Best dystopian fiction books according to redditors
We found 773 Reddit comments discussing the best dystopian fiction books. We ranked the 117 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 773 Reddit comments discussing the best dystopian fiction books. We ranked the 117 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
I wrote and published a cyberpunk novel that goes against this trope. :P
Sorry for the self-promo but in this case it's actually on topic.
I think writers include pregnancies and babies to artificially make readers care more/get more invested in the stories because the usual way of thinking is: no one cares about other people but baybees are innocent and cute.
It's available on the US site as well.
For 86p on the UK Kindle store, I'll give it a bash. (link for the lazy).
And the American version seems to have dropped to $1.41 - link
You can get it here on Dropbox. -> Link
The author has published a book based on the fic and has removed the story from FF.net.
Well, I'll mention my novel, since it may or may not fit the bill. I get reviews saying "not enough apocalypse", so that could be good?
After The Fires Went Out: Coyote
No zombies.
I once recommended Silverberg's A Time Of Changes [alternate link], but I had my eyes closed when I did so.
I actually considered suggesting this for the "literary sf recommendations" request yesterday which may have sparked this thread, but CBA with all the dross in there.
I had the audiobook of this and found it vvv Fallout in nature; https://www.amazon.co.uk/Apocalypse-Wasteland-Chronicles-Book-1-ebook/dp/B00AJF2130
Also if you live under a rock and havent seen it, The Book of Eli is my unofficial Fallout film :p
Thanks for joining us, Regan!
Coyote has picked up a lot of interest from the self-publishing world. The reviews for this book and your others hint at a 'writing style that's not for everyone'. What is your own view on your writing style?
Where do you see humor to be an effective tool when writing darker situations?
I really like your website - it's better than most I've seen for big-name writers. Did you design it yourself? Does it help to get people more interested in you and your works?
Go to http://www.amazon.com/A-Time-Changes-Robert-Silverberg/dp/0765322315 Click on Look Inside link on the cover. Click on the copyright link, then hit the space bar twice. You're now at the map.
When you do get to the book, keep in mind that there are two translations. The 2012 translation by Olena Bormashenko corrects some errors and renders the language into more relatable English idioms, but I actually preferred the amusing quirks of the original 1977 translation by Antonina Bouis. I'd start with the original, and re-read the new translation afterward.
First volume of the Persephone Series by J. P. Tallon.
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The Residence builds planets to order and can grant its best citizens immortality, so when the first conflict for many centuries erupts there is more at stake than merely one world and its lives and deaths.
In this alternate-worlds science fiction, planets are purpose-built, with Earth cities having sold reproduction rights. Your bespoke transport-hub planet can have a newly built version of London just a short hop from a similarly new Manhattan. You can clean the rivers and make the parks a little bigger or the Tube stations a little less crowded.
Regeneration is open only to those who prove useful to society. A caste system therefore divides those who have technological immortality from those who will die unless they can join the high-achievers and be admitted to the system.
Those excluded from the riches of Residence life rise up against it, some of them even rising from the grave, but the rebel leaders turn out to be more hungry for power than for justice.
For investigators Adam Seckle and Lysbeth Kethet, a case that begins with fraud soon turns to murder and then to a conspiracy that goes to the heart of an approaching war. It forces them to confront their own shared past and to question their personal and professional loyalties.
I've never heard of any of these nor their authors. Of the ones that I surveyed at random, it looks like the best bets with high page counts + good reviews are:
Amazon Canada
http://www.amazon.ca/Victim-Zero-The-Fall-ebook/dp/B00D8MMQRC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377673187&sr=8-1&keywords=victim+zero
http://www.amazon.com/Aetheric-Elements-Steampunk-Reality-ebook/dp/B00EBQD1RS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1380896447&sr=8-2&keywords=Aetheric+Elements
You get all of that in the zombie apocalypse book ‘Zombie Airman Infected World Book 1’ where the main protagonist is ‘infected’ but doesn’t fully turn, while still serving in uniform. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07F31TCVB/
Actually quite a lot. Most recent one I read is Dog Country by Malcom F. Cross
Amazon UK link:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00D8MMQRC/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1377541058&sr=1-1&pi=AC_SX110_SY165
My favorite 'Voldemort won' fic is Cruel and Beautiful World by Lena Phoria. Unfortunately its been taken down because the author has published a book series based off this fic, luckily for us she was kind enough to notify her readers beforehand so they could download the story. You can download a zipped file with the fic HERE.
Here are all the local Amazon links I could find:
amazon.com
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amazon.com.au
amazon.in
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amazon.de
amazon.it
amazon.es
amazon.com.br
amazon.nl
amazon.co.jp
amazon.fr
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I got mine on amazon a few years back. I just checked and its still up on amazon uk. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Roadside-Picnic-Boris-Strugatsky/dp/0575093137/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394935323&sr=8-1&keywords=Roadside+Picnic
I just released a post-apocalyptic novella called The Northland Chronicles: A Stranger North, and I'm looking for people to review it, on Amazon or elsewhere.
