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Vendor: Mohammed Said Hjiouij
Kafka in Tangier
In a nod to Kafka's iconic Metamorphosis, "Kafka in Tangier" by Mohammed Said Hjiouij is a gripping contemporary Moroccan novel delving into the themes of transformation, alienation, and empowerment. Jawad Al-Idrisi, a teacher whose ambitions of literary acclaim have been dashed, awakens one fateful...- $11.00
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Ender in Exile: Limited Edition
After twenty-three years, Orson Scott Card returns to his acclaimed best-selling series with the first true, direct sequel to the classic Ender's Game. In Ender's Game, the world's most gifted children were taken from their families and sent to an elite training school. At...- $39.99
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Death Whispers
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Strungballs
Strungballs is an extraordinary novella from Strange Books author Mike Russell. What are Strungballs? Ten-year-old Sydney is about to find out... but first he must have a cube of his flesh removed. Sydney will transgress everything he was taught to believe in when he...- $7.00
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Voidgod
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Highwire ACT & Other Tales of Survival
2022 Hudson Prize WinnerA young couple raises crickets for food, a woman in a caged complex is witness to the deterioration of her neighbor, a homeless man contemplates an infant's grave from the Westward Expansion, and an uncompromising ego takes on a Biblical rain....- $21.95
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Dark Universe
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The Metropolis by Upton Sinclair, Fiction, Classics, Literary
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Breaking the Brush Men
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The Easytown Novels: Books 1-3
The Easytown Novels are a stunning example of how two very different genres combine to create a frighteningly real near future world where the advancement of technology has stalled for the average citizen, while the divide between the rich and the poor widens.Classic noir...- $25.99
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Green Tsunami
A POST-APOCALYPTIC NIGHTMARELaura Cooney and L.L. Soares have created a post-apocalyptic novella that is disturbing, graphic, and provocative. A mysterious "green tsunami" has swept the planet -- and nothing will be the same as both living and inanimate things begin to evolve into a...- $7.99
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Vendor: Ada Palmer
Too Like the Lightning: Book One of Terra Ignota
From the winner of the 2017 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Ada Palmer's 2017 Compton Crook Award-winning political science fiction, Too Like the Lightning, ventures into a human future of extraordinary originality Mycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he...- $20.99
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Fragmented Souls
When Mother Earth grew tired of giving her people chance after chance to right their wrongs, she resorted to her last hope and released a toxic gas into the atmosphere. She spared only her creations and killed over eight billion people. In a new...- $20.00
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Seven Surrenders: Book 2 of Terra Ignota
*2018 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL CATEGORY*From 2017 John W. Campbell Award winner, Ada Palmer, the second book of Terra Ignota, a political science fiction epic of extraordinary audacity "A cornucopia of dazzling, sharp ideas set in rich, wry prose that...- $21.99
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The Will to Battle: Book 3 of Terra Ignota
The Will to Battle is the third book of John W. Campbell Award winner Ada Palmer's Terra Ignota series, a political science fiction epic of extraordinary audacity. The long years of near-utopia have come to an abrupt end. Peace and order are now figments...- $18.99
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Vendor: Cherie Priest
Boneshaker: A Novel of the Clockwork Century
In the early days of the Civil War, rumors of gold in the frozen Klondike brought hordes of newcomers to the Pacific Northwest. Anxious to compete, Russian prospectors commissioned inventor Leviticus Blue to create a great machine that could mine through Alaska's ice. Thus...- $19.99
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"A shining feat of literary sci-fi in a totalitarian futuristic society" - Independent Book Review 250 years in the future, artificial intelligences control every aspect of Kim's life - from what she has for breakfast to who she is allowed to have sex with....- $16.99
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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One 1929-1964: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction
The definitive collection of the best in science fiction stories between 1929-1964. This book contains twenty-six of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. They represent the considered verdict of the Science Fiction Writers of America, those who have shaped the genre and who...- $24.99
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Those Who Remain: A Postapocalyptic Novel
USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, G. MICHAEL HOPF BRINGS THE FINAL CHAPTER IN THE VAN ZANDT SAGA! The war between the Republic of Cascadia and the rogue nation, Western Canada is raging. With support from President Cruz in the United States, Gordon Van Zandt has...- $15.99
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Vendor: Peter Watts
Maelstrom
This is the way the world ends: A nuclear strike on a deep sea vent. The target was an ancient microbe--voracious enough to drive the whole biosphere to extinction--and a handful of amphibious humans called rifters who'd inadvertently released it from three billion years...- $19.99
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Vendor: Marcel Theroux
Far North
National Book Award Finalist for FictionMy father had an expression for a thing that turned out bad. He'd say it had gone west. But going west always sounded pretty good to me. After all, westwards is the path of the sun. And through as...- $17.00
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Vendor: Frank Tayell
Surviving the Evacuation, Book 12: Britain's End
Anglesey became a refuge for survivors from across the world, but living in the shadow of a decrepit nuclear power station was always a precarious existence. There is only one destination for their final exodus from Britain, but Belfast won't become their new home.There...- $12.99
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Oath of Fealty
Prometheus Award Hall of Fame finalist and one of the 100 best science fiction novels from 1949-1984 as selected by critic David Pringle.This classic of libertarian science fiction explores how the citizens of a near-future Los Angeles wrestle with poverty, privacy, and technology when...- $17.99
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Vendor: Herbert George Wells
The World Set Free
This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic works.Author: Herbert George WellsISBN-10: 1456569740ISBN-13:...- $7.99
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Vendor: Maureen McHugh
