What's your favorite apocalyptic or dystopian novel?

[Whatthefluff]

[ADFSDF1996]

Man in the high castle.

An alternate history novel about what the world would have looked like had the axis powers won WWII. They even made a web series of it.

[OldWorldOrder]

That was actually one of Phillip Dick's worst stories, in my opinion. He was great at sci-fi, but bad at military history and geopolitics. Nothing about the HBO series is really believable, TBH.

[EnglishEuropean]

Cool, that's one of my fav books of all time.

[OldWorldOrder]

Most of what I read is non-fiction. My favorite such *film* is Children of Men, but I've never read the corresponding novel.

The Book of Eli was also a good film, as was I Am Legend. I read one of the Homefront books and the America Falls series, and they were alright. Still, I prefer more realistic & believable stories, and there really aren't many in the genre. The scenarios tend to be pretty ridiculous.

[KelleyNice]

1984 because that is the most likely to happen within the next 50 to 100 years. And Ice Age is the second most likely to happen within the next 1,000 to 5,000 years, but that movie was not realistic. The astroid movies were interesting. However, such astroids only hit earth one or twice ever 100 million years. Furthermore, we would know several years in advance; time to alter its course.

[Subarugirl]

Hunger Games
inder
Ugglies, Pretties, Specials, Extras
The Maze Runner series
The Mortality Doctrine Series
The Legend series
The Divergent Series
Red Rising ( just finished book two of the trilogy and it was really good!)

[normalice]

The closest to a dystopian novel that i like is the Seven Kennings trilogy by Kevin Hearne, though the 3rd book isn't out yet..

Unless you count The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, which kind of should count.

[MTC29]

"I Am Legend," the 1954 novel by Richard Matheson.

Do not confuse the novel with the motion picture, which was essentially another zombie film.

[andreasderjuengere]

Three jump up in my mind right now:
''To Your Scattered Bodies Go'' Philip J. Farmer (plus the other ''Riverworld'' books)
''Ice Prophet'' William Forstchen and
"A Canticle for Leibowitz'' Walter Miller

[Agape93]

That's a tough one.

For apocalyptic, the last survivors/the ruins series

For dystopian, an eighty percent solution

[Snsl153]

'The Chrysalids' by John Wyndham is one I really like.

[kimmyspookymama]

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (I usually always read the novel before watching its movie, but my love for Blade Runner lead me to read this... andmy god does it fill me with the most incredible, other worldly, neon fucking fabulousness!

[3Andronicus]

'The Chrysalids', by J. Wyndham, 'I Am Legend', by Richard Matheson, and 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley are three favourites of mine. Many people say 'Nineteen-Eighty-Four', but I think that's over-rated.

[exitseven]

It is 1984 by George Orwell. It is really appropriate for these times.

[loveslongnails]

*The White Plague* by Frank Herbert
*The Stand* by Stephen King
1984. by George Orwell

[KostasKouvalis]

The Postman
I don't know how many people realize it was a novel, before it became a movie

[brutus21]

Although they re movies but :
Madmax (1 and 2)
Waterworld
Anything Dieselpunk or Steampunk,

[Shyguy206]

I have no mouth and I must scream. Go on youtube and look up the animated fan made video for it. Least to say that it's a horror novel.

[EnglishEuropean]

It's actually a short story, but yeah.

[ChefPapiChulo]

People are to obsessed with doom. It’s not healthy.

[OldWorldOrder]

You sympathize with the demons I guess. Whatever.

[ChefPapiChulo]

@OldWorldOrder that doesn't make an ounce of sense.

[OldWorldOrder]

It was a joke about the Doom video games, but I guess you're every bit as stupid as you look lol

[Subarugirl]

It's less so doom and more so succeeding and even flourishing after everything falls apart. There is something so much simpler about going back to the basics. There is also something so gratifying about succeeding against all odds.

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl in a doom scenario very few people survive. You’d be better off using a different example like coming back from a serious injury in a road of recovery. Obsessing about apocalyptic or dystopian scenarios are what you see crazy people preaching about.

