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

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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.

Zoltan Istvan's recent column for Newsweek sounds like something out of a dystopian sci - fi novel.

Following the success of Divergent, Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, et al return for Insurgent, the adaptation of the second novel in Veronica Roth's dystopian YA series.

That's a lot of plot summary for a review, but it's all vital to understand the way that the script by Simon Beaufoy and Michael Arndt, from the novel by Suzanne Collins, sets up the stakes of this dystopian sequel.

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

Today is November 5, Guy Fawkes Day, and the obvious pop - cultural - savvy way to mark the occasion is to don the guise of the revolutionary title character from 2006's V For Vendetta, the film based on the David Lloyd / Alan Moore graphic novel about a dystopian future society where just about everything fun has been...

«Ready Player One,» which is based on the novel by author Ernest Cline, is a dystopian sci - fi tale about gamers competing for control of a virtual world.

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.

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.

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...

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.

I think the reason I decided to write dystopian fiction for my first novel, is nothing more than the story I wanted to tell fits into that category better than others.

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.

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...

So if you're like so many others who are obsessed with YA dystopian novels like The Hunger Games, Delirium, and Divergent, and haven't yet read the growing phenomenon that is The Moon Dwellers, now's your chance to do so FOR FREE.

Fiction Affliction: Genre - Benders for December by Suzanne Johnson (Steampunk, dystopian novels etc..)

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.

«Shostakovich's life, unfortunately for him, was incredibly dramatic,» says Anderson, «like a dystopian novel that just happens to be real.»

But Canadian author Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven brings a breath of fresh air to the genre with her fourth novel, a beautiful and deeply felt story that uses its dystopian setting to explore our very human need for shared culture, art and stories.

Only $ 2.99 for 11 YA Dystopian Novels Amazon The VOIGHT - KAMPFF * Interview * Bladerunner Leon: Do you make up these questions Mr. Holden, or do they write them down for you?

The vision of a dystopian future that has had the greatest influence over publishing in recent times came not from a novel created for young adult readers, however; it is in fact the fate suffered by the music industry in its attempts to deal with to digital disruption.

I'm so excited to show you the brand new cover for City of Ice and Dreams, the second full - length novel in my dystopian thriller series, Tales From A Warming Planet.

Her debut novel, The Academie (dystopian YA romance) was a Quarterfinalist for the 2012 Amazon Breakthrough Novel award and became an Amazon Bestseller within months of its relnovel, The Academie (dystopian YA romance) was a Quarterfinalist for the 2012 Amazon Breakthrough Novel award and became an Amazon Bestseller within months of its relNovel award and became an Amazon Bestseller within months of its release.

For example, Hugh Howey used Kindle Direct to publish his Wool series of dystopian novels, and a few years ago, he said his titles were bringing in six figures in revenue most months — leading to a big publishing deal where Howey was able to keep the e-book rights for himseFor example, Hugh Howey used Kindle Direct to publish his Wool series of dystopian novels, and a few years ago, he said his titles were bringing in six figures in revenue most months — leading to a big publishing deal where Howey was able to keep the e-book rights for himsefor himself.

We're scheduling a tour for YA horror / dystopian novel «Journal of a South African Zombie Apocalypse».

Now Is Not The Time For Realistic Fiction, Says Margaret Atwood — In The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood wrote one of the most terrifying dystopian novels I've ever read.

In Nocturne / Doublemoon (2017), he merges the mysterious atmosphere of Romantic painting with elements of Haruki Murakami's novel 1Q84, named for George Orwell's dystopian vision of 1984.

Koch began photographing for the Fundos series in 2001 while reading Paul Auster's dystopian novel, In the Country of Last Things, which tells the story of a collapsed society with no economy or industry, in which the population must resort to selling scavenged, nearly forgotten objects to survive.

Koch began photographing for the Fundos series in 2001 while reading Paul Auster's dystopian novel,...

These will include Untitled (Book Corridors) 1997 - 8 and Untitled (Room 101) 2003 — a cast of the room at the BBC's Broadcasting House thought to be the model for Room 101 in George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty Four.

At the Bren School, she was reminded of her interest in writing through her coursework in the Strategic Environmental Communications and Media focus, and was further nudged in that direction when, for a class assignment, she wrote the first few chapters for a dystopian young adult novel.

For a lot of people, that means tackling some big resolutions: losing weight, being more mindful, writing that young adult dystopian novel you've been sitting on since you saw The Hunger Games.