Monday, May 14, 2012

Dystopian fiction


MADE INTO FILMS
Lois Lowry
The Giver
1 The Giver (1993)
2 Gathering Blue (2000)
3 Messenger (2004)
4 Son (2012)

John Marsden
Tomorrow  
A Tomorrow, When the War Began
1 Tomorrow, When the War Began (1993)  
2 The Dead of the Night (1994)
3 The Third Day, the Frost (1995) also appeared as:
Variant: A Killing Frost (1996)
4 Darkness, Be My Friend (1996)
5 Burning for Revenge (1997)
6 The Night Is for Hunting (1998)
7 The Other Side of Dawn (1999)
B Ellie Chronicles
1 While I Live (2003)
2 Incurable (2005)
3 Circle of Flight (2006)

Jeanne DuPrau
Books of Ember
1 The City of Ember (2003) also appeared as:
2 The People of Sparks (2004)
3 The Prophet of Yonwood (2006)
4 The Diamond of Darkhold (2008)

Never Let Me Go  (2005) Kazuo Ishiguro 

Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games
1 The Hunger Games (2008)  
2 Catching Fire (2009)  
3 Mockingjay (2010)

Patrick Ness
Chaos Walking
1 The Knife of Never Letting Go (2008)
2 The Ask and the Answer (2009)
3 Monsters of Men (2010)

James Dashner
Maze Runner
1 The Maze Runner (2009) 
2 The Scorch Trials (2010) 
3 The Death Cure (2011) 
4 The Kill Order (2012) 
5 The Fever Code (2016

Ready Player One (2011) Ernest Cline

Veronica Roth
Divergent Trilogy
1 Divergent (2011)  
2 Insurgent (2012)  
3 Allegiant (2013)   

Divergent Universe
The Transfer (2013) [SF]
Four: A Divergent Collection (2014) [C
The Son (2014) [SF]  

Alexandra Bracken
The Darkest Minds
1 The Darkest Minds (2012)
1.5 In Time (2015) [SF]
2 Never Fade (2013)
2.5 Sparks Rise (2015) [SF]
3 In the Afterlight (2014)
3.5 Beyond the Night (2015) [SF]
Through the Dark (2015) [C]

Rick Yancey
The 5th Wave
1 The 5th Wave (2013)
2 The Infinite Sea (2014)
3 The Last Star (2016)

COULD BE MADE INTO A FILM
The Girl Who Owned a City (1975) O.T. Nelson

Neal Shusterman
Unwind Dystology
1 Unwind (2007
2 UnWholly (2012) 
3 UnSouled (2013)
4 UnDivided (2014)

Emmy Laybourne
Monument 14
0.5 Dress Your Marines in White (2012) [SF]
1 Monument 14 (2012)
1.5 Jake and the Other Girl (2013) [SF]
2 Sky on Fire (2013)
3 Savage Drift (2014)
What Mario Scietto Says (2014) [SF]

Books I started Reading….
Alexander Gordon Smith
Escape from Furnace
1 Lockdown (2009)
2 Solitary (2009)
3 Death Sentence (2009)
4 Fugitives (2010)
5 Execution (2011)
The Night Children (2011) [SF]

Paolo Bacigalupi
Ship Breaker
1 Ship Breaker (2010) 
2 The Drowned Cities (2012) 
3 Tool of War (2017)

Lissa Price
Callie (Lissa Price)
1 Starters (2012) also appeared as:
2 Enders (2013)
Portrait of a Spore (2013) [SF]
Portrait of a Donor: A Starters Story (2014)

Elsie Chapman
Dualed
1 Dualed (2013) 
2 Divided (2014)





