Sci-Fi & Dystopian

انبثقت تحفة روبرت لويس ستيفنسون عن ازدواجية الخير والشر في طبيعة الإنسان من أحلك أغوار لاوعيه، خلال كابوس أيقظته منه زوجته بعدما نبهتها صرخاته. وبعد أكثر من مئة عام، لم تفقد هذه الحكاية عن الدكتور جيكل الوديع والعقار الذي يطلق العنان لشخصيته الداخلية الشريرة — السيد هايد البغيض المشوّه — شيئًا من قدرتها على الصدم. ويروي سردها الواقعي على طراز تقارير الشرطة، بصورة تقشعر لها الأبدان، يأس جيكل فيما يكتسب هايد السيطرة على روحه، ويمنح صوتًا لمخاوفنا نحن من العنف والشر الكامنين في داخلنا. كُتبت قبل أن يسمّي فرويد الأنا والهو، وتُظهر كلاسيكية ستيفنسون الخالدة فهمًا لافتًا للصراعات الداخلية للشخصية، ولا تزال مادة مرعبة على نحو لا يُقاوم لأشد كوابيسنا سوءًا.

Ville du kunne overleve alene i vildmarken, når alle er ude på at sikre, at du ikke lever til at se morgendagen? I ruinerne af et sted, der engang var kendt som Nordamerika, ligger nationen Panem, et strålende Capitol omgivet af tolv afsidesliggende distrikter. Capitol er hård og grusom og holder distrikterne i skak ved at tvinge dem alle til at sende en dreng og en pige mellem tolv og atten år til at deltage i de årlige Dødsspil, en kamp til døden, der vises direkte på tv. Sekstenårige Katniss Everdeen, som kun bor sammen med sin mor og yngre søster, betragter det som en dødsdom, da hun træder frem for at tage sin søsters plads i spillene. Men Katniss har før været tæt på døden – og for hende er overlevelse en anden natur. Uden egentlig at mene det bliver hun en kandidat. Men hvis hun skal vinde, må hun begynde at træffe valg, der vejer overlevelse op mod medmenneskelighed og livet op mod kærligheden.

A boy drowns, desperate and alone in his final moments. He dies. Then he wakes, naked and bruised and thirsty, but alive. How can this be? And what is this strange deserted place? As he struggles to understand what is happening, the boy dares to hope. Might this not be the end? Might there be more to this life, or perhaps this afterlife? From multi-award-winning Patrick Ness comes one of the most provocative and moving novels of our time.

In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future. Lauren Olamina and her family live in one of the only safe neighborhoods remaining on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Behind the walls of their defended enclave, Lauren’s father, a preacher, and a handful of other citizens try to salvage what remains of a culture that has been destroyed by drugs, disease, war, and chronic water shortages. While her father tries to lead people on the righteous path, Lauren struggles with hyperempathy, a condition that makes her extraordinarily sensitive to the pain of others. When fire destroys their compound, Lauren’s family is killed and she is forced out into a world that is fraught with danger. With a handful of other refugees, Lauren must make her way north to safety, along the way conceiving a revolutionary idea that may mean salvation for all mankind.

Sixty years after its original publication, Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.” But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known.

Naomi is a shy teenage boy living an ordinary life until the day a mysterious man appears—himself, from ten years in the future. Future Naomi brings a dire warning: Naomi's soon-to-be-girlfriend Ruri will be in a tragic accident not long after they start dating. Can they change the past and build a better future…or is there something more to Naomi's mission than saving one girl's life?

Det er morgenen for udvælgelsen, der vil indlede de tiende årlige Dødsspil. I Capitol gør den attenårige Coriolanus Snow sig klar til sin ene chance for hæder som mentor i Spillene. Det engang så magtfulde hus Snow er faldet på hårde tider, og dets skæbne afhænger af den spinkle chance for, at Coriolanus kan charmere, overliste og udmanøvrere sine medstuderende for at blive mentor for den vindende deltager. Oddsene er imod ham. Han har fået den ydmygende opgave at være mentor for den kvindelige deltager fra Distrikt 12, det laveste af de lave. Deres skæbner er nu fuldstændig sammenvævede – hvert valg, Coriolanus træffer, kan føre til gunst eller fiasko, triumf eller ruin. Inde på arenaen bliver det en kamp på liv og død. Uden for arenaen begynder Coriolanus at føle noget for sin dødsdømte deltager ... og må afveje sit behov for at følge reglerne mod sit ønske om at overleve, uanset hvad det kræver.

