dystopian novel

ESSAY / ‘Sunrise on the Reaping’: Fan service and repetitive themes weigh down ‘Hunger Games’ prequel

Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games series has captivated pop culture with its bold take on tyranny, sacrifice, and resistance, spanning Katniss Everdeen’s blazing defiance in The Hunger Games (2008) to her final stand in Mockingjay (2010) against Coriolanus Snow’s cold cruelty.

BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / 'Prophet Song': Full of sound, fury, and significance

The 309-page-long dystopian novel is an oppressive account of Eilish who tries to keep her family from falling apart as everything around her crumbles.

NEWS / Orwell's novel of repression '1984' tops Russian bestseller lists

Orwell said he had used Stalin's dictatorship as a model for the personality cult of the all-seeing Big Brother, whose "thought police" force cowed citizens to engage in "doublethink" in order to believe that "War is peace, freedom is slavery". 

Why we like dystopian novels so much

Dystopian novels aren't just a reflection of our current times, they are also vehicles to spread awareness.

Logan's Run author George Clayton Johnson dies at 86

Science-fiction writer George Clayton Johnson, who co-wrote the 1967 dystopian novel Logan's Run, passes away aged 86.

April 10, 2025
April 10, 2025

‘Sunrise on the Reaping’: Fan service and repetitive themes weigh down ‘Hunger Games’ prequel

Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games series has captivated pop culture with its bold take on tyranny, sacrifice, and resistance, spanning Katniss Everdeen’s blazing defiance in The Hunger Games (2008) to her final stand in Mockingjay (2010) against Coriolanus Snow’s cold cruelty.

August 16, 2024
August 16, 2024

'Prophet Song': Full of sound, fury, and significance

The 309-page-long dystopian novel is an oppressive account of Eilish who tries to keep her family from falling apart as everything around her crumbles.

December 25, 2022
December 25, 2022

Orwell's novel of repression '1984' tops Russian bestseller lists

Orwell said he had used Stalin's dictatorship as a model for the personality cult of the all-seeing Big Brother, whose "thought police" force cowed citizens to engage in "doublethink" in order to believe that "War is peace, freedom is slavery". 

October 20, 2022
October 20, 2022

Why we like dystopian novels so much

Dystopian novels aren't just a reflection of our current times, they are also vehicles to spread awareness.

December 27, 2015
December 27, 2015

Logan's Run author George Clayton Johnson dies at 86

Science-fiction writer George Clayton Johnson, who co-wrote the 1967 dystopian novel Logan's Run, passes away aged 86.