Il mondo nuovo (1932)

1. 774
   1984 di 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.… (altro)

2. 511
   Fahrenheit 451 di 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
   Arancia meccanica di Anthony Burgess (MinaKelly)
4. 180
   Il racconto dell'ancella di Margaret Atwood (mcenroeucsb)

   mcenroeucsb: Both are benchmarks for dystopian literature.

5. 173
   Noi di 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
   Il donatore di Lois Lowry (afyfe)
7. 130
   Ritorno al mondo nuovo di Aldous Huxley (pyrocow)
8. 60
   La fattoria degli animali di George Orwell (sturlington)
9. 71
   Non lasciarmi di Kazuo Ishiguro (sanddancer)
10. 60
    La tempesta di William Shakespeare (Sylak)

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

11. 50
    Ma gli androidi sognano pecore elettriche? di Philip K. Dick (mcenroeucsb)
12. 50
    The Machine Stops di 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 di Ira Levin (KayCliff)
14. 129
    Comma 22 di Joseph Heller (fundevogel)
15. 30
    Gli eredi della terra di Kate Wilhelm (rat_in_a_cage)

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

16. 30
    Daedalus; or, Science and the Future di 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.

17. 30
    Piano meccanico di Kurt Vonnegut (Utente anonimo)
18. 86
    Straniero in terra straniera (Edizione integrale) di Robert A. Heinlein (meggyweg)
19. 21
    Uomini come dei di H. G. Wells (Sylak)

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

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

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

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