On Recommendations For Dystopian Fiction

[danieldwilliam]

My daughter has some course work for A level English. She needs to pick a work of Dystopian Fiction to compare in some way with Margaret Attwood's Handmaid's Tale.

So recommendations sought of an interesting work of  Dystopian Fiction and some interesting potential points of comparison.

Please.

Comments

[widgetfox.livejournal.com]

Does it have to be lit fic?

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure.

[widgetfox.livejournal.com]

The easy way: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dystopian_literature

Can you find out what she's interested in about THT (e.g., plight of women, nature of social subjugation, etc.) - then we can help narrow that down.

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

From BB

"I've been thinking about maybe the oppressive regime or the mistreatment of women in the society but I'd need to talk to my English teacher to make sure it's a good question and stuff like that"

[coughingbear]

There's an interesting article and comments on SF and dystopias by Jo Walton on tor.com here, which mentions several. Including the Hunger Games, which might make an interesting comparison with the Atwood.

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much.

I've forwarded that to BB.

[andrewducker]

It's at times like this that I wish I'd read The Handmaid's Tale.

[fiendish-cat.livejournal.com]

It's not too late.

I highly recommend it.

[nicnac.livejournal.com]

If it isn't too late, Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go.

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

Thanks.