Apcoalyptic/Dystopian/Science Fiction

Posts from the ‘Apcoalyptic/Dystopian/Science Fiction’ category

Imagine the world as you know it, whether as techno-commercialist, an antiquarian yesteryear, a back to the earth environmentalist, or simply as a bookworm visiting a relative in a hospital curled up in a waiting room with a good book and without warning everyone…

World-Ending Fiction: A Review of Station Eleven

October 4, 2015

If you liked Star Trek or Star Wars, Marko Kloos‘ series, particularly Lines of Departure, is a good companion. I previously read and reviewed Terms of Enlistment, the first book in the series. Both are militaristic dystopian novels. They are short quick reads that are…

Military Dystopian 2: Lines of Departure by Marko Kloos: A Review

April 3, 2015

For those who like a more militaristic feel to a dystopian, Marko Kloos’ Terms of Enlistment is a snappy quick read — snappy because it has a military feel about it, complete with the salutes, standing at attention, boot camp and battles — quick because…

Military Dystopian: Terms of Enlistment by Marko Kloos

February 15, 2015

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Meritropolis by Joel Ohman is a dystopian novel that will appear to be in the vein similar to The Hunger Games. Like most dystopian novels, including two reviewed previously in this blog, Meritropolis runs along the familiar theme of a barely-in-adulthood main character, Charley battling against an…

Meritropolis: A Review

January 15, 2015

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Inferno by Dan Brown is a thriller. It is also a warning that so many others have tried to pass onto their fellow man. The others include Al Gore and Jimmy Carter, who infamously said that we, humankind, will have to learn how to live…

Inferno and the Question of Population Control

December 17, 2013

If you are under thirty five, George Seielstad’s Dawn of the Anthropocene predicts a grim story for your dotage and for your children and grandchildren’s lifetimes. If scientists are right, the U.S. may be one state less ultimately — the seas may envelop Florida. Say…

To the next generation of wanna be Floridians or New Yorkers,

November 20, 2013

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When I read the blurb on Bookbub for Susan Kaye Quinn’s second book, Closed Hearts in her dystopian young adult Mindjack Trilogy, I clicked on the link and it took me to Amazon. I found where the first book (Open Minds) was offered for free.…

Open Minds: A Futuristic NSA? A review

November 17, 2013

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After nuclear war, survivors find that the water is contaminated and the government fashions a safety net, one that from some eyes is utopian, in that life-giving water is available, but at what cost? What would you do if water did not simply flow from…

Water — What Would Do For A Drop?

October 6, 2013

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Available on Amazon The Trailer: http://youtu.be/lmS51MLf4pM Dying of thirst is the new reality. Five years after the last drop of clean water disappeared, global societies collapsed and nuclear war shattered all hope of recovery. In a place now only a…

A new adult dystopian by Amber Garr

October 5, 2013

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Ten more steps. My legs ached with every jarring move, growing heavier the closer I got to my destination. The weight of my bounty pulled against me like a prisoner’s chain. If I dropped it, I would be safe. The idea taunted me as I…

From a Deserter’s Perspective — Zach

October 4, 2013