tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5962222688699015617.post751981416056553178..comments2024-02-10T11:15:33.341-05:00Comments on Reading Envy: The Great Dystopian Novel To Read ListJenny Colvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01504838127259859300noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5962222688699015617.post-50755619634130290562011-11-27T19:31:29.144-05:002011-11-27T19:31:29.144-05:00@Ed- Thanks for your list; I wil add them shortly....@Ed- Thanks for your list; I wil add them shortly. I really need to read V for many reasons. And would you believe that I've only read one book by Mieville?<br /><br />@Trish - I liked that one too. Pretty bleak.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00633712081197318104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5962222688699015617.post-30650073361214086062011-11-27T19:22:16.530-05:002011-11-27T19:22:16.530-05:00You're a pretty committed dystopian reader. I&...You're a pretty committed dystopian reader. I'm trying to fit more into my reading repertoire in the next little while. My favorite so far? Cormac McCarthy's The Road.Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18273468231529654323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5962222688699015617.post-30058041481314102462011-11-27T00:43:49.443-05:002011-11-27T00:43:49.443-05:00This isn't exactly my favorite SF subgenre (I&...This isn't exactly my favorite SF subgenre (I'm something of an optimist when it comes to the future), so I haven't read a whole lot of these, but the ones I've read and enjoyed are listed here with some quick comments:<br /><br /><i>The Shockwave Rider</i>: The ending is a little weak, but it's pretty fantastic overall.<br /><br /><i>V for Vendetta</i>: Shocking and raw and subversive and antiestablishment. Would be interesting to see if 9/11 would color my re-reading of it.<br /><br />I've heard that <i>Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said</i> is one of PKD's best novels, and it's been on my short list of books to read for a while now. <i>The Man in the High Castle</i> is more an alt-history, but I suppose it's a very dystopian alt-history.<br /><br /><i>Pebble in the Sky</i> is one of Asimov's Galactic Empire books that take place between the <i>Robot</i> books and the <i>Foundation</i> series. I've read the former and the latter, but not the in-between books. Meant to.<br /><br />Ballard seems like an author I should like in theory, but I just don't know. <i>Crash</i> is my least favorite Cronenberg movie, which has (probably unfairly) kind of scared me away from reading Ballard.<br /><br />You can't go wrong with Frank Herbert, Le Guin, Vonnegut, and Nabokov. And what little I've read by Cordwainer Smith has impressed me.<br /><br />I'm surprised you haven't read <i>Perdido Street Station</i>. It was all the rage a few years ago. I almost read it recently in one of my many book clubs, but it didn't make the final cut, unfortunately. I've heard nothing but good things.<br /><br />I've been intrigued by <i>The Schrödinger’s Cat Trilogy</i> for decades (mainly for the title), but I haven't gotten around to reading them.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13497641011271747852noreply@blogger.com