It definitely falls within the realm of soft sci-fi, with a heavy focus on survival and adventure.
If you're interested, let me know and I can send an e-copy to you.
Yeah, absolutely! Here ya go.
Do you think a really dark, Orwellian-like, Dystopian future is really scary? Because that is what scares me. If so, check out The Raffle Novel at therafflenovel.com or at AmazonThe Raffle Novel
Second plug for Stalker.
Also, read the book this film is based on, it's so good.
Here are a couple that I have really liked:
Day by Day Armageddon by J.L. Bourne
Sugar Scars by Travis Norwood
First volume of the Persephone Series by J. P. Tallon.
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Any positive Amazon reviews very much appreciated. Thanks.
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Blurb:
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The Residence builds planets to order and can grant its best citizens immortality, so when the first conflict for many centuries erupts there is more at stake than merely one world and its lives and deaths.
In this alternate-worlds science fiction, planets are purpose-built, with Earth cities having sold reproduction rights. Your bespoke transport-hub planet can have a newly built version of London just a short hop from a similarly new Manhattan. You can clean the rivers and make the parks a little bigger or the Tube stations a little less crowded.
Regeneration is open only to those who prove useful to society. A caste system therefore divides those who have technological immortality from those who will die unless they can join the high-achievers and be admitted to the system.
Those excluded from the riches of Residence life rise up against it, some of them even rising from the grave, but the rebel leaders turn out to be more hungry for power than for justice.
For investigators Adam Seckle and Lysbeth Kethet, a case that begins with fraud soon turns to murder and then to a conspiracy that goes to the heart of an approaching war. It forces them to confront their own shared past and to question their personal and professional loyalties.
I have this neurotic trait that once I start a book, I have to finish it. Sometimes though, there's a book that I just can't bring myself to finish.
The Sword in the Stone. I was really young when I started this book and just could not get through it to save my life. I tried reading it again a few years later and loved it.
After the Fires Went Out: Coyote. The characters in that book just made me so mad. All the main characters had this backwards cave man thought process where everything was a pissing contest. If someone from a different group behaved the exact same way, then the bleeding hypocrites would get mad at those people and threaten them. The constant hypocrisy and constant dick measuring just kind of got to me and I couldn't finish it.
The Silmarillion. I could never keep anything straight. Whenever I tried to read this, I needed a Middle-Earth atlas and dictionary handy just so I could figure out what was going on. I was more studying it than reading it. I've tried several times to read the whole thing, but I always get a quarter of the way through before calling it quits.
Maybe that browser can't handle redirection? The URL I use gets redirected to another when I use Chrome:
https://www.amazon.com/Gathering-Darkness-Simmons-Post-Apocalyptic-Thriller-ebook/dp/B012QSV53E?_encoding=UTF8&%2AVersion%2A=1&%2Aentries%2A=0
The very first one
http://www.amazon.com/dp/name/B012QSV53E
Said sorry, we couldn't find that page --- with my default browser on Android, Bromite.
Just tried it again with another browser and it worked.
Strange.
I think this is the new one:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Roadside-Picnic-Boris-Strugatsky/dp/0575093137/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376337842&sr=8-1&keywords=Roadside+Picnic
You can view the first few pages and compare. I'm still not entirely happy with how they talk in English. Sounds much too weird. But the new one is probably better than the older one. At least I didn't see anything incorrect. Just weird.
Malcolm F. Cross, Dog Country.
One of those crazy good but underappreciated ones.
Joel Shepherd, Renegade (Spiral Wars)
Has a lot of fleet stuff, but plenty of fun with the marine crew.
The Wasteland Chronicles by Kyle West. A very Fallout feel to out, complete with a UFO. There's 7 books total.
Cool! Thanks for the opportunity to give myself a plug :)
The Northland Chronicles: A Stranger North is a post-apocalyptic story of survival and adventure set in the forests of northern Minnesota.
It's currently available from Amazon, B&N, Google Play, and will be available from other retailers soon.
Book description follows:
Nine years ago, the Desolation decimated Earth’s human population. Now the survivors struggle on, living in small pockets of civilization scattered across the globe.
In one small northern Minnesota community, the winters are harsh and wild predators lurk among the shadows. Life isn’t easy, but the people eke out a peaceful existence as hunters and farmers.
That all changes when John Osborne — survivalist and sharpshooter who answers to no one — comes to town. His arrival ignites a chain of events that will change the north forever, as various factions vying for control of the still rebuilding society hope to swing Osborne’s allegiance to their side.
Where do Osborne’s true loyalties lie? And what’s his dark secret? The answers begin here, in this first episode of The Northland Chronicles.
She pulled it because she's actually rewritten it into a book she's publishing.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01HG0FWT0?pc_redir=T1
I enjoyed Sugar Scars by Travis Norwood. It's about a girl trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic as a type 1 diabetic.