Some Popular Authors
After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia (2012) Ellen Datlow
ix • Introduction (After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia) • essay by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow
1 • The Segment • short story by Genevieve Valentine
19 • After the Cure • novelette by Carrie Ryan
45 • Valedictorian • short story by N. K. Jemisin
65 • Visiting Nelson • novelette by Katherine Langrish
89 • All I Know of Freedom • short story by Carol Emshwiller
109 • The Other Elder • juvenile • [Across the Universe] • short story by Beth Revis
129 • The Great Game at the End of the World • novelette by Matthew Kressel
153 • Reunion • short story by Susan Beth Pfeffer
167 • Blood Drive • short story by Jeffrey Ford
181 • Reality Girl • novelette by Richard Bowes
207 • How Th'irth Wint Rong by Hapless Joey @ homeskool.gov • short story by Gregory Maguire
215 • Rust with Wings • [7th Sigma • 0.5] • short story by Steven Gould
233 • Faint Heart • novelette by Sarah Rees Brennan
263 • The Easthound • (2012) • short story by Nalo Hopkinson
281 • Gray • poem by Jane Yolen
283 • Before • short story by Carolyn Dunn
295 • Fake Plastic Trees • novelette by Caitlín R. Kiernan
319 • You Won't Feel a Thing • [Shade's Children milieu] • short story by Garth Nix
335 • The Marker • short story by Cecil Castellucci
355 • Afterword (After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia) • essay by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow

Margaret Peterson Haddix
Shadow Children
1 Among the Hidden (1998)  
2 Among the Impostors (2001)  
3 Among the Betrayed (2002)  
4 Among the Barons (2003)  
5 Among the Brave (2004)  
6 Among the Enemy (2005)  
7 Among the Free (2006)

Garth Nix
Shade's Children milieu
Shade's Children (1997)
You Won't Feel a Thing (2012) [SF]

Scott Westerfeld
Uglies
1 Uglies (2005)  
2 Pretties (2005)  
3 Specials (2006)  
4 Extras (2007)  
Bogus to Bubbly: An Insider's Guide to the World of Uglies (2008) [NF]
Uglies: Shay's Story (2012) [SF] with Devin Grayson

Diana Peterfreund
Stars (Diana Peterfreund)
1 For Darkness Shows the Stars (2012)
2 Across a Star-Swept Sea (2013)


Feed (2002) M.T. Anderson

Nancy Farmer
The House of the Scorpion
1 The House of the Scorpion (2002) also appeared as:
2 The Lord of Opium (2013)

Carrie Ryan
Forest of Hands and Teeth
1 The Forest of Hands and Teeth (2009)
2 The Dead-Tossed Waves (2010)
3 The Dark and Hollow Places (2011)
Hare Moon (2010) [SF]
Bougainvillea (2010) [SF]
Flotsam & Jetsam (2010) [SF]
Scenic Route (2011) [SF]
The Dead and Empty World (2013) [C]

Beth Revis
Across the Universe
1 Across the Universe (2011)
2 A Million Suns (2012)
3 Shades of Earth (2013)
A Million Suns (excerpt) (2011) [SF]
The Other Elder (2012) [SF]
Love Is a Choice (2013) [SF]

Rot & Ruin
0.25 Jack and Jill (2012) [SF]
0.5 First Night Memories (2012) [SF]
1 Rot & Ruin (2010)
1.5 In the Land of the Dead (2011) [SF]
2 Dust & Decay (2011)
2.5 Dead & Gone (2012) [SF]
3 Flesh & Bone (2012)
3.5 Tooth & Nail (2013) [SF]
4 Fire & Ash (2013)
5 Bits & Pieces (2015) [C]
Family Business (2010) [SF]
In the Land of the Dead (excerpt) (2011) [SF]
Flesh & Bone (excerpt) (2012) [SF]
Overdue Books (2013) [SF]
A Christmas Feast (2014) [SF]
Sunset Hollow (2014) [SF]
Warrior Smart (2015) [SF]
From Nix's Journal (2015) [SF]
Hero Town (2015) [SF]
Rags and Bones (2015) [SF]
The Valley of the Shadow (2015) [SF]
Warrior Smart (excerpt) (2015) [SF]
Sisters (2016) [SF]

