if you know any dystopian books that were written a long time ago that are based in any year that is close to this year please let me know because I am very interested in what people back the thought what this year would be like
by Giantfluffybluecat
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Classics?
*1984*
*Brave New World*
*Fareignheit 451*
1984. Fahrenheit 451, brave new world . . . .start with the classics.
Watch back to the future . . . . .part 2 is a great OTT view of the world as it could have been in 2015 lol!
Not written *that* long ago (1993) but Parable of the Sower by Octavia E Butler is a dystopian novel set in the 2020s where American society is collapsing and there’s a Christo-fascist politician who wants to make America great again.
The Beach is pretty awesome
Earth Abides
We, from 1920s Russia which inspired Brave New World and 1984 (it was published in English translation before ever being published in Russian due to Soviet censorship)
The Machine Stops
The Man in the High Castle
He, She and It by Marge Piercy