Outside Reading
Dystopian Fiction
Dystopian Fiction
- • Propaganda is used to control the citizens of society.
- • Information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted.
- • A figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society.
- • Citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance.
- • Citizens have a fear of the outside world.
- • Citizens live in a dehumanized state.
- • The natural world is banished and distrusted.
- • Citizens conform to uniform expectations. Individuality and dissent are bad.
- • The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world.
Examples of authors in the LHS Library who write Dystopian Fiction:
- Orson Scott Card
- Suzanne Collins
- Veronica Roth
- James Dashner
OverDrive:
You can check out digital copies of current YA books for a period of 2 weeks on OverDrive. You can download them to your devices or home computer. You can’t print these titles or have the copy to keep. Here’s how to access these:
Visit our OverDrive site.
Type your student ID number.
Click "Explore" at the top and choose "Sci-Fi and Fantasy".
“Borrow” the book
Download to a device or read on your computer.
Certain public domain titles are available in unlimited quantities from OverDrive. You can download these to your devices or read them on your computer. You don't have to check them out, so once you download them you have them forever. Free!
Here's how:
Visit our OverDrive site.
Type your student ID number.
Click "Explore" at the top and choose "Classic Ebooks".
Under Browse Subjects, choose "Science Fiction and Fantasy".
Download to a device or read on your computer.