![]() ![]() ![]() Some are written with a dystopian setting because a dystopian setting makes an intriguing setting to place your characters in and see how they react. Thinking about other dystopian novels I’ve read, I think there’s something of a continuum. Or at least I agree that this is true of the best dystopian novels. ![]() Josh said, and I agree, that dystopian novels are written about the present, even when they are set in the future. He had to read 1984 for school, and it hadn’t hit him as hard as Feed, which talked about our consumer culture taken to the extreme. Josh said that it was disturbing to read a dystopian novel during the time it was commenting on. My own idea of a good dystopian novel comes from something my then-teenage son said after reading Feed, by M. However, that got me thinking: What makes a good dystopian novel? I can’t stress enough, though, that it was a good novel and kept me reading. Last night, I finished a dystopian novel that didn’t quite work for me as a dystopian novel. ![]()
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