Prompt 35: A book set in the future

[Ann]

What books are you reading in this category? What recommendations do you have? Are you using the future as of today or when the book was written?

[Anna]

Pretty much any sci-fi book would do. I'm leaning towards a Star Wars or Star Trek book if I don't read one of the Halo or Gears of War books.

[Lynn]

I asked this in the original prompt thread, but I'll ask again here: does it mean future from today or future at the time the book was written? Would 1984 count?

[Amii]

Idk Lynn...I'm thinking just do what you want and if people judge you then that's on them! This is supposed to be fun, so if you want to read 1984 then do it!

[Lynn]

Ohh, I fully intend on reading what I want for each category. I was just wondering what other people thought.

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I'm planing to read Moxyland for this one. I already own it and it is set in the near future (2018?)

[Ann]

Lynn wrote: "Ohh, I fully intend on reading what I want for each category. I was just wondering what other people thought."

For me I'm going to use the future for when the book was written. That opens it up to read a book like "1984" or a book set in the year 3000.

[Emily]

I was thinking about reading something set in the future from now. But that may change because I do want to read 1984...

[Heidi]

I'm going to read The Time Machine by H G Wells

[Donna]

I read Ready Player One

[Alexis]

The Ghost Brigades, by John Scalzi is the sequel to Old Man's War. In the future, humanity is too big for earth, but begins expanding into other parts of the universe where there may be more room. These immigrants and their new homes need protection. Old Man's War, which I read last year, focuses more on the elderly who volunteer to protect them as part of a genetically enhanced military. The Ghost Brigades tells a story about human clones born into military service.

Some humor, some action, an overall good read.

[Angie]

I read Doctor Who: The Monsters Inside by Stephen Cole.

[Lüdi]

Donna wrote: "I read Ready Player One"

Same here! I liked it but not as much as everyone else seems to. How did you feel about it?

[Megan]

Would The Handmaid's Tale count for this prompt? Do you know what year (or time frame) it was set in? I tried looking it up, but could not figure it out.

[Guylian]

I read "Planet Magnon" by Leif Randt.

[MissLemon]

Am trying to find a book set in a future that isn't dystopian, as I've read enough of them and using this challenge to read things I wouldn't normally choose.
Any ideas? Something perhaps like Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy ( but I've already read that!)

[Belinda]

A Wrinkle in Time is in my reading list, I never read it when I was a kid, so I'll be reading that.

[Melanie]

Carolyn wrote: "Am trying to find a book set in a future that isn't dystopian, as I've read enough of them and using this challenge to read things I wouldn't normally choose.
Any ideas? Something perhaps like Hit..."

There is The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (which I really liked) or Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. I haven't read that yet but it gets fantastic reviews. (I don't think it's dystopian but not sure.)

[MissLemon]

Melanie wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "Am trying to find a book set in a future that isn't dystopian, as I've read enough of them and using this challenge to read things I wouldn't normally choose.
Any ideas? Something ..."

Thanks Melanie will have a look

[MissLemon]

Belinda wrote: "A Wrinkle in Time is in my reading list, I never read it when I was a kid, so I'll be reading that."

Thanks I can't remember why but had dismissed this book (I haven't read it) Will have another look

[Belinda]

I'm not sure if it counts, it was on the goodreads list for "future-fiction" but I can't get a clue as to the time period so I will keep looking.

[Tatiana]

I read Soumission by Michel Houellebecq for future fiction. It takes place in France in 2022.

[Julia]

I read The Time Machine by H.G. Wells and loved it, and would recommend it to everyone,

[Kirsten]

This is a good one for a book set in the future:

Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Nikki]

I read Academy 7 by Anne Osterlund for this prompt.

[Kirsten]

I read for Judgment in Death by J.D. Robb. All of the In Death books are set in the 22nd Century.

[Belinda]

Since I can't figure out the time period for A Wrinkle in Time I'm going to read Ready Player One

[Sara]

This is one of the toughest categories for me. I read mostly historical fiction. I don't know that I have ever read a sci-fi book. Maybe that means it's time to give it a try.

I did read A Wrinkle in Time this year already, but I don't recall if it says anything about what time they go to. I think the story starts somewhere in the 1960s maybe?

Honestly, even that book lost me once they got to the different planet-things. Just not my thing :(

[Kirsten]

Sara wrote: "This is one of the toughest categories for me. I read mostly historical fiction. I don't know that I have ever read a sci-fi book. Maybe that means it's time to give it a try.

I did read A Wrin..."

It doesn't have to be hard sci-fi, Sara, there are LOTS of choices. Do you like romantic suspense? Or dystopias? Try the In Death series by J.D. Robb or maybe Divergent or The Hunger Games.

Belinda has a good suggestion too in Ready Player One. It's a lot of fun (especially if you lived through the 80's - like I did).

I love historical fiction, too. But I also love sci=fi. It's important to remember science fiction has many, many, subgenres.