Patrick Carman
Pulse (Patrick Carman)
1 Pulse (2013)
2 Tremor (2014)
3 Quake (2015)

TO BE READ LIST

River Rats (1992) Caroline Stevermer

Conor Kostick
Avatar Chronicles
1 Epic (2004)
2 Saga (2006)
3 Edda (2011)

Catherine Fisher
Incarceron
1 Incarceron (2007)
2 Sapphique (2008)

Gemma Malley
The Declaration
1 The Declaration (2007) 
2 The Resistance (2008)
3 The Returners (2010)
4 The Legacy (2010)

Emily Diamand
Lilly Melkun
1 Reavers' Ransom (2008) 
2 Flood and Fire (2010)

Michael Grant
Gone
1 Gone (2008) 
2 Hunger (2009) 
3 Lies (2010) 
4 Plague (2011) 
5 Fear (2012) 
6 Light (2013) 
7 Monster (2017)

Charlie Higson
The Enemy
1 The Enemy (2009)
2 The Dead (2010)
3 The Fear (2011)
4 The Sacrifice (2012)
5 The Fallen (2013)
6 The Hunted (2014)
7 The End (2015)

A Small Free Kiss in the Dark (2009) Glenda Millard

Janni Lee Simner
Bones of Faerie Trilogy
1 Bones of Faerie (2009)
2 Faerie Winter (2011)
3 Faerie After (2013)

Chris Wooding
Malice
1 Malice (2009) 
2 Havoc (2010) 

Ally Condie
Matched
◦ 1 Matched (2010)
◦ 2 Crossed (2011)
◦ 3 Reached (2012)

Ann Aguirre
Razorland
0.5 Foundation (2012) [SF]
1 Enclave (2011)
1.5 Endurance (2012) [SF]
2 Outpost (2012)
3 Horde (2013)
4 Vanguard (2017)

Ilsa J. Bick
The Ashes Trilogy
1 Ashes (2011)
2 Shadows (2012)
3 Monsters (2013)

Anna Carey
Eve (Anna Carey)
1 Eve (2011)
2 Once (2012)
3 Rise (2013)

Lauren DeStefano
The Chemical Garden Trilogy
1 Wither (2011)
2 Fever (2012)
3 Sever (2013)

The Eleventh Plague (2011) Jeff Hirsch

Sophie Littlefield
Aftertime
1. Aftertime (2011)
2. Rebirth (2011)
3. Horizon (2012)
Survivors (2011)

Marie Lu
Legend
◦ 1 Legend (2011)
◦ 2 Prodigy (2013)
◦ 3 Champion (2013)
◦ Life Before Legend (2013) [C]

The Young Elites
◦ 1 The Young Elites (2014)
◦ 2 The Rose Society (2015)
◦ 3 The Midnight Star (2016)

Tahereh Mafi
Juliette / Shatter Me
1 Shatter Me (2011)  
1.5 Destroy Me (2012) [SF] 
2 Unravel Me (2013) 
2.5 Fracture Me (2013) [SF] 
3 Ignite Me (2014) 
4 Restore Me (2018)
Unite Me (2014) [C]

Lisa McMann
The Unwanteds Universe
A The Unwanteds
1 The Unwanteds (2011)
2 Island of Silence (2012)
3 Island of Fire (2013)
4 Island of Legends (2014)
5 Island of Shipwrecks (2015)
6 Island of Graves (2015)
7 Island of Dragons (2016)
 B The Unwanteds Quests
1 Dragon Captives (2017)
2 Dragon Bones (2018)

Mike Mullin
Ashfall
1 Ashfall (2011)
2 Ashen Winter (2012)
3 Sunrise (2014)

