The Wanting Seed

Dystopian Science Fiction

Author: Anthony Burgess

In a nightmare, changing world only those who adapt can survive.First there is the ‘liberal’ society, with just enough food and money, and population police to enforce birth control.Then it is swept away. Back comes religion — plus the ancient sins of murder, fornication and cannibalism. And war … contrived extermination exercises to act as a drainage system for this new….Read More

11 Books Similar to The Wanting Seed

Earthly Powers

Anthony Burgess, author of A Clockwork Orange, is regarded as one of the most original and daring writers in the English language. His work is illuminated by a dazzling imagination,… Continue Reading Posted in: Classic Literature & Fiction, Fiction, Miracles, Religious Life

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

The only English translation authorized by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn First published in the Soviet journal Novy Mir in 1962, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich stands as a classic… Continue Reading Posted in: 1918 2008, Aleksandr Isaevich, Communism, Literature, Reference, Russian Literature, Solzhenit︠S︡Yn

Darkness Visible

In the summer of 1985 William Styron was overtaken by persistent insomnia and a troubling sense of malaise - the first signs of a deep depression that would engulf his… Continue Reading Posted in: American, Authors, Biography, Mental Illness

Waiting Period

In this highly polished and slightly twisted moral tale, a man pulls back from the brink of suicide when his application to buy a gun with which to shoot himself… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Psychological Fiction, Psychology, Revenge, Serial Killers

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said

>On October 11 the television star Jason Taverner is so famous that 30 million viewers eagerly watch his prime-time show. On October 12 Jason Taverner is not a has-been but… Continue Reading Posted in: American Fiction, Bibliography, Fiction In English American Writers 1945 Texts

Doomsday Book

For Kivrin, preparing an on-site study of one of the deadliest eras in humanity's history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseases of the fourteenth century and inventing… Continue Reading Posted in: Classic Science Fiction eBooks, Europe, Historical British & Irish Literature, Science Fiction, United States

1985

Ingenious, chilling and darkly comic, 1985 combines a devastating critique of Orwell's 1984 with a terrifying vision of the future. As memorable as A Clockwork Orange, it is as powerful… Continue Reading Posted in: English Fiction, George), Gymnastics, Nineteen Eighty Four (Orwell

Divided Kingdom

One night a boy who comes to be called Thomas Parry is taken from his family, caught up in a comprehensive unraveling of what had been a united kingdom. Reacting… Continue Reading Posted in: Civil Service, Cyberpunk Science Fiction, Dystopias, Lawyers & Criminals Humor, Politicians

Leave a Reply