Posts tagged

"Dystopia "

March 17, 2013

Lois Lowry’s Last of The Giver: Son, the Conclusion

Son, the gripping conclusion to The Giver series, both enhances the world Lois Lowry has painstakingly crafted over the course two decades and also stands alone as its own immersive tale.

October 21, 2012

The Dangerous Price of Youth: Lissa Price’s Starters

In Lissa Price's dark future, sinister senior citizens hold all the power and teens bargain their youth, and bodies, for cash. This young adult sci-fi thriller is a must-read for fans of The Hunger Games.

September 2, 2012

Lord of the Flies in a Labyrinth: James Dashner’s The Maze Runner

Fifty teen boys with no memory locked in a terrifying maze with metal monsters surrounding them ... and suddenly the clock is ticking down for them to make their escape. Welcome to James Dashner's sci-fi world in The Maze Runner, headed soon for the silver screen.

August 19, 2012

Author James Dashner Discusses the Origins of His New Prequel, The Kill Order

The Maze Runner sci-fi trilogy thrilled readers, and now James Dashner talks about his prequel, The Kill Order, complete with sun flares and an incredible virus threatening humanity.

June 3, 2012

Veronica Roth’s Divergent: Choose Your Destiny in a Dystopian World

What if, in life, you had to make one crucial choice: the choice of which virtue -- selflessness, honesty, bravery, peace, or knowledge -- to which you would dedicate the rest of your life? What if you had to make that decision at sixteen years old?

March 25, 2012

Your Post-Hunger Games Dystopia: Welcome to Marie Lu’s Legend

Welcome to Marie Lu's young adult debut, Legend, a story that takes us into the ruins of Los Angeles, its former beauty a distant memory.

November 9, 2011

Love and Dystopia: Gary Shteyngart’s Super Sad True Love Story

Perhaps it is unorthodox to consider Super Sad True Love Story in the context of apocalyptic or dystopian (and really, a dystopia is only one gunshot away from an apocalypse) literature, but make no mistake: This an apocalyptic tale, even if it’s a humorous one.