China Mountain Zhang
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Vendor: Jenika Snow
The Barbarian's Stolen Bride
I was known as Fenrir the Destroyer, the taker of lives and castles, a brutal Viking warrior in the Kingdom of Kaldir. My kingdom.My name traveled far and wide, and those who heard it knew their place... accepted their fear above all else.I had...- $15.99
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Metropolis by Thea Von Harbou, Science Fiction
Metropolis is set in 2026, in a technologically advanced city, which is sustained by the existence of an underground society of laborers, a futuristic urban dystopia and follows the attempts of Freder, the wealthy son of the city's ruler and Maria, a poor worker,...- $37.95
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Vendor: Evan Pickering
Legends: A Post-Apocalyptic Novel
Legends Never Die.Whiskey and Taylor have found a new life as Sons of Liberty Rangers.But the tides of war beckon as rebels are found within the borders.And a mysterious message has been nailed to their door.Someone from their past is still alive.Twenty years have...- $15.99
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Vendor: Ada Palmer
Perhaps the Stars
From the 2017 John W. Campbell Award Winner for Best Writer, Ada Palmer's Perhaps the Stars is the final book of the Hugo Award-shortlisted Terra Ignota series. World Peace turns into global civil war. In the future, the leaders of Hive nations--nations without fixed...- $20.99
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2045: A Story of Our Future
Global warming, environmental degradation, the rapid pace of technological innovation, and the economic stresses of globalization give rise to much speculation about the future. How will these dynamic factors affect society in the coming decades? In this dystopian novel, environmental expert Peter Seidel has...- $22.00
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Vendor: Pagan Kennedy
Confessions of a Memory Eater
"Complicated, cool and vulnerable at the same time...you can't help falling for Pagan Kennedy's characters."--Stephen Dubner, The New York TimesOnce a brilliant historian with a promising academic future, Win Duncan is at a crossroads in his career when he is mysteriously summoned by Litminov,...- $14.95
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Vendor: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Fiction, Classics
We arrived at last at a wide cavern with an arched domelike roof. An aperture in the midst let in the light of heaven; but this was overgrown with brambles and underwood, which acted as a veil, obscuring the day, and giving a solemn...- $45.95
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Vendor: Wesley Chu
Time Salvager
Time Salvager: a fast-paced time travel adventure from Wesley Chu, the John W. Campbell award-winning author of The Lives of Tao. In a future when Earth is a toxic, abandoned world and humanity has spread into the outer solar system to survive, the tightly...- $19.99
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Loudening Silence
Ashlyn Ford is deaf and alone in a world where even the strongest perish, and she has been deemed a traitor in her secluded, cult-like, fenced-in community. Her own father is out to kill her to protect his misguided dreams for control as Ashlyn...- $12.99
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My Name Is Iris
"Brando Skyhorse, winner of the PEN Hemingway Award, returns with his highly anticipated second novel, a literary dystopian tale set in a near-future America where mandatory identification wristbands make second-generation immigrants into second-class citizens"--Author: Brando SkyhorseISBN-10: 1982177861ISBN-13: 9781982177867Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon &...- $18.99
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Agonist
A feverish confrontation with the internet as digital palimpsest, a fragmented discourse upon its banal diabolical passions; hatred, humour, cruelty, obscenity, lust, and poetry - often absurd, sometimes sublime. 'Agonist' speaks to the maddening anomie of the technological present, teetering on the spectral boundary...- $15.99
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Hell Divers XII: Heroes
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Nicholas Sansbury Smith throws the Divers into another action packed adventure in the final installment of the Hell Divers series.The Forerunner has decimated the Vanguard Islands in a surprise attack from the Trident warship. King Kade...- $16.99
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The Zodiak Assassins
A high-flying executive and single mother of an autistic son leaves her career behind to embark on a transformative journey. Seeking a simpler life, she moves to a quaint village in Crete, where she joins the Animal Welfare movement, a cause close to her...- $23.95
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Part One: Experiment
While the nation knows Titus Tarm as a corporate giant dedicated to changing the world with cutting-edge technology, engineer Kristina Simmons learns that he plans to expand his wealth by launching a civil war with that same ingenuity. To her chagrin, she agrees to...- $16.00
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Every Last One: The Rise of Sylvia Boone
After the fall of nations, corporations have established authoritarian control over every major city, prioritizing order over freedom. Sylvia Boone, a corporal in the region's police force, finds herself in an impossible situation. When she discovers high-ranking elites are enabling human rights violations, she...- $17.99
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The Zodiak Assassins
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Mare City: The Complete Saga
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Unchipped: Omnibus One
Books 1-5 of the epic dystopian science fiction adventure series "Unchipped" collected into a single volume!Humanity is destroying itself as the cities burn. It is the time of the Great Affliction.Neighbors, lovers, or strangers - it no longer matters, as everyone is turning against...- $29.99
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Chipped: Omnibus Two
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The World Machine
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Resist the Darkness: A Post Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller
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Escape the Darkness: A Post Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller
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Sold Out: 99% Possibly True Stories of Class Warfare
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Life Among Seahorses
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Damnificados
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Fiction Dystopian Books
Fiction dystopian books have captured the imagination of readers for decades. These captivating works of literature often present a bleak and futuristic world where society has been detrimentally transformed by various factors such as governments, technologies, or natural disasters. Dystopian fiction serves as a cautionary tale, exploring themes of oppressive regimes, loss of personal freedoms, and the potential consequences of unchecked power.