Lauren Oliver
Delirium ◦ 0.5 Annabel (2012) [SF]
◦ 1 Delirium (2011)
◦ 1.5 Hana (2011) [SF]
◦ 2 Pandemonium (2012)
◦ 2.5 Raven (2013) [SF]
◦ 3 Requiem (2013)
◦ 3.5 Alex (2014) [SF]
◦ Delirium Stories: Hana, Annabel, Raven & Alex (2016) [C]
◦ The Book of Shhh (2016) [SF]


Veronica Rossi
Under the Never Sky
1 Under the Never Sky (2011) also appeared as:
,1.5 Roar and Liv (2012) [SF]
2 Through the Ever Night (2013) 
2.5 Brooke (2014) [SF]
3 Into the Still Blue (2014) 

The Scorpio Races (2011) Maggie Stiefvater

Ashes, Ashes (2011) Jo Treggiari

Gabrielle Zevin
Birthright (Gabrielle Zevin)
1 All These Things I've Done (2011)
2 Because It Is My Blood (2012)
3 In the Age of Love and Chocolate (2013)

Jennifer Bosworth
0.5.Prophet  [SF] (2012)
1. Struck (2012)
Strange Rain  [SF]  (2013)

Kiera Cass
The Selection
1 The Selection (2012) also appeared as:
2 The Elite (2013) also appeared as:
3 The One (2014) also appeared as:
4 The Heir (2015) also appeared as:
5 The Crown (2016) also appeared as:
The Selection Stories: The Prince & The Guard (2014) [C]
Happily Ever After (2015) [C]
The Favorite (2015) [SF]
The Queen (2015) [SF]


S.D. Crockett
After the Snow Universe
After the Snow (2012)
One Crow Alone (2013)

Antony John
Elemental (Antony John)
1 Elemental (2012)
2 Firebrand (2013)
3 Renegade (2014)

Kristen Simmons
Article 5
1 Article 5 (2012)
2 Breaking Point (2013)
3 Three (2014)

Piers Torday
Kester Jaynes
1 The Last Wild (2013)
2 The Dark Wild (2014)

Suzanne Young
The Program
1 The Program (2013) 
2 The Treatment (2014) 
3 The Remedy (2015) 
4 The Epidemic (2016)
5 The Adjustment (2017)
6 The Complication [forthcoming: Apr 24 2018]
The Recovery (2015) [SF]

Austin Aslan
Animal Answer Guides
1 The Islands at the End of the World (2014)
2 The Girl at the Center of the World (2015)

Virginia Bergin
H2O
1 H2O (2014)
2 The Storm (2015)

Pierce Brown
Red Rising
1 Red Rising (2014) 
2 Golden Son (2015) 
3 Morning Star (2016) 
4 Iron Gold (2018)
The One Safe Place (2014)   Tania Unsworth 

Station Eleven (2014) Emily St. John Mandel

Eric Walters
The Rule of Three
1 The Rule of Three (2014)
2 Fight for Power (2015)
3 Will to Survive (2016)
Fourth Dimension (2018)

Chris Weitz
The Young World
1 The Young World (2014)                                                 
2 The New Order (2015)
3 The Revival (2016)

Scott Sigler
The Generations Trilogy
1 Alive (2015)
2 Alight (2016)
3 Alone (2017)

Nirvana (2015) J.R. Stewart

SOME DYSTOPIAN/ APOCALYPTIC CLASSICS
Lord of the World (1907) Robert Hugh Benson
Brave New World (1932) Aldous Huxley
1984 (1949) George Orwell

Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451
The Fireman (1951) [SF]
Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

The Stand (1978) Stephen King
The Handmaid's Tale (1985) Margaret Atwood
The Children of Men (1992) P.D. James
The Road (2006) Cormac McCarthy

Some NON YA Dystopian
Harrison Bergeron (1961) [SF]  Kurt Vonnegut
This Perfect Day (1970) Ira Levin




Swan Song (1987) Robert McCammon

Hugh Howey
Silo
1 Wool (2011)
2 Shift (2012)
3 Dust (2013)
World War Z by Max Brooks




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