Sentences with phrase «future dystopian novel»
Deep Shadows by Vanetta Chapman, a thought - provoking near - future dystopian novel set in Texas (you can read my review here)
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Unless these trends reverse quickly, we will find our future even closer to the dystopian nightmare of James's novel.
In each of these novels — by Huxley, Orwell, and Bradbury — books become an enemy because they represent a written record of the past to a dystopian future where the past is something to forget.
Set in a dystopian future in which the wealthy, decadent elites of the Capitol control the poor and starving districts of postapocalyptic Panem, aka America, Suzanne Collins» trilogy of young adult novels has at its core the resourceful, intelligent, and fierce femininity of Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence).
Based on the 2011 novel by Ernest Cline, Ready Player One takes place in the near - future of 2045, a dystopian...
Based on British author Anthony Burgess's novel about a dystopian future riddled with youth gangs, it introduces us to thirteen - year - old Alex (Malcolm McDowell in a breakthrough performance he has never been able to repeat) and his «Droogs».
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...
His novel was set in a dystopian future 2044 about a teenaged protagonist that simply wants to solve a 3 part quest in a virtual reality video game.
Based on the Ernest Cline's 2011 novel of the same name, Ready Player One takes place in the dystopian near future, where we've messed up the planet pretty good.
The heir to the «next great franchise» throne is Suzanne Collins» «The Hunger Games», a trilogy of young adult novels set in a dystopian future where children are annually selected to fight to the death during the titular contest.
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.
Based on a novel by Ernest Cline and co-adapted by him too, the story unfolds in the inevitably dystopian future of 2045
Based on a novel by Ernest Cline and co-adapted by him too, the story unfolds in the inevitably dystopian future of 2045, where rubbish - strewn trailer parks are now arranged vertically and where our young hero, Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan)-- like so many others who live in «the Stacks» — prefers to spend his days immersed in the Oasis rather than confronting the misery of real life.
Plus, by this point, all these dystopian - future, sci - fi dramas based on Young Adult novels are -LSB-...]
With a new director, Robert Schwentke, bringing Veronica Roth's YA novel to the screen, and less future dystopian, world - building to be done here, it's a crisper film, with action taking the lead over exposition.
Ready Player One is based on Ernest Cline's best - selling 2011 novel and tells the story of Wade Owen Watts (Tye Sheridan), a young man living in a dystopian future where the general population spends most of its time in the virtual reality landscape of OASIS rather than the real world.
Cinematic adaptations of young adult novels focusing on a dystopian future are nothing new but there are thoughtful films that truly stand out in the crowd (like The Hunger Games series and The Giver) and then there are movies like Insurgent.
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 YA debut by Bacigalupi, a rising star in adult science fiction, presents a dystopian future like so many YA sf novels.
This novel shifts deftly between a 19th century British naturalist, a contemporary Ohio bee farmer, and a determined mother in a dystopian future China to provide an imaginative history of bees, and it would be equally apt to say an imaginative history of humanity.
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.
Now, with her second book, When She Woke, a dystopian novel set in America in a near - future in which the country has been taken in a very right - wing direction, about to hit the bookstores» shelves paired with its digital cousin, Jordan may be feeling that this progression has been very fast paced.
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.
Contrary to most dystopian novels, this was not set in the future.
The most compelling dystopian novels aren't really about a horrifying possible future; they're about the present, and the dangers we don't see because they're part of the cultural air we breathe.
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.
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This 1967 novel is set in a dystopian future where resources are scarce, which leads society to implement a rule that requires everyone over the age of 21 to voluntarily end their lives.
Based on the popular Ernest Cline novel, Ready Player One is set in 2045, a dystopian future where the impoverished populace spend more of their time in a virtual reality video game called OASIS, than they do in the real world.