Do you like disaster stories? I've been reading Moonfall by Jack McDevitt. It takes place in the near future when a comet hits the moon.

[Sara]

Kirsten wrote: "Sara wrote: "This is one of the toughest categories for me. I read mostly historical fiction. I don't know that I have ever read a sci-fi book. Maybe that means it's time to give it a try.

I di..."

Thanks Kirsten! I have read The Hunger Games series. I read Divergent but not the rest of the series. My niece forbade me to continue. Then she proceeded to tell me what happened and I'm kinda glad I stopped where I did. JMO :)

I try to keep an open mind about different genres, but my favorites are like a comfortable blanket!

I have tentatively marked The Time Machine but I will also look into some of the other suggestions you gave!

[Kirsten]

Oh, that's a good one, Sara! You can't go wrong with Mr. Wells. And, even if it's not to your taste, his books are generally short.

[Jazs]

I read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick for this one. I enjoyed it and plan on reading more of his books - especially A Scanner Darkly as I really enjoyed the film with Keanu Reeves and Robert Downey Jr. Philip K. Dick would actually be a really good author for this and he has heaps of books as well.

Also, graphic novels set in the future, whatever type of future that may be, would also totally count here as well! ;)

[Melanie]

I read Ready Player One by Ernest Cline for this one.

[Melody]

Sara wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "Sara wrote: "This is one of the toughest categories for me. I read mostly historical fiction. I don't know that I have ever read a sci-fi book. Maybe that means it's time to give..."

If you read mostly historical fiction you could try a time travel book that's set in the future but discusses events of the past - Slaughterhouse-Five comes to mind as it zig-zags between WWII, the 1960s, and the future.

You could also try maybe an alternate history book like The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Half Life, or Battle Royale. Even though these books are set in the future or an alternate present (which is kind of like the future) they discuss in depth their alternate history, making it in some ways similar to an historical fiction.

Carolyn wrote: "Am trying to find a book set in a future that isn't dystopian, as I've read enough of them and using this challenge to read things I wouldn't normally choose.
Any ideas?

The Eyre Affair takes place in an alternate future where a megacorporation rebuilt Europe after WWII and everyone super loves books and there are classic literature detectives, it's very fun and not a downer at all.

You could also try Utopian literature like The Blazing World and Other Writings or Utopia.

The Complete Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino also presents an imaginative and beautiful future, as opposed to a bleak and gray one. If you're double counting, this would also work for short stories.

[Sara]

Melody wrote: If you read mostly historical fiction you could try a time travel book that's set in the future but discusses events of the past - Slaughterhouse-Five comes to mind as it zig-zags between WWII, the 1960s, and the future..."

Thanks Melody! My niece has convinced me to read Fahrenheit 451, but the books you listed sound really good. I will have to add them to my list to read!

[Melody]

Fahrenheit 451 is a great book! I hope you enjoy it!! In a lot of ways it's the perfect book to read for a reading challenge!

[Jordyn]

I just finished Ender's Game for this prompt! Highly recommend if you haven't already read it!

[Ray]

Plan to read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" by Philip K Dick. It's set in the year 2025 and was the basis for "Blade Runner". I hope to get to it in the next couple weeks.

[Malgorzata]

Moxyland is a great choice, David!
My choice was Futu.re. I've read Dmitry Glukhovsky's Metro 2033 and 2034 books before and liked them, especially the first one. This one is, in my opinion, even better, much darker, and any fan of dystopian literature should be pleased with it.

[Tara]

I read after the ending which is also a first in a series and I may have to read the rest after this is done

[Tara]

Lindsey farleigh and Lindsay pogue, I originally had it for author under 30 but switched it around a bit.

[Tara]

Lindsey farleigh and Lindsay pogue, I originally had it for author under 30 but switched it around a bit.

[Tara]

Welcome! It wasn't the best, they're young writers, but I did enjoy it

[Michelle]

I read the The Martian Chronicles. I didnt love it...and dont plan to read any more Bradbury. But it wasnt horrible.

[Kerryann]

I've just finished The Time Machine by H.G Wells

[Christophe]

That's a prompt for which I felt like a bit of a cheat: my choice was Jophn Brunner's Stand on Zanzibar which was set in the future when it was written (1968), but that future is now recent past (2010). I pondered lengthily on that, sort of. And then decided I didn't care. :-)

[Melody]

I recently finished Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell for this prompt. Of course, it is over 30 years past 1984, but it was written in 1949 and therefore is a vision of the future. Although I'm not sure how much I liked Nineteen Eighty-Four on it's own, I'm very glad I read it, as it has inspired many other science fiction stories that I love (i.e. "Brazil", "BioShock", etc). What I found most interesting about the novel were things that George Orwell got almost right, but not quite. For example, we live in a highly securitized society, but it grew out of Capitalism, not out of Communism or Fascism. Anyways, Nineteen Eighty-Four, important science fiction book that also counts for prompts 5. Number in the Title and 48. Banned Book.