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Some Books That Show Us Where We Could Be Headed If We're Not Careful

52 works of fiction- some dystopian, some apocalyptic, some just surreal - that present all-too-plausible futures for the world we live in now.
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1984 (Orwell)
1984 (Orwell)
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Alas Babylon (Frank)
Alas Babylon (Frank)
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
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Cat's Cradle (Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle (Vonnegut)
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The Children of Men
The Children of Men
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A Clockwork Orange (Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Burgess)
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Distrust That Particular Flavor (William Gibson)
Distrust That Particular Flavor (William Gibson)
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Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
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Farnham's Freehold (Robert Heinlein)
Farnham's Freehold (Robert Heinlein)
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Fatherland
Fatherland
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Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (Philip K. Dick)
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (Philip K. Dick)
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Galapagos (Kurt Vonnegut)
Galapagos (Kurt Vonnegut)
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Gathering Blue (Lois Lowry)
Gathering Blue (Lois Lowry)
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The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
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Hunger Games Series
Hunger Games Series
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Ice (Anna Kavan)
Ice (Anna Kavan)
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It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
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The Jagged Orbit (Brunner)
The Jagged Orbit (Brunner)
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The Long Tomorrow (Leigh Brackett)
The Long Tomorrow (Leigh Brackett)
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Maddaddam (Margaret Atwood)
Maddaddam (Margaret Atwood)
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Make Room! Make Room!, Harry Harrison (1966)
Make Room! Make Room!, Harry Harrison (1966)
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The Manchurian Candidate (Richard Condon)
The Manchurian Candidate (Richard Condon)
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Messenger (Lois Lowry)
Messenger (Lois Lowry)
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Neuromancer
Neuromancer
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Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
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Night of Camp David (Knebel)
Night of Camp David (Knebel)
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On the Beach (Shute)
On the Beach (Shute)
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Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
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Pattern Recognition (William Gibson)
Pattern Recognition (William Gibson)
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The Peripheral (William Gibson)
The Peripheral (William Gibson)
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Planet of the Apes (Pierre Boulle)
Planet of the Apes (Pierre Boulle)
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Player Piano
Player Piano
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The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
The Plot Against America (Philip Roth)
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Ready Player One
Ready Player One
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Revolt in 2100 (Heinlein)
Revolt in 2100 (Heinlein)
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The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
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A Scanner Darkly (Philip K. Dick)
A Scanner Darkly (Philip K. Dick)
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The Second Sleep (Robert Harris)
The Second Sleep (Robert Harris)
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