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Playground. by Powers, Richard.;
Traversing borders and oceans, connection and loss, ingenuity and transcendence, 'Playground' brings to light the systems of competition, cooperation, commerce, exploration, and love that tie the fates of three unlikely humans together.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Dystopian; FICTION / Friendship; FICTION / Literary;
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Mania A Novel [electronic resource] : by Shriver, Lionel.aut; cloudLibrary;
Set in a parallel yet all too familiar near past, a brilliant subversive novel about a lifelong friendship threatened by culture wars, from the New York Times bestselling author. In an alternative 2011, the Mental Parity movement takes hold. Americans now embrace the sacred, universal truth that there is no such thing as variable human intelligence. Because everyone is equally smart, discrimination against purportedly dumb people is "the last great civil rights fight." Tests, grades, and employment qualifications are all discarded. Children are expelled for saying the S-word (“stupid”) and encouraged to report parents who use it at home. A college English instructor, the constitutionally rebellious Pearson Converse rejected her restrictive Jehovah’s Witness upbringing as a teenager, and so has an aversion to dogma of any kind. Made impotent in the university classroom, she’s also enraged by the crushing of her exceptionally bright children’s spirits in primary school. Fortunately, she enjoys the confidence of a best friend, a media commentator with whom she can speak frankly about her socially unacceptable contempt for the MP movement. Or at least she thinks she can . . . until one day the political chasm between the two women becomes uncrossable, and a lifelong relationship implodes. With echoes of Philip Roth’s The Human Stain, told in Lionel Shriver’s inimitable and iconoclastic voice, Mania is a sharp, acerbic, and ruthlessly funny book about the road to a delusional, self-destructive egalitarianism that our society is already on.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Dystopian; Literary; Family Life;
© 2024., HarperCollins,
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The Morningside A Novel [electronic resource] : by Obreht , Téa.aut; cloudLibrary;
“A touching, inventive novel about belonging and loss” (People) from the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger’s Wife and Inland “I marveled at the subtle beauty and precision of Obreht’s prose. . . Read in the context of today’s conflicts and injustices, climate emergencies, and political and racial divisions—together more dystopian than any dystopian novel—the book surprised me most with its undercurrent of hope.”—Jessamine Chan, author of The School for Good Mothers, in The New York Times There’s the world you can see. And then there’s the one you can’t. Welcome to the Morningside. After being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-so-distant future, Silvia and her mother finally settle at the Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower in a place called Island City where Silvia’s aunt Ena serves as the superintendent. Silvia feels unmoored in her new life because her mother has been so diligently secretive about their family’s past, and because the once-vibrant city where she lives is now half-underwater. Silvia knows almost nothing about the place where she was born and spent her early years, nor does she fully understand why she and her mother had to leave. But in Ena there is an opening: a person willing to give the young girl glimpses into the folktales of her demolished homeland, a place of natural beauty and communal spirit that is lacking in Silvia’s lonely and impoverished reality. Enchanted by Ena’s stories, Silvia begins seeing the world with magical possibilities and becomes obsessed with the mysterious older woman who lives in the penthouse of the Morningside. Bezi Duras is an enigma to everyone in the building: She has her own elevator entrance and leaves only to go out at night and walk her three massive hounds, often not returning until the early morning. Silvia’s mission to unravel the truth about this woman’s life, and her own haunted past, may end up costing her everything. Startling, inventive, and profoundly moving, The Morningside is a novel about the stories we tell—and the stories we refuse to tell—to make sense of where we came from and who we hope we might become.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Dystopian; Literary; Magical Realism;
© 2024., Random House Publishing Group,
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This Great Hemisphere : A Novel. by Askaripour, Mateo.;
'This Great Hemisphere' is a speculative novel about a young woman - invisible by birth and relegated to second-class citizenship - who sets off on a mission to find her older brother, whom she had presumed dead but who is now the primary suspect in a high-profile political murder. From the author of 'Black Buck'. Book Club. #diversity.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Science fiction.; FICTION / African American & Black / General; FICTION / Dystopian; FICTION / Science Fiction / General;
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Burn : A Novel. by Heller, Peter.;
'Burn' is a novel about two men - friends since boyhood - who emerge from the woods of rural Maine to a dystopian country wracked by bewildering violence.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); FICTION / Action & Adventure; FICTION / Dystopian; FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense;
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Burn [text (large print)] : A Novel. by Heller, Peter.;
'Burn' is a novel about two men - friends since boyhood - who emerge from the woods of rural Maine to a dystopian country wracked by bewildering violence.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); FICTION / Action & Adventure; FICTION / Dystopian; FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense;
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The Family Experiment : A Novel. by Marrs, John.;
In the near future, the cost of having kids is so expensive that 10 couples raise virtual kids in an online competition to get the money to start a real family of their own. Set in the same universe as John Marrs' bestselling novels 'The One' (ISBN 9781335998859) and 'The Marriage Act' (ISBN 9781335005939), 'The Family Experiment' is a dark and twisted standalone thriller about the ultimate "tamagotchi" - a virtual baby.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Dystopian; FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Science Fiction / General; FICTION / Thrillers / Technological;
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Flamefall [electronic resource] : by Munda, Rosaria.aut; cloudLibrary;
Revolutionary flames ignite around Annie, Lee, and a brand new character in the follow-up to Fireborne. After fleeing the revolution and settling into the craggy cliffs of New Pythos, the dragonlords are eager to punish their usurpers and reclaim their city. Their first order of business was destroying the Callipolan food supply. Now they're coming for the dragonriders. Annie is Callipolis's new Firstrider, charged with leading the war against New Pythos. But with unrest at home, enforcing the government's rationing program risks turning her into public enemy number one. Lee struggles to find his place after killing kin for a leader who betrayed him. He can support Annie and the other Guardians . . . or join the rebels who look to topple the new regime. Griff, a lowborn dragonrider who serves New Pythos, knows he has no future. And now that Julia Stormscourge is no longer there to protect him, he is called on to sacrifice everything for the lords that oppress his people—or to forge a new path with the Callipolan Firstrider seeking his help. With famine tearing Callipolis apart and the Pythians determined to take back what they lost, it will be up to Annie, Lee, and Griff to decide who—and what—to fight for.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Politics & Government; Fantasy; Dystopian;
© 2021., Penguin Young Readers Group,
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All This and More : A Novel. by Shepherd, Peng.;
'All This and More' is an inventive new novel about a woman who wins the chance to rewrite every mistake shes ever made - and how far shell go to find her elusive happily ever after. But theres a twist: the reader gets to decide what she does next to change her fate. Perfect for fans of Matt Haigs 'The Midnight Library' and Kate Atkinsons 'Life After Life'. Book Club.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); FICTION / Dystopian; FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Multiple Timelines; FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense; FICTION / Women;
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The rover [videorecording] / by Edgerton, Joel,1974-; McNairy, Scoot.; Michod, David.; Pattinson, Robert,1986-; Pearce, Guy,1967-; A24 Media.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Lions Gate Films.;
Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy.In a world ten years following the collapse of society, the rule of the law has disintegrated and life is cheap. Hardened loner Eric travels the desolate towns and roads of the outback. When a gang of thieves steals his car they leave behind a wounded Rey in their wake. Forcing Rey to help track the gang, Eric will go to any lengths to take back the one possession that still matters to him.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Civilization; Dystopian films.; Feature films.; Gangs; Rule of law;
© c2014., Lionsgate ; Distributed by Entertainment One,
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