Dystopia Reading Challenge 2013

John G Nelson · Feb 28, 2013

I came upon a fun reading challenge for those who enjoy the dystopia genre.
Here's the site.
http://blogoferised.blogspot.com/2012/11/dystopia-reading-challenge-2013.html

Ari Meermans · Feb 28, 2013

Hi, John

I'm going to move this over to YA. Now, the mods there might find a more appropriate place. Hold on to your seat for just a sec. The ride should be smooth, but one never knows.

Ari

JustSarah · Feb 28, 2013

Are there not some Adult Books that are dystopian? 1984, 1Q84, Children Of Men, Farenheit 451, Brave New World, Kallocain, The Sheep Look Up, Shockwave Rider, Handmaids tale, and Atlas Shrugged comes to mind at first.

Again, post apocalypse and dystopia are totally different genre's. Its only when YA dystopia came out there were an influx of post apocalypse dystopias.

JFitchett92 · Mar 2, 2013

I'm reading plenty of Dystopian as it is

catching up on the classics I havn't read

Although the Matched trilogy and the Maze Runner series are on my list

JustSarah · Mar 2, 2013

I'm reading a dystopia called The Dream Master, a proto-cyberpunk novel written in 1966 by Roger Zelzany.

John G Nelson · Mar 6, 2013

There's plenty of adult dystopia out there for sure... Of course the classics like those JustSarah mentioned, but also a new crop. My novel, for example is a modern adult-centered dystopia.
For the Dystopia Challenge you can read YA or adult. I liked the Hunger Games series (I read two of them), but prefer adult dystopia especially if it has contemporary social commentary.

sarahdalton · Mar 6, 2013

This sounds fun, and I love your badge!

I've read most of those books, but there are still some I haven't so I might join up.

I am feeling a bit dystopia-d out at the moment though, after writing two and a half books in the genre and reading everything that's been out recently, I kinda need a break.

Good to see people are still reading YA dystopia though.

JustSarah · Mar 6, 2013

Actually I'll probably just stick with a classic. I was thinking of reading Gone, Gone, Gone.

Dystopia Reading Challenge 2013

John G Nelson

Author of Against Nature

Ari Meermans

MacAllister's Official Minion & Greeter

JustSarah

JFitchett92

JustSarah

John G Nelson

Author of Against Nature

sarahdalton

JustSarah