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- An anti-utopian novel where, instead of a paradise, everything has gone wrong in the attempt to create a perfect society. See utopian novel. Examples:
* George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four
* Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Robert Harris - VirtualSalt
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- Written by Stephen King under the penname of Richard Bachman, “The Running Man” is a fantastic dystopian novel about a frightening future where ratings and entertainment takes form in a man hunt, and where even the “winners” are losers. - Jamie Frater by
- Anthony Burgess' "A Clockwork Orange" is one of the most artfully crafted dystopian novels ever penned, rivaled only by Jack Womack's "Random Acts of Senseless Violence." - Mac Tonnies by
- In every dystopian novel, the individual is of little, if any consequence, the desire being for uniformity within society. - BBC by
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