Ask HN: What is your favorite dystopian novel and why?
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atmosx · Apr 23, 2016From what I have read so far, I would say that it's Cryptonomicon.
mindcrime · Apr 24, 2016Definitely Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
fatimafouda · Apr 23, 2016favorite book nonetheless.
dudul · Apr 23, 2016By far "1984". I re-read it once in while, and am always terrified to see that each time, it looks a little more like our actual world.
dudul · Apr 23, 2016I like "Brave New World" as well.
fatimafouda · Apr 23, 2016I also love Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse 5
Mormal1 · Apr 23, 2016you should check out Flowers for Algernon
thorin · Apr 23, 2016l'etranger as it's so easy to read in a single sitting and do compelling.
thorin · Apr 23, 2016Probably the trial (kafka)
DanBC · Apr 23, 2016"Earth Abides" was pretty good.
thorin · Apr 23, 2016or the plague (camus)
flignats · Apr 25, 2016The Silo series by Hugh Howey was pretty great