This is a list of
notable works of
dystopian literature. A dystopia is an unpleasant (typically repressive) society, often propagandized as being
utopian. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction states that dystopian works depict a negative view of "the way the world is supposedly going in order to provide urgent propaganda for a change in direction."[1][2]
HaDerekh LeEin Harod (1984) by
Amos Kenan. 1984 saw the appearance of the first Israeli dystopian novel, and this one appeared shortly after. Like other Israeli dystopian novels, it is concerned with the
religious right taking control of the
Jewish state.
^Houston, Chlöe (2007). "Utopia, Dystopia or Anti-utopia? Gulliver's Travels and the Utopian Mode of Discourse". Utopian Studies. 18 (3, Irish Utopian). Penn State University Press: 425–442.
doi:
10.2307/20719885.
JSTOR20719885.
^
abcMark Bould, Sherryl Vint, (2011) The Routledge Concise History of Science Fiction. Routledge,
ISBN0-415-43571-4 (p.23).
^"Another
classic dystopian work, Karel Čapek's R.U.R. (1921) was written at the same time
as Zamyatin's work". The Cybernetic Imagination in Science Fiction. Patricia S. Warrick, MIT Press, 1980
ISBN0-262-73061-8, (p.48).
^HO, KOON-KI TOMMY (1987). "Cat Country: A Dystopian Satire". Modern Chinese Literature. 3 (1/2): 71–89.
ISSN8755-8963.
JSTOR41492507.
^Cornis-Pope Marcel & John Neubauer (2004). History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe: Junctures and Disjunctures in the 19th and 20th Centuries, Volume 3. Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing, 2004. p. 183.
ISBN90-272-3455-8. ...the dystopic satire Válka s mloky (The War With The Newts)...
^" a feminist novelist called Katherine Burdekin published under a male pseudonym, Murray Constantine, an anti-fascist dystopia with the title Swastika Night.."Alkeline van Lenning, Marrie Bekker, Ine Vanwesenbeeck, (p.88) Feminist Utopias in a Post Modern Era. Tilburg University Press, 1997.
ISBN9036197473
^Hickman, John (2009). "When Science Fiction Writers Used Fictional Drugs: Rise and Fall of the Twentieth-Century Drug Dystopia". Utopian Studies. 20 (1). Penn State University Press: 141–170.
doi:
10.2307/20719933.
JSTOR20719933.
^"The Space Merchants describes an archetypal dystopia, an America choked by the waste products of
consumerism..."
George Mann,
The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Constable & Robinson Ltd, 2012
ISBN1-78033-704-3 (p. 1983).
^Knud Sørensen (1971) "Language and Society in L. P. Hartley's 'Facial Justice,'" Orbis Litterarum 26 (1), 68–84.
^"Michael Frayn's comedy has more usually taken an anti-utopian turn. He has written one explicitly dystopian novel, A Very Private Life...", "Whitehall Farces"
Patrick Parrinder, London Review of Books, October 8, 1992.
^"The hero migrates from "real" Glasgow to Unthank, an underground dystopia". John Clute, Science Fiction: A Visual Encyclopedia. Dorling Kindersley, 1995 (p. 231).
^
ab"Books". allycondie.com. December 11, 2008. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
^Carpenter, Susan (August 23, 2010).
"Book review: 'Mockingjay'". Los Angeles Times. Fans aren't likely to be disappointed
^Tjala (March 2011).
"Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness – review". theguardian.com. Monsters of Men was a real thrill to read, with a cliffhanger at the end of nearly every chapter.
This is a list of
notable works of
dystopian literature. A dystopia is an unpleasant (typically repressive) society, often propagandized as being
utopian. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction states that dystopian works depict a negative view of "the way the world is supposedly going in order to provide urgent propaganda for a change in direction."[1][2]
HaDerekh LeEin Harod (1984) by
Amos Kenan. 1984 saw the appearance of the first Israeli dystopian novel, and this one appeared shortly after. Like other Israeli dystopian novels, it is concerned with the
religious right taking control of the
Jewish state.
^Houston, Chlöe (2007). "Utopia, Dystopia or Anti-utopia? Gulliver's Travels and the Utopian Mode of Discourse". Utopian Studies. 18 (3, Irish Utopian). Penn State University Press: 425–442.
doi:
10.2307/20719885.
JSTOR20719885.
^
abcMark Bould, Sherryl Vint, (2011) The Routledge Concise History of Science Fiction. Routledge,
ISBN0-415-43571-4 (p.23).
^"Another
classic dystopian work, Karel Čapek's R.U.R. (1921) was written at the same time
as Zamyatin's work". The Cybernetic Imagination in Science Fiction. Patricia S. Warrick, MIT Press, 1980
ISBN0-262-73061-8, (p.48).
^HO, KOON-KI TOMMY (1987). "Cat Country: A Dystopian Satire". Modern Chinese Literature. 3 (1/2): 71–89.
ISSN8755-8963.
JSTOR41492507.
^Cornis-Pope Marcel & John Neubauer (2004). History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe: Junctures and Disjunctures in the 19th and 20th Centuries, Volume 3. Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing, 2004. p. 183.
ISBN90-272-3455-8. ...the dystopic satire Válka s mloky (The War With The Newts)...
^" a feminist novelist called Katherine Burdekin published under a male pseudonym, Murray Constantine, an anti-fascist dystopia with the title Swastika Night.."Alkeline van Lenning, Marrie Bekker, Ine Vanwesenbeeck, (p.88) Feminist Utopias in a Post Modern Era. Tilburg University Press, 1997.
ISBN9036197473
^Hickman, John (2009). "When Science Fiction Writers Used Fictional Drugs: Rise and Fall of the Twentieth-Century Drug Dystopia". Utopian Studies. 20 (1). Penn State University Press: 141–170.
doi:
10.2307/20719933.
JSTOR20719933.
^"The Space Merchants describes an archetypal dystopia, an America choked by the waste products of
consumerism..."
George Mann,
The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Constable & Robinson Ltd, 2012
ISBN1-78033-704-3 (p. 1983).
^Knud Sørensen (1971) "Language and Society in L. P. Hartley's 'Facial Justice,'" Orbis Litterarum 26 (1), 68–84.
^"Michael Frayn's comedy has more usually taken an anti-utopian turn. He has written one explicitly dystopian novel, A Very Private Life...", "Whitehall Farces"
Patrick Parrinder, London Review of Books, October 8, 1992.
^"The hero migrates from "real" Glasgow to Unthank, an underground dystopia". John Clute, Science Fiction: A Visual Encyclopedia. Dorling Kindersley, 1995 (p. 231).
^
ab"Books". allycondie.com. December 11, 2008. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
^Carpenter, Susan (August 23, 2010).
"Book review: 'Mockingjay'". Los Angeles Times. Fans aren't likely to be disappointed
^Tjala (March 2011).
"Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness – review". theguardian.com. Monsters of Men was a real thrill to read, with a cliffhanger at the end of nearly every chapter.