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DYSTOPIAN NOVELS AND FILM

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1984

George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

WALL-E

In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.

DIVERGENT

In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she's Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.

CLOUD ATLAS

An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.

THE HUNGER GAMES

Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to compete.

CITY OF EMBER

For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing ... and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker.

ATLAS SHRUGGED

Railroad executive Dagny Taggart and steel mogul Henry Rearden form an alliance to fight the increasingly authoritarian government of the United States.

FAHRENHEIT 451

In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.

I, ROBOT

In 2035 a technophobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity.

BRAVE NEW WORLD

In a futuristic totalitarian society, people have no control of their lives and/or destiny.

BLADE RUNNER

A blade runner must pursue and try to terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.

THE MATRIX

A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.

MINORITY REPORT

In a future where a special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit their crimes, an officer from that unit is himself accused of a future murder.

V FOR VENDETTA

In a future British tyranny, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow it with the help of a young woman.

THE ISLAND

Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly Utopian but contained facility in the year 2019. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to the "The Island" - reportedly the last uncontaminated spot on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie. He and all of the other inhabitants of the facility are actually human clones.

THE TIME MACHINE

A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.

LORD OF THE FLIES

Stranded on an island, a group of schoolboys degenerate into savagery.

THE RUNNING MAN

A wrongly convicted man must try to survive a public execution gauntlet staged as a game show.

ORYZ AND CRAKE

The novel focuses on a post-apocalyptic character named Snowman, living near a group of primitive human-like creatures whom he calls Crake

Flashbacks reveal that Snowman was once a boy named Jimmy who grew up in a world dominated by multinational corporations and privileged compoundsfor the families of their employees. Near starvation, Snowman decides to return to the ruins of a compound named RejoovenEsence even though it is overrun by dangerous genetically engineered hybrid animals to search for supplies. He concocts an explanation for the Crakers, who regard him as a teacher, and begins his foraging expedition.

THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH

In Mary's world, there are simple truths. Now she must choose between her village and her future, between the one she loves and the one who loves her. And she must face the truth about the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Could there be life outside a world surrounded by so much death?

THE MAZE RUNNER

Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow "runners" for a shot at escape.

THE UGLIES

Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license - for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise

PLEASANTVILLE

Two 1990s teenagers find themselves in a 1950s sitcom where their influence begins to profoundly change that complacent world.

ROBOCOP

In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.

METROPOLIS

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

TWELVE MONKEYS

In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.

ANIMAL FARM

One night, all the animals at Mr. Jones' Manor Farm assemble in a barn to hear old Major, a pig, describe a dream he had about a world where all animals live free from the tyranny of their human masters.

Children of Men

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have become somehow infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.

In Time

In a future where people stop aging at 25, but are engineered to live only one more year, having the means to buy your way out of the situation is a shot at immortal youth. Here, Will Salas finds himself accused of murder and on the run with a hostage - a connection that becomes an important part of the way against the system.

Elysium

In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.

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