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What will society be like in the not-too-distant future? Anti-utopian writers are sure that nothing good awaits us there. We offer a selection of books in which the authors, based on the vices of modern society, made disappointing forecasts of the development of mankind.
"1984", George Orwell, 1949
Winston is in the center of the novel. He lives in a totalitarian world ruled by the party. The man is 39 years old, he is an employee of the Ministry of Truth. His job is to change the facts in the press of the past on the instructions of the party to those more favorable to the ruling power.
Winston tries to pretend that the ideas of the party are close to him, but in fact, he has long had suspicions about the omnipotence and correctness of the actions performed by the party and its ideological leader, Elder Brother.
Oddly enough, the author's work remains relevant even today. The desire of power to control all spheres of life will influence public opinion regardless of the form of government in the country. In order to maintain positions, power requires a resource (ordinary people), which is used cynically, calculatingly and with impunity. This, probably, was the main message and prediction of the author of dystopia.
Borrowed Day, Chuck Palahniuk, 2018
The story takes place in the near future in America, which is on the brink of the third world war. There are too many young men between the ages of 20 and 30 in the country. And so that they do not become an internal problem capable of dictating the conditions of society, the authorities decide to send them to the very hell of military operations on another continent. But this idea is not destined to come true: I don't understand where the book "Sudny Day" (that's right, with two letters "c") is gaining popularity in society, which is causing the destruction of the old order. Politicians, journalists, old people and other people are subject to mass shooting. The heroes of the novel are driven by the idea of creating an ideal society, clearly divided by skin color and orientation. But is such a society capable of survival? And will it be able to stand up to those who are not satisfied with the new order?
"O strange new world", Aldous Huxley
Not a single selection dystopia books cannot do without this work. The author presents the reader with a world ruled by technocracy. Here are some of the rules on which the new world rests:
- people who appeared as a result of natural conception are equated with savages. The birthing process is solved thanks to special incubators;
- monogamy is no longer in trend. Modern people change partners like gloves, not paying attention to their gender;
- children are instilled with ideas of hedonism. Art, science, self-development, morality are not prohibited, but categorically not encouraged;
- people use drugs, the main of which is somma, it allows you to forget any worries.
A terrible scenario, remotely reminiscent of some trends in modern society.
