Through Darkest America – Neal Barrett Jr.
Howie Ryder’s pastoral childhood is torn from him as a brutal civil war comes home, sending him on a trek across the post-apocalyptic wilderness of Darkest America.
Tag Archives: dystopian
Cryptozoic! – Brian Aldiss
Pulled from the forests of the Jurassic as an artist, called back to a totalitarian dystopia, trained to kill, and sent back into the past—Eddie Bush has become an unlikely assassin with an unpredictable future.
The Book of Etta – Meg Elison
Etta always felt more at home on the road, taking the guise and persona of “Eddy” instead. But when slavers seize her friends and raid her home, Etta vows to avenge them.
Ubo – Steve Rasnic Tem
Abducted by roach-like aliens, Daniel is forced to undergo experiments where he re-lives history through the eyes of humanity’s most infamous murderers.
The Female Man – Joanna Russ
Unknown events bring together four women from four alternate timelines; the results are startling, outrageous, radical, and subversive.
Walk to the End of the World – Suzy McKee Charnas
A post-apocalyptic dystopia set in a hyper-masculine society, where a trio of male anti-heroes and their female slave set out on a journey to the far ends of the world.
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife – Meg Elison
When she went to sleep, the world was dying. When she awoke, it was dead. As one of the last surviving women, she must make her way through a treacherous wasteland.
Why Call Them Back From Heaven? – Clifford Simak
With the promise of immortality, Forever Center is the ruling power in the world. And one of its executives just stumbled onto one of its deep, dark secrets.
Parable of the Sower – Octavia Butler
In the apocalyptic 2020s, teenager Lauren Olamina watches the world collapse from the safety of her gated community, and establishes her own religion: Earthseed.
Inverted World – Christopher Priest
At the age of 650 miles, Helward Mann begins an apprenticeship with the Futures guild that will alter the course of the city of Earth forever. (What the hell did I just read?)
The Iron Heel – Jack London
Intellectual working-class hero Ernest Everhard takes on fascist conspiracy to rule the world, retold in the form of his wife’s aggrandized diary entries. Warning: didactic.
Battered, Tattered, Yellowed, & Creased 