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Tag: dystopia
Talkin’ ’bout the ‘®Evolution’ Series by Stephanie Saulter
Stephanie Saulter’s ‘®Evolution’ delivers mystery and tense racial politics in a expertly realized near-future dystopia.
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Strife on Mars: The ‘Red Rising’ Trilogy
The ‘Hunger Games’ meets the ‘Mars Trilogy,’ with a bit of ‘House of Cards’ thrown in, making for a thrilling science fiction series.
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Literary SFF – 'Arcadia' by Iain Pears
Iain Pears’ latest novel is tapestry of interwoven worlds. This is the fourth read in my exploration of literary science fiction.
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Reminder: ‘The Man in the High Castle’ Begins Today on Amazon Prime
Today Amazon Studios releases the full season of ‘The Man in the High Castle’ for streaming through Amazon Prime. Don’t miss it!
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Amazon Releases New ‘The Man in the High Castle’ Trailers, Second Episode
Amazon Studios will release the entire ‘The Man in the High Castle’ series through Amazon Prime on November 20. But you can see a new trailer—and the first two episodes—right now.
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Amazon Studios Picks Up ‘The Man in the High Castle’
Amazon Studios has made many fans of Philip K. Dick happy with the recent announcement that it has ordered a full season of the alternate-history science fiction drama ‘The Man in the High Castle.’
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The Man in the High Castle Shines in Amazon’s Pilot Season
I was pleasantly surprised (and a little wary) to see that an hour-long The Man in the High Castle pilot, an adaptation of the award-winning book by Philip K. Dick, was released on January 15th as part of Amazon’s newest pilot season.
Continue ReadingQ&A with PURE Author Julianna Baggott
The New York Times described Pressia, the main character of Julianna Baggott’s dystopian thriller, Pure, as “fearless, spirited, unflinching,” “a heroine for the video-game age.” Upon finishing the novel, School Library Journal reviewer Liz Burns tweeted that it was “so wonderful I feel sorry for whatever book I read next.” My sixteen-year-old daughter, who had […]
Continue ReadingRay Bradbury: More Afraid of People Than Robots
For those of you who wouldn’t know, the Guardian Reading Group began with Ray Bradbury’s dystopian classic, Fahrenheit 451, by readers’ choice. That’s a great, revolutionary choice (so they said), that will especially appeal to us geek people in love with classical sci-fi, and to us parents looking for books to discuss with our children. […]
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