Introductions

[Empress, Seeker of wonders]

Daniel wrote: "Ellie [The Empress] wrote:
What is your favorite story?"

My favorite dystopian story probably would have to be 'I have No mouth and I must scream' - it's got to be the most unsettling piece of sh..."

Oh, that is a really good story, I can see why it is your favorite.

[Daniel]

Ellie [The Empress] wrote: "Daniel wrote: "Ellie [The Empress] wrote:
What is your favorite story?"

My favorite dystopian story probably would have to be 'I have No mouth and I must scream' - it's got to be the most unsettl..."

Yup - I love dystopia though, write my own D series now. I'm gonna be releasing some stuff later this year, too.

[Beau]

Hello Vendela.

[Empress, Seeker of wonders]

Vendela wrote: "Hello! My name is Vendela and I'm from Sweden. I have loved the dystopian genre ever since I read 1984 for school a couple of years ago. I think its just brilliant, and the kind of book you could ..."

Yes Hello, I missed your comment somehow. I'm sorry :)

[Katrina♡••]

Hi everyone!!!! I'm Bri and i love to read Sci fi especially Dystopians!!! I recently joined and have read some and a few. Well i heard good things about this site and i hope that we can all be friends and enjoy the rich taste that books have to offer!!!LOL

[Beau]

Welcome Bri.

[Empress, Seeker of wonders]

Kisses A wrote: "Hi everyone!!!! I'm Bri and i love to read Sci fi especially Dystopians!!! I recently joined and have read some and a few. Well i heard good things about this site and i hope that we can all be fr..."

Welcome :)

[Miley]

Hi, I'm Miley. I'm just finishing up my first year of college.

[Katrina♡••]

Hi everyone.I am just about to start collage:)

[Beau]

Hello Miley and Kisses A.

[Empress, Seeker of wonders]

Welcome, enjoy your collage. What are you going to study?

[Katrina♡••]

Ellie [The Empress] wrote: "Welcome, enjoy your collage. What are you going to study?"

Literatures in English

[Bec]

Just dropping in to say hi. It's about time that I joined a dystopian group. I constantly attempt to read more "adult" books - classics, crime, non-fiction - but I always end up falling back to YA dystopian. So far my favourite series in the genre is Uglies.

[Empress, Seeker of wonders]

Becca wrote: "Just dropping in to say hi. It's about time that I joined a dystopian group. I constantly attempt to read more "adult" books - classics, crime, non-fiction - but I always end up falling back to YA ..."

Welcome Becca :)

[Beau]

Hi Becca.

[Angeline]

My dad set me off on the right literary track by reading me the likes of HG Wells and John Wyndham for bedtime stories, and I've loved dystopian fiction ever since.

I'm currently reading Sarah Pinborough's The Death House, and I've just released my debut novella which is, unsurprisingly, a dystopian thriller.

Pleased to meet you all!

[Empress, Seeker of wonders]

Angeline wrote: "My dad set me off on the right literary track by reading me the likes of HG Wells and John Wyndham for bedtime stories, and I've loved dystopian fiction ever since.

I'm currently reading Sarah Pin..."

Pleased to meet you too :)

[Michele]

Angeline wrote: "My dad set me off on the right literary track by reading me the likes of HG Wells and John Wyndham for bedtime stories..."

Go Dad!!!

[Angeline]

Michele wrote: "Angeline wrote: "My dad set me off on the right literary track by reading me the likes of HG Wells and John Wyndham for bedtime stories..."

Go Dad!!!"

Absolutely! At the time, I didn't realise, but now I know how cool my dad is!

[Beau]

Hi Angeline.

[David]

Greetings Dystopians,
I wrote a novel in "stream of voice" with a dystopian vision of the USA in 2020 (The Year of Clear Vision), which is becoming eerily true:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
It is also a stage play seeking a producer:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
A finder's commission is available.
Cordially,
David

[SSteppenwolFF]

David wrote: "Greetings Dystopians,
I wrote a novel in "stream of voice" with a dystopian vision of the USA in 2020 (The Year of Clear Vision), which is becoming eerily true:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/..."

2007 ??? Gotta come up with a better price ... Sounds like an interesting book though ...

[Ken]

Hello everyone! My name's Ken and I'm new to the site. I love all sorts of post-apocalyptic and dystopian novels. In fact, I began writing my own series last week called The Stranger series. I won't shamelessly promote it here, but if you're interested, send me an email and I can direct you to my site.

I look forward to all the new recommendations!

I hope you all have a great day!

[Angeline]

Kenny wrote: "Hello everyone! My name's Ken and I'm new to the site. I love all sorts of post-apocalyptic and dystopian novels. In fact, I began writing my own series last week called The Stranger series. I won'..."

Hi Kenny! Just been nosing around your website and the premise for your series sounds really great.

Follow the link to my profile here. I think we probably have a lot in common!

[Chris]

Hello. My name is Chris. And I'm...well....I'm me. Why? Because I'm not you, obviously.

I actually sort of stumbled across this group looking for something else, but I'm a pretty big fan of dystopian stories, so I thought I'd pop in.

Faves:
Anthem
1984

Others I enjoyed:
Hunger Games
Brave New World
A Handmaid's Tale
Fahrenheit 451
Genesis of Shannara (fantasy, with dystopian twist)

Ones that were not so great:
Divergent Series (decent story, POORLY written)

[Empress, Seeker of wonders]

Welcome Chris, we are glad you found us, even though we are not the most active group :)

[Michele]

Hi Chris!

[Michele]

Hey, do we have a group read this month or next month?

