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Talking Books wtih Susan Brown: Dystopia!

February 8, 2017: Aaron and Susan will not talk about politics. Instead: Zombies!

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  • High school romance with a zombie. Fun!
    DVD, [Date of publication not identified][Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [Date of publication not identified] — DVD Life
  • New adaptation coming to Hulu soon; SB also likes the 90s TV movie.
    Book, 1986Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1986 — FIC Atwo
  • Zombies in Starbucks! It's all OK!
    Book, 2013New York : Harper Perennial, [2013] — FIC Walt
  • Good choice for book clubs that like literary fic. Dystopian retelling of The Scarlet Letter with genetic punishments.
    Book, 2011Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, [2011] — FIC Jord
  • In the same vein as (and a contemporary of) the great dystopian classics like 1984 and Brave New World, by a guy who lived in the Soviet Union.
    Book, 1970New York : Bantam Books, 1970 — FIC Koes
  • Perhaps the first dystopian novel.
    Book, 1934[Place of publication not identified] : Grosset & Dunlap, [1934] — FIC Lond
  • Book, 1998New York : Harcourt Brace & Company, [1998] — FIC Sara
  • A peaceful government-run sanctuary for seniors...OR IS IT.
    Book, 2008New York : Other Press, [2008] — FIC Holm
  • Batoru Rowaiaru

    Tokubetsu-hen

    "Makes the Hunger Games look like a utopia."
    DVD, 2012Beverly Hills, CA : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2012] — DVD Battle
  • AK recommends the story "The ones who walk away from omelas," in which you either accept the rules of Omelas or you don't. SB has committed to reading it.
    Book, 1975New York : Harper & Row, [1975] — SF LeGu