Ep5. 100 Years of Dystopian Lit - Part I
Join as we count down through one hundred years of dystopian literature beginning and the 2020s and working our way down with a book recommendation from each decade. In this episode we discuss "The Land of Milk and Honey," "Station Eleven," "Oryx and Crake," "I Who Have Never Known Men," and "Dawn."
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Books mentioned in this episode:
What’s on our Night Stand Segment
Dawn - Octavia Butler - (1987)
Canticle For Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller Jr. (1959)
Femina - Janina Ramirez (2022)
Storyland - Amy Jeffs (2022)
Black Sun - Rebecca Roanhorse (2020)
Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood (2003)
Mirrored Heavens- Rebecca Roanhorse (2024)
Magical Bowl of Book Prompts Segment
Six Crimson Cranes - Elizabeth Lim (2021)
The Unfinished Harold Hughes - Richard Ayoade (2024)
Ayoade on Top - Richard Ayoade (2019)
Main Episode Segment
The Land of Milk and Honey - C. Pam Zhang (2023)
How High We Go in the Dark - Sequoia Nagamatsu (2022)
Station Eleven - Emily St. Mandel (2014)
I Cheerfully Refuse - Leif Enger (2024)
The Fifth Season - N.K. Jemison (2014)
Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood (2003)
I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman (1995)
The Memory Police - Yoko Ogawa (19)
Dawn - Octavia Butler - (1987)
Fledgling- Octavia Butler - (2005)
Count Zero - William Gibson - (1986)
The Ark Sakura - Kobe Abe - (1984)
V is for Vendetta - (1982-1985)