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Any thought-provoking or well written dystopian books?

Especially interested in anything ambiguous or unconventional.

Thank.

>> No.9325953

The Road is unconventional, but I didn't think it was great. It's also a movie.

>> No.9325965
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9325965

A canticle for leibowitz

>> No.9325969

inb4 we

it's good tho, read it

>> No.9325987

Do you know Italian, op?

>> No.9326000

>>9325940
My diary desu

>> No.9326013

>>9325987
Nope.

>> No.9326025

I had a professor who would say that much of Gogol's work was a dystopian vision for 19th century Russians, and that there's a firm undercurrent of godless horror beneath all the absurdity. I've always liked that interpretation.

>> No.9326032

>>9326013
Too bad, there's an Italian dystopian novel I read some time ago which is about sex. It hasn't been translated though.

>> No.9326094

>>9325953
>>9325965
Earth Abides is pretty good but all these three are post-apocalyptic
>>9325940
i liked fahrenheit 451

>> No.9326098

>>9325953
The Road is boring, drab and dismal.
The imagery is also bad.

Metro 2033 is alright.

>> No.9326254

Brave New World, or is that too obvious?

>> No.9326412

>>9325940
The Forever War is a good one.

>> No.9326812

>>9326032

Come si chiama?

>> No.9326823

>>9326812
Conviene far bene l'amore

>> No.9326934

>>9325940
Not really, since dystopias are usually just a vehicle for the author to strawman and demonize an ideological bogeyman.

>> No.9327003

>>9326823
Grazie