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« on: February 20, 2005, 10:22:29 AM »
I've seen Animal Farm mentioned a few times on this board, as well as other works of a similar nature. I'm sure there are plenty that I haven't read as well, but the following books all seem to present a cautionary, perhaps cynical view of a possible future:
Communism
Orwell - Animal Farm

Psychological control/total surveillance/thought police
Orwell - 1984

Eugenics
Huxley - Brave New World
Heinlen - Beyond this Horizon

Communism/intellectual repression
Rand - Anthem
LeGuin - The Masters

Scapegoat
Lowry - The Giver
LeGuin - Those Who Walk Away From Omelas

Has anyone read these? Any more to add?
 
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« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2005, 02:18:30 PM »
Many, if not all of Kurt Vonnegut's novels could fit quite comfortably on this list.
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« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2005, 04:50:45 PM »
We, Yevgeny Zamyatin  
 Very, very similiar to 1984, but it was written before Orwell's work.
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« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2005, 11:26:23 AM »
Brave New World was one strange book....  wacko  
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« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2005, 03:42:37 PM »
I just came across an interesting article called "Orwell for Christians."
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