[Empress, Seeker of wonders]

Michele wrote: "Hey, do we have a group read this month or next month?"

Not really. Haven't had one in a long time. Do you have a suggestion?

[Michele]

Ellie [The Empress] wrote: "Not really. Haven't had one in a long time. Do you have a suggestion?"

No, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing out, if so. But I'm always up for one :)

[Beau]

Hello David, Ken, and Chris.

[Chris]

Beau wrote: "Hello David, Ken, and Chris."

Yo Beau, whataya know? :D


Er...I mean "hello". :)

[Beau]

I'm doing well; between writing, blogging and getting ready to publish, I'm trying to decide which book I want to read next.

[Chris]

Beau wrote: "I'm doing well; between writing, blogging and getting ready to publish, I'm trying to decide which book I want to read next."
I'm reading The Time Traveler's Wife right now. It's surprisingly a LOT better than I expected. The movie trailer made it look like a complete chick flick, but it's not.

Although it technically revolves around a love story, it's really more just the mechanism used for the purpose of POV so that you have one person randomly bopping around in time with the other person traveling the normal old linear/forward route. Very well written.

[Beau]

The book sounds quite interesting. I'll add it to my to-read list.

[SSteppenwolFF]

Wow ... I think Beau REALLY wants to read The Time Traveler's Wife . LOL

[Empress, Seeker of wonders]

Beau wrote: "The book sounds quite interesting. I'll add it to my to-read list."

For some reason this was posted 11 times. I removed the 10 other duplicates of this message, hope you don't mind. :)

SSteppenwolFF wrote: "Wow ... I think Beau REALLY wants to read The Time Traveler's Wife . LOL"

I think that can happened when posting from the app. Or was he really trying to make a point of how much he wants to read it?

[SSteppenwolFF]

Ellie [The Empress] wrote: "Beau wrote: "The book sounds quite interesting. I'll add it to my to-read list."

For some reason this was posted 11 times. I removed the 10 other duplicates of this message, hope you don't mind. :..."

LOL

[Michele]

SSteppenwolFF wrote: "Wow ... I think Beau REALLY wants to read The Time Traveler's Wife . LOL"

Heh. Oh GoodReads app, you are such fun...

Welcome Beau!

[Beau]

Ellie [The Empress] wrote: "For some reason this was posted 11 times. I removed the 10 other duplicates of this message, hope you don't mind. :..."

Thanks Ellie. I was on my iPad when I responded. I was unaware of this glitch, has anyone reported the fault?

Hi Michelle.

[Empress, Seeker of wonders]

Just did.

[S.J.]

Hi, Dystopia Land. My name is Steve and I'm wondering if a thread has been written about Stephen King's Gunslinger series? I've never read those books, but have wanted to for some time. Is it worth the effort, or does the end fall a bit flat like some of King's other big books (Stand, IT, for example). Thanks in advance.

[Chris]

S.J. wrote: "Hi, Dystopia Land. My name is Steve and I'm wondering if a thread has been written about Stephen King's Gunslinger series? I've never read those books, but have wanted to for some time. Is it worth..."

Welcome Steve.

That's a great question. I'd like to know myself. It always looked interesting to me, but to be honest, the few Stephen King books I read didn't impress me all that much, so I'm a bit wary.

[Michele]

S.J. wrote: "Stephen King's Gunslinger series? I've never read those books, but have wanted to for some time. Is it worth the effort, or does the end fall a bit flat like some of King's other big books (Stand, IT, for example)."

I would say yes. But I'm probably not the best person to answer this because I loved The Stand :) The Dark Tower series is definitely different from his other books, though -- it's more what I would call High Fantasy. Epic in scope, though it has a small "core" cast of characters. Some intriguing world-building and unusual secondary characters ranging from insane robots to wood demons. Does it fall flat? Well, people definitely have mixed feelings about the ending. I've read it twice and am still not sure I quite get it. But I'm quite sure I'll go back and read it again :)

Try this thread for a more in-depth discussion of your question: Is the Dark Tower worth reading?

[S.J.]

Thanks, Michele, appreciate the answer / link. I too liked the Stand, just felt the ending could have been better - who am I though, right? Will definitely check out the link, then maybe head to my local library. Can't beat free when trying new stuff!

[Beau]

Hi Steve. I've been wanting to read The Gunslinger series too. If you decide to read it, let us know what you think. It will be interesting to hear your thoughts on the storyline.

[Chris]

Michele wrote: "Try this thread for a more in-depth discussion of your question: Is the Dark Tower worth reading? "
Thank you. Since I'm not much of a King fan to begin with based on the few books I've read, this thread was enough to convince me not to invest in the Dark Tower series. Great to finally have a 'conclusion' to that question as I've thought about it for years.

[S.J.]

@Chris, I too came away with a feeling of not convinced after reading that thread. However, I'm not convinced that it's bad, and I'm not convinced that it's good, so I'll probably bite the bullet and try book one. @Beau, will keep you posted, but it may be a while. Thanks, all!

[Empress, Seeker of wonders]

S.J. wrote: "Hi, Dystopia Land. My name is Steve and I'm wondering if a thread has been written about Stephen King's Gunslinger series? I've never read those books, but have wanted to for some time. Is it worth..."


Welcome Steve. :)

[Michele]

S.J. wrote: "Thanks, Michele, appreciate the answer / link. I too liked the Stand, just felt the ending could have been better."

Which ending are you thinking of, the original or the expanded edition? I much preferred the original ending. The expanded edition felt...I don't know, cartoony?