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What are some good dystopian novels? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by minorsecond@lemm.ee to c/books@lemmy.ml

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I'm nearly finished rereading 1984 and my appetite for dystopian books is whetted. What are some other great ones I should check out?

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[–] Kayel@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you friend, it seems we have similar tastes for similar reasons. Would you recommend anything else?

For Reynolds, the revelation space trilogy is he best received and has his biggest ideas. But you could start anywhere. While he has some core themes, his ideas are all over the shop between books; each unique in both style and concepts.

Peter F Hamilton is an odd one. His writing is very male but the hard sci fi ideas and world building are second to none. The darkest place to start is the Confederation universe. The most fun and fantasy adjacent is the Void Trilogy. Despite being a hardcore fan I'm not very well read on him.

For both, their short stories are exquisite, in some cases mind bending and worldview changing.

[–] exuberantlime@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I've got the first Revelation Space book waiting for me to open it up, there's just so much out there to read.

If we are talking sci fi dystopias, I'd say Altered Carbon and its sequels are compelling. Skip the Netflix show. We both seem to like military sci fi, and that series has that aspect in spades.

If you haven't read Gibson's stuff after Neuromancer, you might like that too.

His writing is very male

Lol his writing is very phallic? I think I know what you mean.