Un mundo feliz (1932)

1. 784
   1984 por 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.… (más)

2. 521
   Fahrenheit 451 (Ave Fenix) por 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
   La naranja mecánica por Anthony Burgess (MinaKelly)
4. 180
   El cuento de la criada por Margaret Atwood (mcenroeucsb)

   mcenroeucsb: Both are benchmarks for dystopian literature.

5. 173
   Nosotros por 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.

6. 151
   El dador por Lois Lowry (afyfe)
7. 130
   Nueva visita a un mundo feliz por Aldous Huxley (pyrocow)
8. 70
   Rebelión en la granja por George Orwell (sturlington)
9. 71
   Nunca me abandones por Kazuo Ishiguro (sanddancer)
10. 60
    La Tempestad por William Shakespeare (Sylak)

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

11. 50
    ¿Sueñan los Androides con Ovejas Eléctricas? por Philip K. Dick (mcenroeucsb)
12. 50
    The Machine Stops por 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
    Un día perfecto por Ira Levin (KayCliff)
14. 40
    Daedalus; or, Science and the Future por 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.

15. 30
    La pianola por Kurt Vonnegut (Usuario anónimo)
16. 30
    La estación del crepúsculo por Kate Wilhelm (rat_in_a_cage)

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

17. 129
    Trampa 22 por Joseph Heller (fundevogel)
18. 86
    Stranger in a Strange Land (Uncut Edition) por Robert A. Heinlein (meggyweg)
19. 21
    Men Like Gods por H. G. Wells (Sylak)

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

20. 10
    City of Endless Night por Milo Hastings (fannyprice)

    fannyprice: Both books play with the implications of eugenics and social classes.

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