Dystopian Fiction

Sometimes combined with, but distinct from apocalyptic literature, dystopian fiction is the opposite: the portrayal of a setting that completely disagrees with the author's ethos.

The critic August Nemo selected seven classic tales of dystopian scenarios:

• The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster
• The Answer by H. Beam Piper
• The Purple Cloud by M.P. Shiel
• The Empire of the Ants by H.G. Wells
• In The Year 2889 by Jules Verne
• The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers
• Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!