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FROM: "Beth McGuire" <[removed]@ccl.charleston.lib.sc.us>
REC'D: 10/28/99, 2:50 PM

A search in our catalog under "dystopias--fiction" gives me this list:

The Dying Sun/Gary Blackwood
Footprints of Thunder/James David
The Misconceiver/Lucy Ferriss
I Who Have Never Known Men/J. Harpman
Orwell's Revenge/Peter Huber
Escape Hatch and The Long Road Home/Makanin
Gaia's Toys/Rebecca Ore
Paris in the 20th Century/Jules Verne
Random Acts of Senseless Violence/Jack Womack
A Scientific Romance/Ronald Wright

Hope this helps!

Beth
At 03:32 PM 10/28/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Greetings,
>I am new to this listserv but find it very useful. I am looking for some
>help in finding books that fall into a category my patron describes as
>"Distopia". She gives the examples of "1984" by George Orwell, "The
>Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood, "We" by Yvegeny Zemyatin and "Brave
>New World" by Aldous Huxley. Does anyone know of any other novels that may
>fall into this category? Thanks in advance.
>John Walden
>Reference Librarian
>East Hampton N.Y.

*********************************
Beth McGuire
Readers' Advisory Services
Charleston County Public Library
68 Calhoun Street
Charleston, SC 29401
843-805-6879
[removed]@ccpl.org
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"If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton
you might as well make it dance."
George Bernard Shaw

FROM: "Elaine McHale" <[removed]@mail.wrl.org>
REC'D: 10/28/99, 3:37 PM

You may have more luck spelling it "dYstopia." A quick search of the web
turns up these science fiction titles:

There's a list of 14 books at
<A HREF="http://www.tscpl.org/library/adultsvcs/rascifi.htm">http://www.tscpl.org/library/adultsvcs/rascifi.htm</A>

and a list of feminist dystopia novels at
<A HREF="http://www.wenet.net/~lquilter/femsf/themebibs/dystopia.html">http://www.wenet.net/~lquilter/femsf/themebibs/dystopia.html</A>

Neil Barron's _Anatomy of Wonder 4_ lists almost 50 titles. If you don't
have access to this source, let me know and I can send it to you.

Hope this helps.

Elaine McHale
Reference Librarian
Williamsburg (VA) Regional Library
[removed]@mail.wrl.org

On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Walden wrote:

> Greetings,
> I am new to this listserv but find it very useful. I am looking for some
> help in finding books that fall into a category my patron describes as
> "Distopia". She gives the examples of "1984" by George Orwell, "The
> Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood, "We" by Yvegeny Zemyatin and "Brave
> New World" by Aldous Huxley. Does anyone know of any other novels that may
> fall into this category? Thanks in advance.
> John Walden
> Reference Librarian
> East Hampton N.Y.
>
>
>
>
>
>

FROM: "Susan K Sanders" <[removed]@scls.lib.wi.us>
REC'D: 10/28/99, 3:41 PM

Here are a few from our collection:

Starhawk - The Fifth Sacred Thing
Conrad, Peter - Underworld
Grimes, Tom - City of God
Hebert, Ernest - Mad Boys
O'Brien, Michael (Michael David) - Eclipse of the Sun

also maybe... Fatherland by Robert Harris (an alternative history story)


At 03:32 PM 10/28/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Greetings,
>I am new to this listserv but find it very useful. I am looking for some
>help in finding books that fall into a category my patron describes as
>"Distopia". She gives the examples of "1984" by George Orwell, "The
>Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood, "We" by Yvegeny Zemyatin and "Brave
>New World" by Aldous Huxley. Does anyone know of any other novels that may
>fall into this category? Thanks in advance.
>John Walden
>Reference Librarian
>East Hampton N.Y.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
Susan Sanders
Madison Public Library

FROM: "Christine Perkins" <[removed]@jcls.org>
REC'D: 10/28/99, 5:26 PM

Here are a few more novels about dystopias, from our catalog:

Fischer, Tibor Collector Collectorn: a Novel
Lamar, Jake Last Integrationist
Wright, Ronald Scientific Romance
Kerr, Philip Second Angel

--Christine Perkins


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Christine Perkins
Young Adult & Reference Librarian
Medford Teen Library
Jackson County Library Services
Medford, Oregon
(541) 774-6412 / [removed]@jcls.org
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FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.ORG>
REC'D: 10/29/99, 8:39 AM

From: "Anne P. Benham" <[removed]@cms.mail.virginia.edu>

The Giver by Lois Lowry is another book about a dystopia.
It's considered a YA book, but it's good reading for adults
to.

FROM: "Gail Conrath" <[removed]@dupagels.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 10/29/99, 2:24 PM

Two more dystopias books are The Parable of the Sower and The Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler.

Gail Conrath
[removed]@dupagels.lib.il.us
Geneva Public Library
Geneva, IL

FROM: "Vicki Novak - LIBRARYX" <[removed]@MAIL.MARICOPA.GOV>
REC'D: 10/30/99, 6:33 PM

"Erewhon" by Samuel Butler might qualify as a dystopian novel or a satirical
utopian novel.

Vicki Novak
North Central Regional Library
Maricopa County Library District
17811 N. 32nd Street
Phoenix, AZ 85032

[removed]@mail.maricopa.gov
(602) 506-6352
<A HREF="http://mcld.maricopa.gov">http://mcld.maricopa.gov</A>

-----Original Message-----
From: Walden [<A HREF="mailto:jwalden@suffolk.lib.ny.us">mailto:jwalden@suffolk.lib.ny.us</A>]
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 12:32 PM
To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
Subject:


Greetings,
I am new to this listserv but find it very useful. I am looking for some
help in finding books that fall into a category my patron describes as
"Distopia". She gives the examples of "1984" by George Orwell, "The
Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood, "We" by Yvegeny Zemyatin and "Brave
New World" by Aldous Huxley. Does anyone know of any other novels that may
fall into this category? Thanks in advance.
John Walden
Reference Librarian
East Hampton N.Y.

FROM: "Vicki Novak - LIBRARYX" <[removed]@MAIL.MARICOPA.GOV>
REC'D: 10/30/99, 6:49 PM

I also found a page about utopian literature that seems to include the
dystopian ones that your patron mentioned. It has a list of others:

<A HREF="http://home.earthlink.net/~bathos/HNS/desk/utopianlit/utopias.html">http://home.earthlink.net/~bathos/HNS/desk/utopianlit/utopias.html</A>

Vicki Novak
North Central Regional Library
Maricopa County Library District
17811 N. 32nd Street
Phoenix, AZ 85032

[removed]@mail.maricopa.gov
(602) 506-6352
<A HREF="http://mcld.maricopa.gov">http://mcld.maricopa.gov</A>


-----Original Message-----
From: Walden [<A HREF="mailto:jwalden@suffolk.lib.ny.us">mailto:jwalden@suffolk.lib.ny.us</A>]
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 12:32 PM
To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
Subject:


Greetings,
I am new to this listserv but find it very useful. I am looking for some
help in finding books that fall into a category my patron describes as
"Distopia". She gives the examples of "1984" by George Orwell, "The
Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood, "We" by Yvegeny Zemyatin and "Brave
New World" by Aldous Huxley. Does anyone know of any other novels that may
fall into this category? Thanks in advance.
John Walden
Reference Librarian
East Hampton N.Y.

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