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04-27-2010, 07:27 PM
Yeah they do but not always. 1984 is like my perfect dystopia novel, it's what i use as an example of one for people.
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04-27-2010, 07:27 PM
I wrote a paper on Dystopia and Utopias for my class last year. I read the novel The Beach, by Alex Garland. Fantastic book. Ya'll should check it out. It is very strange though, and some stronger language, but I loved it.
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04-27-2010, 07:29 PM
Everyone should read that novel, Wings. The one that has stuck with me the longest over the years, though, is The Giver by Lois Lowry.
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04-27-2010, 07:30 PM
I really need to start broadening my horizons with dystopia novels..
Omg Cica, I reread that book last semester (I read it in 6th grade for english class) and I was just wow. I remember loving it as a child, but I didn't understand it at all as a kid. That book is scary in a lot of ways
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04-27-2010, 07:31 PM
Read the Beachhhhh~! Srsly, Wings. Really good, it shows a good transition from a utopia, and the downwards spiral...
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04-27-2010, 07:32 PM
Me, too, Wings. :) And I'll have to check out The Beach, too. Apparently it's also a film!
Wings, I'm sure The Giver was my first dystopian novel. Animal Farm probably followed shortly thereafter, but I know I didn't get Animal Farm the first time I read it. XD
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04-27-2010, 07:32 PM
I shall have to one day Kitteh. whose it by again?
You know for all that I love the dystopia novel I have never read Animal Farm... strangely enough
have you ever read Anthem by Ayn rand?
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04-27-2010, 07:34 PM
there's these sci-fi books that are kinda distopia that I got some of my ideas for the Sanctuary from, wings. its a trilogy and the first book is called the white mountains, or something. I wish I could tell you more but I don't remember more than really liking them. they're books my brother got and never read.
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04-27-2010, 07:35 PM
Aw, you should, Wings!
The only Rand I've read is The Fountainhead. It was, um... interesting. :sweat:
Have you The Postman by David Brin? (The novel is way better than the film.)
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04-27-2010, 07:37 PM
Alex Garland. It's not long, and can be a super quick read. It's written in a diary type of sorts, and a little jumbled at times, and there are some trippie moments, but the message and everything was great. and the ending was hella amazing.
I heard about the film, but I've yet to see it. I don't think the film could even WISH is was as good as the book, considering that there are so many things in the book I just don't feel could be portrayed. Sometimes just the words give you so much more.
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Damn ya'll, we should start keeping a list of recommended books at this thread or something. Who ever recommended it could type a few sentences about it, to get an idea of the book. I always say I'll read something, but I forget to write it down, and I'm too lazy to search through the thread.
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04-27-2010, 07:42 PM
A film is rarely, if ever, as good as the book it's based on. Just saying. :)
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04-27-2010, 07:42 PM
I agree, Cica.
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04-27-2010, 07:42 PM
We really should, Kitteh! XD Facade, where are you?
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04-27-2010, 07:43 PM
Especially take a look at like, Stephen Kings books vs the AWFUL movies they've been made into.
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04-27-2010, 07:43 PM
No i haven't. I watched the beginning of the movie though and nearly died. That was a Kevin Costner film right?? My dad made me watch it after I enjoyed Waterworld. but dear god the beginning of the that movie was boring.
I started Fountainhead, I intend to finish it someday, when I have time to set aside for a 1000 page book.
We do need to Kitteh.
and my next dystopia novel will be The Outsider, I found it really cheap at a book store and it sounded really interesting.
we shoud like copy down what we've said thus far and pm it do facade.
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04-27-2010, 07:45 PM
oh, I like the outsider! I don't remember all that much about it though, but I had to read it
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04-27-2010, 07:45 PM
Wings: Yeah, it was a Costner flick. Luckily, I think I read the book first. Even Tom Petty couldn't save the film!
I'm still in urban fae novel mode lately, but I will eventually get back to dystopian and post-apocalyptic books, I swear. :sweat:
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04-27-2010, 07:46 PM
I agree, or start a thread somewhere, and we can post our recommendations there.
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04-27-2010, 07:47 PM
I don't know kat. here is a book called The Outsider that i'm talking about which is a dystopia novel, but it's less fictionalized than most. and then there is a series called The Outsiders (based off a book called The Outsiders) that everyone has heardof.
Have you seen Waterworld Cica???
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04-27-2010, 07:48 PM
Hey everyone!
I've been meaning to read The Outsider, wings. (of course, my to read list is really really long)
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04-27-2010, 07:48 PM
Yeah, I have, Wings. Years ago. It was... um, odd.
Hiya, Mel! :)
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04-27-2010, 07:49 PM
And that means it was right up her alley. :P
Hey Cica!
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04-27-2010, 07:51 PM
I loved that movie! I want to see it again actually, I've only seen it once and it's been years.
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04-27-2010, 07:53 PM
Waterworld? I've never heard of it actually. What was it about?
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04-27-2010, 07:53 PM
I guess I'm not a huge Costner fan. Though I do want to see Dances with Wolves.
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