Dystopia
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley · 1932
A genetically engineered society trades freedom for engineered happiness.
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Science Fiction · Dystopia
Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell
Winston Smith rebels quietly against the total surveillance state of Oceania.
- First published (per catalogue record)
- 1949
- Subgenre
- Dystopia
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