Dystopian

The year 1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell's prophetic, nightmarish vision in 1949 of the world we were becoming is timelier than ever. 1984 is still the great modern classic of "negative utopia"—a startlingly original and haunting novel that creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing, from the first sentence to the last four words. No one can deny the novel's hold on the imaginations of whole generations, or the power of its admonitions—a power that seems to grow, not lessen, with the passage of time.

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned—a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible. When Animal Farm was first published, Stalinist Russia was seen as its target. Today it is devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked, under whatever banner, the cutting clarity and savage comedy of George Orwell’s masterpiece have a meaning and message still ferociously fresh.

Could you survive on your own in the wild, with every one out to make sure you don't live to see the morning? In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before—and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weight survival against humanity and life against love.

Die sechzehnjährige Mav lebt in einer Welt, in der Smartphone und Tablet der Vergangenheit angehören. Jeder Mensch hat ein verschlüsseltes digitales Profil mit seinen Daten, auf das er über spezielle Kontaktlinsen zugreifen kann. Als Mav ihre Linsen zur Reparatur bringt und das Ersatzpaar einsetzt, ist sie plötzlich von der digitalen Welt abgeschnitten. Dann wird auch noch Marek ermordet, der ihr die Linsen besorgt hat. Mav ist wild entschlossen, seinen Mord aufzuklären und herauszufinden, was es mit den geheimnisvollen Linsen auf sich hat. Unterstützung erhält sie dabei von ihrem Freund Ben und dem undurchsichtigen Programmierer Hawk. Doch die Linsen rufen auch zwielichtige Gestalten auf den Plan und eine gefährliche Suche nach der Wahrheit beginnt …