My latest post for JSTOR Daily looks at the value of dystopian fiction to those of us trying to navigate a complicated digital world and an even more confusing future. The post mentions many of my favorite dystopian reads, so I thought I would offer a handy list of books that can fuel any anxiety. Find the book for your latest worry below.
Bio-engineering: Oryx and Crake or The Windup Girl
China: China Mountain Zhang
Cloning: Never Let Me Go
Colonialism: The Mechanical or Cloud Atlas
Disease: Station Eleven
Drugs: Afterparty
Gender: The Handmaid’s Tale or Woman on the Edge of Timev
Inequality: On Such a Full Sea or The Heart Goes Last
Media: The Diamond Age
Megacorporations: Jennifer Government or He, She and It
Psychological profiling: The Affinities
Robots: Robopocalypse
Sleep: Beggars in Spain or Sleep Donation
(un)Natural disasters: Spin or The Age of Miracles
Virtual reality: Snow Crash or Ready Player One or Neuromancer
War: The Forever War or The Gone-Away World
Zombies: The Girl with All the Gifts
If you have a worry (or book) that isn’t on this list, let me know in the comments!
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