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The handmaid's tale. [videorecording] / by Fiennes, Joseph,1970-actor.; Minghella, Max,1985-actor.; Moss, Elisabeth,1982-actor.; Strahovski, Yvonne,1982-actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,publisher.;
Elisabeth Moss, Max Minghella, Yvonne Strahovski, Joseph Fiennes, Ann Dowd, Amanda Brugel, Alexis Bledel, Bradley Whitford, Samira Wiley.Handmaid June finds herself once again in resistance to the dystopian regime of Gilead after opting not to flee to Canada with her baby at the end of the second season. Now, she will struggle to strike back against the regime despite overwhelming odds. This season there are startling reunions, betrayals and a journey to the terrifying heart of Gilead that will force all of the characters to take a stand, guided by one defiant prayer: Blessed be the fight.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Dystopian television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Misogyny; Dystopias; Theocracy; Pregnancy;
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The wren in the Holly Library / by Linde, K. A.,author.;
Trapped in the library of an old Brownstone with a monster filled with terrible power and darkness, street thief Kierse, when, instead of killing her, the monster offers her a job--gets a glimpse into who she really is, which could be something far worse than a monster.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Novels.; Libraries; Monsters; Thieves;

Cloud atlas [videorecording] / by Bae, Doona.; Berry, Halle.; Broadbent, Jim.; Hanks, Tom.; Hill, Grant.; Mitchell, David(David Stephen).Cloud atlas.Videorecording.; Sturgess, Jim.; Tykwer, Tom,1965-; Wachowski, Andy,1967-; Wachowski, Lana,1965-; Weaving, Hugo,1960-; A Company.; Anarchos Productions, Inc.; Ard Degeto.; Cloud Atlas Production.; Warner Home Video (Firm); X Filme Creative Pool.;
Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil, music ; Alexander Berner, editor ; Uli Hanisch, Hugh Bateup, production designers ; John Toll, Frank Griebe, directors of photography.Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae.An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present, and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. The story is a time-shifting weave of six interlinking narratives with diverse settings, from the savagery of a Pacific Island in the 1850s to a dystopian Korea of the near future.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 surround ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Consequentialism (Ethics); Fate and fatalism; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Reincarnation; Science fiction films.;
© c2013., Warner Home Video,

These memories do not belong to us : a constellation novel / by Ma, Yiming,author.;
'These Memories Do Not Belong to Us' is a debut novel set in a future where a renamed China is the sole global superpower and citizens can record and transfer memories between minds. Powerful and provocative, this book masterfully explores how governments and media manipulate history to control the collective imagination.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Novels.; Authoritarianism; Censorship; Memory; Technology;

This great hemisphere : a novel / by Askaripour, Mateo,author.;
"From the award-winning and bestselling author of Black Buck: 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"--
Subjects: Dystopian fiction.; Novels.; Missing persons; Murder; Quests (Expeditions); Siblings; Suspects (Criminal investigation); Young women;

Ask me anything / by Reizin, P. Z.,author.;
'Ask Me Anything' is about a young women unlucky in love who gets a little help from her smart fridge, smart toothbrush, microwave, tv, fitness tracker and laptop, to find her perfect match. This novel is a new kind of romantic comedy, one that that will appeal to readers who like smart, high concept rom-com's such as 'Eleanor Oliphant'. It is a hopeful, timely story about technology and is a departure from the dark, dystopian worlds of 'Black Mirror' and 'Mr. Robot'.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Artificial intelligence; Dating (Social customs); Mate selection;

The Last City / by Nelson, H. J.,author.;
SERIES: THE LAST SHE - BOOK 2 (SEQUEL TO: ISBN 9781989365717) Set immediately after the events of 'The Last She', H.J. Nelsons 'The Last City' is a gripping story of three people desperate to survive against all odds, and realizing that love is the only thing worth living for. Ages 14+
Subjects: Science fiction.; Apocalyptic fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Cities and towns; Epidemics; Survival; Viruses; Cities and towns; Epidemics; Survival; Viruses;

Night raiders [videorecording] / by Letexier-Hart, Brooklyn,actor.; Nelson, Violet,actor.; Plummer, Amanda,actor.; Sipos, Shaun,1981-actor.; Tailfeathers, Elle-Máijá,actor.; Tarrant, Alex,actor.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.;
Elle-Maija Tailfeathers, Brooklyn Letexier-Hart, Alex Tarrant, Amanda Plummer, Shaun Sipos, Violet Nelson.In the year 2043, in a dystopian future, a military occupation controls disenfranchised cities in post-war North America. Children are considered property of the regime, which trains them to fight. A desperate Cree woman joins an underground band of vigilantes to infiltrate a State children's academy and get her daughter back. A parable about the experience of the Indigenous peoples of North America, this is a female-driven sci-fi drama about resilience, courage and love.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Science fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Dystopias; Mothers and daughters; Rescues; Vigilantes;
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Julia : a novel / by Newman, Sandra,1965-author.; adaptation of (work):Orwell, George,1903-1950.Nineteen eighty-four.;
In 1984, mechanic Julia Worthing, who works in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of Truth, in one impulsive moment, sets in motion the devastating, unforgettable events of the classic story, in this imaginative, feminist and brilliantly relevant to-today journey through Orwell's now-iconic dystopia.
Subjects: Dystopian fiction.; Political fiction.; Novels.; Dystopias; Mechanics (Persons); Totalitarianism;

Prophet song / by Lynch, Paul,1977-author.;
"On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find two officers from Ireland's newly formed secret police on her step. They have arrived to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist. Ireland is falling apart, caught in the grip of a government turning toward tyranny. As the life she knows and the ones she loves disappear before her eyes, Eilish must contend with the dystopian logic of her new, unraveling country. How far will she go to save her family? And what -- or who -- is she willing to leave behind? Exhilarating, terrifying, and surprisingly intimate, Prophet Song offers a shocking vision of a country at war and a deeply human portrait of a mother's fight to hold her family together"--
Subjects: Dystopian fiction.; Novels.; Despotism; Intelligence service;

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