Sentences with phrase «atwood-esque dystopian novels»

The social - media company isn't quite like the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell's dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty - Four, which works to change, correct, and falsify news and information to keep Big Brother in power.

In Orwell's dystopian novel, a totalitarian state maintains social control by obfuscating reality, using what the British author called «Newspeak» and «doublethink» to compel its subjects to acknowledge as true what they know is false.

He likes reading military thrillers and history books; I like cookbooks and dystopian novels.

In fairness, Benn's acolyte, Chris Mullin, anticipated some of the challenges to a prospective Benn government in his didactic, dystopian novel A Very British Coup.

When not eating plants, you can find her reading spooky dystopian novels, exploring SoCal's local trails or cuddling her dog, Penny the Rescue Puppy.

It appears Shades of Grey, a beautifully written dystopian novel in which your caste is determined by which colors you can see, will be part of a series.

But the truth is, the book I am reading at the time of his question probably is a dystopian novel.

My sister is a huge lover of dystopian novels so I will definitely pass these recommendations on to her.

I have not, but I have watched the new series on Hulu based on the dystopian novel.

In 1985 Neil Postman published a book, «Amusing Ourselves to Death, «in which he argued that of the two great dystopian novels from the first half of the 20th century — Aldous Huxley's «Brave New World» and George Orwell's «1984» — it was actually the former, whose weapon of governmental control was distraction, rather than the latter, whose weapon was dictatorship, that was the more prescient and more deadly.

Their highly idiosyncratic output includes the 2012 bloody black comedy «Sightseers» and last year's «High - Rise,» based on a dystopian novel by J.G. Ballard.

HBO have released a full - length trailer for their movie adaption of the classic dystopian novel, «Fahrenheit 451».

The Scorch Trials is the continued adaptation of James Dashner's YA dystopian novel series, a series whose success was by no means shaped by The Hunger Games series.

Ramin Bahrani (99 Homes), uniting with Shannon, directs this new adaptation from Ray Bradbury's seminal dystopian novel.

The drama series based on Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel begins with Moss» character on the...

3:45 am (14th)-- TCM — Fahrenheit 451 François Truffaut's first foray in English - language film was this adaptation of Ray Bradbury's classic dystopian novel, following fireman (that is, book - burner) Montag as he comes into contact with a group of fugitives intent on preserving the knowledge in books even as the government tries to destroy them, and he begins to wonder if perhaps they are right.

But his latest project, an adaptation of Ray Bradbury's 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451, is produced by HBO, the cable / satellite network behind Game of Thrones.

In a number of ways, Hulu's serialization of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel challenges the viewer to oppose the status quo.

Here's today's latest casting news: Denzel Washington (Man on Fire) is in early talks to star in Shovel Ready, a Warner Bros. adaptation of journalist Adam Sternbergh's debut dystopian novel.

The Hunger Games is a trilogy of young adult, dystopian novels written by Suzanne Collins, a woman previously known for writing for Nickelodeon's early»90s sitcom Clarissa Explains It All.

Its sequel, the far superior «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,» rewrites the rules, which not only makes for a more exciting death match, but also yields a rich sociopolitical critique in the process, in keeping with the incendiary subtext of Suzanne Collins» dystopian novel.

It feels both divorced from and intrinsically tied to its source material, the 1953 dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury, which is maybe inevitable when bringing a decades - old work to a contemporary audience.

Based on Ray Bradbury's classic dystopian novel which depicts a future where media is an opiate, history is outlawed and «firemen» burn books, Jordan portrays Montag, a young fireman who forsakes his world and struggles to regain his humanity as he battles his mentor, fire captain Beatty, played by Shannon.

Not only is it based on Margaret Atwood's classic dystopian novel, but it was shot in and around Toronto.

Ramin Bahrani's HBO - backed adaptation of Ray Bradbury's dystopian novel is a disappointingly damp squib.Read More

The slate of 12 international titles vying for a $ 25,000 prize include «High - Rise,» a British adaptation of J.G. Ballard's dystopian novel, and «Land of Mine,» a Danish - German post-World War II thriller about a team of schoolboy POWs who are tasked with the removal of still - active buried land mines.

Ramin Bahrani is set to write and direct an adaptation of Ray Bradbury's classic dystopian novel for HBO films.

Steven Spielberg's first Warner Bros. film since 2001's «A.I.,» the adaptation of Ernest Cline's dystopian novel will hit theaters in 2017.

HBO is tackling a re-imagining of Ray Bradbury's classic dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 with Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon as its stars.

An adaptation of Ernest Cline's 2011 dystopian novel, it centers on Wade Watts, a teenager who plugs into a virtual world called OASIS.

English - language film is this adaptation of Bradbury's classic dystopian novel.

Oh, now here's some very interesting news... Kill List and Sightseers director Ben Wheatley confirmed late in 2013 hat he would be directing an adaptation of JG Ballard's dystopian novel High Rise for producer Jeremy Thomas which, in itself, was...

Dystopian novels form a major category: Orwell's Animal Farm, William Golding's allegory The Lord of the Flies, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist comedy Slaughterhouse - Five, Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, and McCarthy's The Road join Nineteen Eighty - Four here.

The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel depicting the rise, in the United States, of a theocratic government dedicated to the oppression of women.

The text gives a summary of George Orwell's dystopian novel «Animal Farm».

She was taking a break from work on her seventh book, a feminist dystopian novel in the tradition of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale but with what she calls a «distinctly Asian phenomenon» — that of the rising male - to - female birth rate and the consequences for society.

Besides coming straight out of a dystopian novel, arming teachers would exacerbate traumatic stress for many of our students and cause real harm to a school's climate and culture.

As the Commander says, in Atwood's Handmaid's Tale, a dystopian novel that's at the top of the charts, along with 1984, «better never means better for everyone.»

The Unfortunate Expiration of Mr. David S. Sparks, my speculative sci - fi dystopian novel I've been talking about and working on for the last ten years is finally available.

The classic dystopian novel 1984, George Orwell's story about a futuristic totalitarian state, has been in the midst of a spontaneous sales explosion, catapulting to the top of bestseller lists at Amazon, the New York Times and independent retailers.

In this dystopian novel, preppy Nora and artists Micah and Winter, all Homeland Inc..

A chilling dystopian novel both provocative and prescient, Future Home of the Living God is a startlingly original work from one of our most acclaimed writers: a moving meditation on female agency, self - determination, biology, and natural rights that speaks to the troubling changes of our time.

this is the best start of a dystopian novel i've read in ages.

Starters, Lissa Price, (RH / Delacorte Young Readers; Listening Library) is a new entry in the crowded field of YA dystopian novels.

Her young adult dystopian novel, The Recalcitrant Project, will be published late Spring 2017.

George Orwell's 1949 classic dystopian novel, 1984 (PRH / Berkley; Blackstone Audio; PRH / Signet mass market) is making headlines and is the bestselling book on Amazon.

Entertainment Weekly reports «The connection between «alternative facts» and Orwell's dystopian novel was made on CNN's Reliable Sources, where Washington Post reporter Karen Tumulty said, «Alternative facts is a George Orwell phrase.»»

This dystopian novel relates an eerily believable story of how women and girls lose their right to speak.

The dystopian novel, while originally published in 1985, continues to be relevant in today's society and serves as a warning of what could be.

To the extent that dystopian novels depict anxieties about the present rather than predictions for the future, it seems clear that contemporary writers are just as concerned about women's rights as Atwood was in 1985.