[Subarugirl]

we are living in doom right now, fantasy is just a form of entertainment and escape... like the bible.

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl well i'm not sure what your mental state is in. so that could be true for you.

[ChefPapiChulo]

@OldWorldOrder sorry buddy thats just nonsense. the stupid one here is you that can make sense of what you're trying to convey. and when confronted with the fact of what you're saying is word salad, you respond in a hostile way.

[Subarugirl]

It made sense to me..

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl please explain what he means then by saying, "You sympathize with the demons I guess. Whatever."

[ChefPapiChulo]

look at what he says in this question lol.

Guys always tell me im attractive but they dont have enough interest to ask me out what should I do? ↗

"Women in the modern West are simply untrustworthy. The entire legal structure is framed around men being villains and women being victims with no agency or culpability.

So there's nothing you can do. I would say, "give up your modern legal privileges," but that's not really feasible. Maybe move to Iran or Syria or something? That's about your only option. Pick a culture that hasn't been ruined yet by 1st world "values" and assimilate into it."

the question was, "Guys always tell me im attractive but they dont have enough interest to ask me out what should I do?"

maybe you can make sense of that nonsensical post, or explain what meant there too LOL.

[Subarugirl]

It’s a reference to the Doom videos games. The demons are the bad guys… it was a joke meaning that you sympathize with the villains

[Subarugirl]

Um I don’t know this guy… I just said his video game reference made sense

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl how does that relate to what i said?

Like if someone said, "how is your morning?" and you responded "tuna." you wouldn't be making much sense would you?

[Subarugirl]

You said “people are to obsessed with doom”

The videogame is called Doom

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl i know what the game is but still doesn't explain the disorganized speech/text.

just incase you dont know what disorganized speech is.

disorganized speech
incoherent speech. This may be speech in which ideas shift from one subject to another seemingly unrelated subject, sometimes described as loosening of associations. Other types of disorganized speech include responding to questions in an irrelevant way, reaching illogical conclusions, and making up words. See neologism; paralogia.

[Subarugirl]

Lol says the guy that uses to instead of too when talking about quantity… it’s okay they joke obviously went over your head

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl
"it’s okay they joke obviously went over your head"

joke or not it doesn't make sense. just like how mentioned religion in an unrelated topic. and just like his post on a different question. you can play it off any way you like but the fact is don't bother me with nonsensical BS.

[Subarugirl]

Well maybe it didn’t to you but having to explain it takes the humor out of it

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl which you still haven't explained yet what the joke is in reference to. you just said "doom is a video game." yes subarugirl, doom is a video game.

[Subarugirl]

Looks like you missed it I’ll repeat it
It’s a reference to the Doom videos games. The demons are the bad guys… it was a joke meaning that you sympathize with the villains

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl we're going in circles, stop posting nonsense on my opinion unless you're going to explain the joke.

[Subarugirl]

I did, I can’t help the fact that you’re not able to understand it.

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl no i dont understand it. now stop spamming my opinion please and thank you.

[Subarugirl]

Well you’re the one who keeps saying that you don’t understand but, we’ll let sleeping dogs lie I guess

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl dude, leave my opinion alone.

[Subarugirl]

Sure but you keep responding to me

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl because you’re trolling me.

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl are you wearing a bikini in your pic?

[Subarugirl]

nope just a tank top... bust seriously? you conn a ask if I am trolling than ask If I am wearing a swim suit?

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl well you def are trolling.

[Subarugirl]

nope you are just being overdramatic sweetie

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl that guy who first commented was trolling, and you saw this as an opportunity to join in on the trolling. go look at his other post. he's an xper 1 and i wouldn't doubt that he's a bot, but its def a fake/spam/troll account. that much is for sure.

[Subarugirl]

Hey no need to be so down on your self for not getting a joke it happens. don't be so hard on yourself

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl i'm not worried about it. i know he's an idiot and you're not that smart either. not my problem.

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl "Buy a plane ticket to Kabul, or Riyadh, or Tehran, somewhere like that. Wear a hijab and carry a sign that says "I want a husband" in the local language.

You're welcome. "

look at another post of his. this is who you agree with by the way lol.

