1984: George Orwell

This is probably like telling water to be wet, but you ought to play Half Life 2 if you like the dystopian genre. And whilst not technically dystopian, but more anti-utopian, BioShock is another good game [loosely put] in the same genre.

If you're looking more at dystopian literature, then have a nosey at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ian_literature

Some very good books on that list - I'm guessing that a few of the early 20th Century writers will be there, like Wells and Orwell.

Just had a lookee, and they've even got the seventh Harry Potter book in the list.

I always wondered why we never had a book section at zelaron.

I've never read 1984, but I'm going through and reading books that I never got to read in highschool. I just read Catcher in the Rye (not as good as I had hoped)

Anyway I would love to recommend a book called The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin. Great book!

I believe we used to have a Literature Forum, but it was merged with a couple of others to form The Arts.

Is that the same Steve Martin as the actor Steve Martin?

Catcher didn't impress me at all when I read it in high school. They make it out to be the book that all young men are supposed to identify with. I thought Holden Caulfield was a whiny bitch. Of course, I haven't read the book in about 12 years or so, so maybe I should check it out again.

As I mentioned above, I highly recommend 1984.

Just started reading The Man in the High Castle by Phillip K. Dick (got interested after watching the Blade Runner special features). Kind of slow to start and rather confusing, but I imagine it will pick up soon once the setting and characters get fleshed out.