Sentences with phrase «as dystopian novels»
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The book is beating out New England Patriots» quarterback Tom Brady's «The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance,» which comes in at No. 2, as well as two novels from 1986: Margaret Atwood's dystopian classic, «The Handmaid's Tale,» and Stephen King's horror classic, «It: A Novel.»
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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.
For those just joining us, Bruce Miller's television adaptation of Margaret Atwood's firebrand 1985 novel centers on the world of Gilead, a dystopian society where a Christian theocracy has forced fertile women into slavery as Handmaids.
It's like a collection of short stories — most dystopian, some not — trying to pass itself off as a novel.
Comparisons will immediately be drawn between Divergent and The Hunger Games, as both are dystopian sci - fi film series based on a trilogy of young adult novels written by women, featuring teenage female protagonists in an action - thriller scenario leading a rebellion against a corrupt and manipulative government force, while also engaging in a bit of romance on the side.
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.
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.
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.
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 latest author in this mold is 37 - year - old Hugh Howey, whose dystopian sci - fi novel Wool was first published as a series of e-novellas on the Kindle platform.
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.
YA / General Interest: Teens will absolutely relate to Julia, and this novel may serve as a welcome break from more typical dystopian YA lit.
I provide stories that over step the line, stories that New York Literary Agents and publishers will never publish, as a Writer I have my novels self - published, because we still live in a dystopian world that only shake and bake for the suburban crowd; thank you Mr. J...
Who: Elisabeth Moss, Samira Wiley and Joseph Fiennes What: A 10 - episode series based on Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel about a near - future world in which women serve as concubines for the leaders of a fundamentalist state When: Premieres April 26 Where: Hulu Why We're Excited: After a trailer for the series aired during the Super Bowl, the 1985 novel rocketed to the top of the Amazon bestseller list.
Using Kickstarter as a platform, the duo seeks to raise $ 27,000 over the next two months to fund production of their latest project, a futuristic dystopian graphic novel called Ashes.
< br / > Snow Crash is a classic cyberpunk novel but it also qualifies as dystopian in my opinion.
Reliving the days of playing NOKIA's «Snake» the artists use phones as well as vintage SPACE AGE monitors and surveillance cameras as a contemporary nod to George Orwell's iconic dystopian novel 1984.
Among the powerful narratives it channels are George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984, Philip K. Dick's alternative - reality fiction The Man in the High Castle (as well as the current award - winning Amazon TV series based on the book) and the «fake news» discussed daily by our current POTUS.