

By examining the nuances within iconic dystopian literature we aim to uncover the common threads that bind these works while illuminating their ...

Which Dystopian Novel Are We Living In? - B&N Reads

It's on-trend for 2017: drawing comparisons between the fictional dystopias we read and the geopolitical situation around us—no sooner does ...


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.