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eldritchhobbit

YA Dystopias, The Novels: Part 2, The 21st Century

Dec 14, 2013 19:43

I'm reposting my work-in-progress list of young adult dystopian novels. Due to its length, I'm dividing the list into two separate posts, one for the 20th century and one for the 21st century.

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corbyinoz December 15 2013, 22:44:14 UTC

Lovely list! I've gone through it twice, and I don't *think* you've got William Nicholson's 'Wind on Fire' Trilogy? But I could be skipping it. I think that would meet your parameters.

BTW, thrilled that you mentioned Andre Norton's 'Star Man's Son' - that was the first dystopia book I read, at about the age of 9, and it changed my brain forever. I'd be interested to know why it didn't make your list? Not arguing, just genuinely interested in your reasoning. (I think you did include Beastmaster in the other list?)

eldritchhobbit December 16 2013, 22:09:19 UTC

Thank you so much for catching that! You're quite right. I will add the Wind on Fire trilogy right now!

The reason Star Man's Son didn't make the proper list was completely arbitrary; I'd originally started out making this as a "50 Years Of" list (time has marched on since then), so I was specifically just looking at 1960 and after, and not making a full study of the 1950s novels that were relevant. I should probably go back and undo that and create a separate 1950s category.

Thanks for your incredibly helpful comments!

corbyinoz December 17 2013, 06:58:51 UTC

You're very welcome! I always enjoy your posts, they're so fascinating, and I'm just delighted I could offer a small idea. And the reasoning makes perfect sense - should have thought of that myself.

ext_1253632 June 4 2014, 18:35:03 UTC

Great lists. I knew there were a lot of these this century but I am still stunned at how long this list is. Even if you were to use stricter criteria, it would still be a massive list.

Interesting that the number continues to grow in each decade (except for a slight dip in the 90s apparently).

I would love to see a 50s list as well.