Když svítá v den 50. ročníku Hladových her, okresy Panemu svírá strach. Letos bude na počest Čtvrtoher odvedeno z domovů dvakrát tolik splátců. Haymitch Abernathy se ve Dvanáctém kraji snaží příliš nepřemýšlet o svých šancích. Záleží mu jen na tom, aby přečkal den a mohl být s dívkou, kterou miluje. Když zazní Haymitchovo jméno, cítí, jak se všechny jeho sny rozpadají. Je vytržen od rodiny i své lásky a spolu s dalšími třemi splátci z Dvanáctého kraje dopraven do Kapitolu: s mladou kamarádkou, která je mu skoro jako sestra, nutkavým sázkařem a nejnamyšlenější dívkou ve městě. Když Hry začnou, Haymitch pochopí, že ho předem odsoudili k neúspěchu. Je v něm však něco, co chce bojovat… a nechat tento boj doznít daleko za hranicemi smrtící arény.

Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she lived and made love with her husband, Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now… Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.

Against the wishes of his mother, sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty is about to compete in the annual grueling match of stamina and wits known as The Long Walk. One hundred boys must keep a steady pace of four miles per hour without ever stopping... with the winner being awarded "The Prize" - anything he wants for the rest of his life. But, as part of this national tournament that sweeps through a dystopian America year after year, there are some harsh rules that Garraty and ninety-nine others must adhere to in order to beat out the rest. There is no finish line - the winner is the last man standing. Contestants cannot receive any outside aid whatsoever. Slow down under the speed limit and you're given a warning. Three warnings and you're out of the game - permanently...

A man must fight for his planet against impossible odds when gamers from Earth attempt to remotely annihilate it in this epic, fast-paced novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the smash-hit Dungeon Crawler Carl. All colonist Oliver Lewis ever wanted to do is run the family ranch with his sister, maybe play a gig or two with his band, and keep his family’s aging fleet of intelligent agriculture bots ticking as long as possible. As a fan of Earth television and culture, he figures it will be a good thing when the transfer gate finally opens all the way and restores instant travel and full communication between Earth and his planet, New Sonora. But there’s a complication. Even though the settlers were promised they’d be left in peace, Earth’s government now has other plans. The colossal Apex Corporation is hired to commence an “eviction action.” But maximizing profits will always be Apex’s number one priority. Why spend money printing and deploying their own AI soldiers when they can turn it into a game? Why not charge bored Earthers for the opportunity to design their own war machines and remotely pilot them from the comfort of their own homes? The game is called Operation Bounce House. Oliver and his friends soon find themselves fighting for their lives against machines piloted by gamers who’ve paid a premium for the privilege. With the help of an old book from his grandfather and a bucket of rusty parts, Oliver is determined to defend the only home he’s ever known.

لقد جاء عام 1984 ومضى، لكن رؤية جورج أورويل النبوئية الكابوسية التي صاغها عام 1949 للعالم الذي كنا نصير إليه تبدو اليوم أكثر راهنية من أي وقت مضى. لا تزال «1984» الكلاسيكية الحديثة العظيمة في أدب «اليوتوبيا السلبية» — رواية أصيلة على نحو مدهش ومقلقة، تخلق عالماً خيالياً مقنعاً تماماً، من الجملة الأولى إلى الكلمات الأربع الأخيرة. ولا يستطيع أحد إنكار سطوة الرواية على مخيلات أجيال كاملة، أو قوة تحذيراتها — وهي قوة يبدو أنها تزداد، لا تضعف، مع مرور الزمن.