Brave New World (1932)

1. 774
   Nineteen Eighty-Four de George Orwell (chrisharpe, zasmine, MinaKelly, li33ieg, haraldo, Ludi_Ling, Waldstein)

   zasmine: For Orwell was inspired by it. And Orwell's 1984 is as much of a prize as it.

   li33ieg: 1984, Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451: 3 essential titles that remind us of the need to keep our individual souls pure.

   Ludi_Ling: Really, the one cannot be mentioned without the other. Actually, apart from the dystopian subject matter, they are very different stories, but serve as a great counterpoint to one another.

   Waldstein: It's essential to read Huxley's and Orwell's books together. Both present the ultimate version of the totalitarian state, but there the similarities end. While Orwell argues in favour of hate and fear, Huxley suggests that pleasure and drugs would be far more effective as controlling forces. Who was the more prescient prophet? That's what every reader should decide for him- or herself.… (mais)

2. 511
   Fahrenheit 451 de Ray Bradbury (phoenix7g, meggyweg, Babou_wk, haraldo)

   Babou_wk: Contre-utopie, société future où l'unique but de la vie est le bonheur. Toute pratique requérant de la réflexion est bannie.

3. 282
   LARANJA MECÂNICA de Anthony Burgess (MinaKelly)
4. 180
   The Handmaid's Tale de Margaret Atwood (mcenroeucsb)

   mcenroeucsb: Both are benchmarks for dystopian literature.

5. 151
   The Giver de Lois Lowry (afyfe)
6. 130
   Brave New World Revisited de Aldous Huxley (pyrocow)
7. 163
   We de Yevgeny Zamyatin (hippietrail, tehran)

   hippietrail: The original dystopian novel from which both Huxley and Orwell drew inspiration.

   tehran: Brave New World was largely inspired by Zamyatin's We.

8. 60
   Animal Farm de George Orwell (sturlington)
9. 71
   Never Let Me Go de Kazuo Ishiguro (sanddancer)
10. 60
    The Tempest de William Shakespeare (Sylak)

    Sylak: Caliban in The Tempest has many parallels with John the Savage in Brave New World.

11. 50
    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? de Philip K. Dick (mcenroeucsb)
12. 50
    The Machine Stops de E. M. Forster (artturnerjr, KayCliff)

    artturnerjr: If you read only one other dystopian SF story, make it this one (well, you should read 1984, too, but you knew that already, didn't you?).

13. 40
    This Perfect Day de Ira Levin (KayCliff)
14. 129
    Catch-22 de Joseph Heller (fundevogel)
15. 30
    Daedalus; or, Science and the Future de J. B. S. Haldane (leigonj)

    leigonj: Haldane's ideas of eugenics and ectogenesis, which are laid out alongside others including world government and psychoactive drugs, strongly influenced Huxley's novel.

16. 30
    Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang de Kate Wilhelm (rat_in_a_cage)

    rat_in_a_cage: Hinweis auf Rückentext bei »Hier sangen früher Vögel«.

17. 30
    Player Piano de Kurt Vonnegut (Usuário anônimo)
18. 86
    Stranger in a Strange Land (Uncut Edition) de Robert A. Heinlein (meggyweg)
19. 10
    The Devils of Loudun de Aldous Huxley (John_Vaughan)
20. 21
    Men Like Gods de H. G. Wells (Sylak)

    Sylak: Basically a parody of Wells' own book published seven years earlier.

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