Frightening prospects for the future have often been treated as a topic in the literature.
What would such a future look like for humans?
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There are countless series, films and novels that tell about life after an apocalypse.
Whether it’s classics like George Orwell’s “1984” or films like “Songbird” aimed at the corona pandemic.
Today we introduce you to five more exciting dystopias.
Margaret Atwood "The Handmaid's Report"
There is no second book like The Handmaid's Tale.
At the latest since the serial adaptation with Elisabeth Moss in the leading role, Atwood's dystopia has again become an international bestseller.
The novel poses its questions about women's self-determination louder and more urgently than ever before.
The provocative vision of a totalitarian state: After a nuclear contamination, a large part of the female population is sterile.
The women are disenfranchised and divided into three groups: wives of managers, servants and maids.
The latter are recruited for procreation and are supposed to conceive children for barren wives.
The maid Desfred also becomes a victim of this degrading program...
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Margaret Atwood "The Handmaid's Report"
2020, Piper, ISBN 13-978-349-230327-9
Price: paperback €12, e-book €11.99, number of pages: 416 (deviating from the format)
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James Dashner "The Chosen Ones - Inside the Maze: Maze Runner 1"
All volumes of the worldwide bestselling series and film template "Maze Runner":
The chosen ones in the maze (volume 1)The chosen ones in the burnt desert (volume 2)
The chosen ones in the dead zone (volume 3)
The chosen ones - kill order (volume 4, plays 15 years before volume 1)
The chosen ones - phase zero (volume 5 , plays immediately before Volume 1)
The Chosen Ones - Crank Palace (Exclusive Digital Bonus Story)
His name is Thomas.
He can't remember any more.
And he ended up in a bizarre place - a clearing surrounded by a huge maze.
Together with fifty boys who are just like him, Thomas is looking for a way to freedom.
It leads through the labyrinth, whose mighty walls shift night after night, and in which murderous creatures lurk...
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James Dashner "The Chosen Ones - Inside the Maze: Maze Runner 1"
2013, Carlsen, ISBN 13-978-3-551-31231-0
Price: paperback €9.99, e-book €3.99, number of pages: 496 (deviating from the format)
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Laurent Queyssi "After the Apocalypse"
A fantastic graphic novel, with beautiful illustrations.
An imposing apocalyptic scenario with impressively claustrophobic cityscapes.
And the comforting message that as long as a spark of humanity survives, there is still hope for the future.
Almost a hundred years after the near-extinction of mankind, the few that remain dwell in the ruins of the former cities like cave dwellers and eke out a Neanderthal-like existence, constantly threatened by primeval monsters and hostile hordes.
Giala's clan is also attacked by such predatory nomads, and she herself is kidnapped...
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Laurent Queyssi "After the Apocalypse"
2018, Splitter Verlag, ISBN 13-978-3-962-19027-9
Price: hardback €18.80, number of pages: 88
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Robert Kirkman "The Walking Dead - Compendium 1"
The comic series adaptation has turned to the final chapter this year.
Anyone who was a fan of the series will love the original comics, even if they sometimes deviate from the series content.
Over 1000 pages of zombie action!
are you tough enough for this
Robert Kirkman's epic zombie comic work is getting epic proportions!
The perfect edition for beginners to immerse themselves completely in the world of Rick Grimes, Michonne & Co.
The first compendium volume brings together the first eight anthologies.
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Robert Kirkman "The Walking Dead - Compendium 1"
2013, Cross Cult, ISBN 13-978-3-864-25358-4
Price: paperback box 50 €, number of pages: 1088
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Suzanne Collins "The Hunger Games - Deadly Games"
A breathtaking, fascinating social criticism full of suspense - multiple awards and more up-to-date than ever.
You can read the book tip for the latest volume here.
The world as we know it no longer exists.
Wars and natural disasters have destroyed the land.
Panem has emerged from the rubble, led by a relentless government.
Cruel hunger games take place every year, in which only one person is allowed to survive.
When sixteen-year-old Katniss learns that her little sister, Prim, has been drawn as a participant, she volunteers in her place.
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Suzanne Collins "The Hunger Games - Deadly Games"
2012, Oetinger Verlag, ISBN 13-978-3-841-50134-9
Price: paperback €12, e-book €10.99, number of pages: 416 (deviating from the format)
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