One of the key elements of dystopian fiction is the creation of a plausible and detailed world that is vastly different from our own. Authors meticulously craft these dystopian societies, introducing readers to new rules, systems, and hierarchies. The settings can range from desolate wastelands to highly controlled utopias, each with its own challenges and pitfalls.
There is a wide range of dystopian fiction available, but one popular subgenre within this category is dystopian novels in the form of books collections. These collections often consist of multiple books that are interconnected either through a shared world or thematic elements. They provide readers with a deeper exploration of the dystopian concept, allowing for more complex storylines and character development.
Within the fiction dystopian book collections, readers may find a variety of themes and narratives. Some collections focus on political dystopias, where authoritarian regimes oppress their citizens and control every aspect of their lives. Others may explore environmental dystopias, where the destruction of nature has led to catastrophic consequences. Additionally, technological dystopias examine the potential dangers of advanced technology and its impact on society.
Several notable authors have contributed to the world of fiction dystopian book collections, each bringing their own unique perspective to the genre. Authors such as George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Margaret Atwood, Suzanne Collins, and Ray Bradbury have all made significant contributions with their works. These authors have captivated readers with their thought-provoking narratives and vivid portrayals of dystopian worlds.
What sets fiction dystopian book collections apart from standalone novels is their ability to fully immerse readers in the complexities of their dystopian settings. With multiple books to explore, readers can delve deeper into the various aspects of these dystopias, gaining a more comprehensive understanding of the world and the characters that inhabit it. Whether readers are drawn to the exploration of social justice, political corruption, or the human spirit in the face of adversity, fiction dystopian book collections provide a rich and thought-provoking reading experience.
Popular Fiction Dystopian Books
Fiction dystopian books have captured the imagination of readers worldwide with their dark and often chilling depiction of a future world. These books present an alternative reality where society is in a state of upheaval, usually under the control of a powerful totalitarian regime or facing the consequences of a catastrophic event. In this article, we will explore some of the popular books that have gained recognition and acclaim within the genre of fiction dystopian books.1. "1984" by George Orwell: Considered a classic in the genre, "1984" depicts a totalitarian society ruled by the Party, led by the enigmatic Big Brother. The novel's protagonist, Winston Smith, struggles against the oppressive regime while trying to preserve his own individuality and freedom of thought. Orwell's novel serves as a warning about the dangers of excessive government control and surveillance, leaving readers questioning the fragility of their own freedom.
2. "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley: Huxley's seminal work presents a society that has achieved stability and happiness through genetic engineering, conditioning, and the use of drugs. However, this apparent utopia masks a society devoid of individuality and meaningful connections. The book explores themes of the loss of personal freedom, the dangers of a consumerist culture, and the power of knowledge and individuality.
3. "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins: This young adult trilogy took the dystopian genre by storm, offering a thrilling and action-packed narrative set in the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem. The story follows Katniss Everdeen as she becomes a symbol of resistance against the tyrannical Capitol, which forces children to participate in a televised fight to the death called "The Hunger Games." Collins successfully blends elements of dystopia, adventure, and social commentary in her captivating and thought-provoking series.
4. "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury: In Bradbury's dystopian novel, a future society outlaws books and burns them to suppress independent thought and intellectualism. The protagonist, Guy Montag, is a fireman whose role is to burn books but becomes disenchanted with the system and seeks to preserve knowledge. This thought-provoking book warns about the dangers of censorship and the importance of literature and critical thinking in society.
5. "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood: This chilling novel portrays a future society called Gilead, where women are subjugated, deprived of their freedoms, and reduced to reproductive vessels. The story follows Offred, a "handmaid," as she navigates the oppressive regime while clinging to memories of her past life. Atwood's book raises important questions about women's rights, reproductive autonomy, and the abuse of power.
These popular fiction dystopian books have resonated deeply with readers due to their captivating narratives and thought-provoking themes. They serve as cautionary tales, reminding us to reflect on the vulnerability of our own societies and the importance of individuality, freedom, and social justice. Whether they inspire a sense of fear or a renewed commitment to safeguarding our future, these books have undoubtedly left a lasting impact on the literary world and popular culture.