[Subarugirl]

lol calm down son, no need to get so emotional

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl im not emotional. i couldn't care less. i'm just responding to a troll who keeps posting on MY opinion about being obsessed with doom being a bad thing for mental health.

[Subarugirl]

you keep telling yourself that sweetie

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl okay well i dont have to tell myself anything. the guy who made the original "joke" is going on everyones questions posting nonsensical troll answers. and people are just like, "well thats not what i was asking." and you agree with him when i responded in a similar way to everyone else.

you yourself are a troll, and are trolling on my opinion. i have asked you to stop and yet you continue.

[Subarugirl]

you're doing a great job of convincing yourself hon

[Subarugirl]

yes you keep responding... if it really triggered you that much you could stop or block me... yet I see you have failed to accomplish either

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl why would i block you? you're just annoying. being annoying isn't a good reason to block someone.

[ChefPapiChulo]

you're also super hot.

[Subarugirl]

then why are you even complaining>?

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl because you were helping an idiot troll.

[Subarugirl]

I though his joke was funny, even though it went way over your head

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl there was no joke. its just a troll/bot/spam/troll account.

[Subarugirl]

What ever you need to tell your self sweetie, we thought it was funny, you just didn’t get it

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl why dont you post the pic of the full top?

[Subarugirl]

Why don’t you post the pic of your full torso?

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl does that mean you're gonna post it?

[Subarugirl]

Aww look who’s trolling now. Nothing is free hon

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl wdym free? wait what?

[Subarugirl]

✈️ right over you head lol

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl i just wanna know what you mean by free

[Subarugirl]

Well I'm done trying to explain jokes that you don't understand. I tried but you were a dick so you'll just have to piece this one together on your own.

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl oh you're luscious sexy mama

[Subarugirl]

..…🤢

[ChefPapiChulo]

@Subarugirl Be gone then. and dont come back.

[Subarugirl]

I will as soon as you stop responding to me

[Anonymous]

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Never gets talked about. But it's ideas of censorship are eerily familiar to the world we live in today. 😨

[Peanut38]

Arc of a Scythe Trilogy by Neal Shusterman

[Whatthefluff]

Yes!!!

[Whatthefluff]

I still haven't read The Toll!

[Peanut38]

It's just as amazing as the first two books in my opinion, very nice ending to the series!

[Whatthefluff]

Omg I've been scared to read it because like, I was anticipating The Toll when its publication was announced but then I was like NOO it's the end I won't admit it! And now it's been several years so I'll have to re-read the first two. But I have so many other books I've never read!

[boggboss]

I am legend would be at the top of my list

[Doom880]

1984 and Atlas Shrugged

[jennifer_bloom]

I like a book, called the Chrysalids.

[Airii]

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

[slatyb]

John Brunner The Sheep Look Up

[PaganWarrior]

Divergent and hunger games.

[Massageman]

1984
Strike the Dragon
War of the Worlds.

[EnglishEuropean]

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.

[Whatthefluff]

I'm reading Ready Player 2 rn!

[EnglishEuropean]

Cool, let is know how it goes!

[Whatthefluff]

It didn't have the magic of the first book but was still a fun read.

[Fromdusktilldawn]

-the Mist
-Hunger Games
-Equilibrium (movie)

[Philyouup]

The Stand. by Steven King

[Pterodon]

The Stand by Stephen King

[Intothevoid666]

1984 probs haven’t read enough to say tho

[Wonderwhat]

The hand maids tale.

[Charliefretz329]

So many good ones too hard to pick

[Anonymous]

Do robots dream of electric sheep?-Philip k. Dick

[Texasgal95]

That’s a hard one

[MCheetah]

The Bible. 👍

[jshm2]

The KJ Bible

[Hellodownthere]

1984

[Marianna546]

Legion

[Pogi-Paddy-2]

1984

[ODC2112]

Bible

[EssenceOfLight]

Neither..

[OddBeMe]

The Road

[Guardian45]

Classic: 1984

[Pito123]

End of days movie.

[BLP11520]

1984

[w1ll0w]

Hunger games