Showing posts with label Dystopia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dystopia. Show all posts

Tuesday, 3 November 2015

The Hundred #1: The 100 by Kass Morgan (Hodder & Stoughton)

No one has set foot on Earth in centuries - until now.
                                                               
Ever since a devastating nuclear war, humanity has lived on spaceships far above Earth's radioactive surface. Now, one hundred juvenile delinquents - considered expendable by society - are being sent on a dangerous mission: to re-colonize the planet. It could be their second chance at life...or it could be a suicide mission.

CLARKE was arrested for treason, though she's haunted by the memory of what she really did. WELLS, the chancellor's son, came to Earth for the girl he loves - but will she ever forgive him Reckless BELLAMY fought his way onto the transport pod to protect his sister, the other half of the only siblings in the universe. And GLASS managed to escape back onto the ship, only to find that life there is just as dangerous as she feared it would be on Earth.

Confronted with a savage land and haunted by secrets from their pasts, the hundred must fight to survive. They were never meant to be heroes, but they may be mankind's last hope.

Sunday, 14 June 2015

The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi (Knopf/Orbit)

I review Paulo Bacigalupi’s The Water Knife, the latest standalone novel by the author of The Windup Girl. This dystopian thriller is published by Knopf in the USA and Orbit in the UK, and currently available to buy.



Monday, 30 March 2015

Angelfall by Susan Ee (Hodder/Skyscape)

I share my thoughts on Susan Ee’s young adult post-apocalyptic young adult novel dealing with the aftermath of Angels destroying the world, entitled Angelfall, and published by Hodder in the UK and Skyscape in the USA. It’s the first in the Penryn and the End of Days Trilogy.

Saturday, 28 March 2015

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014)

The third act of the Hunger Games movie franchise, Mockingjay – Part 1, is the latest film to be covered for the Fictional Hangout and was recently released on DVD. Adapted by Suzanne Collins’ young adult books by director Francis Lawrence, this dystopian movie stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutchinson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Dormer and more.


Wednesday, 11 March 2015

The Buried Life by Carrie Patel (Angry Robot Books)

I share my thoughts on Carrie Patel’s The Buried Life, one of the more recent offerings from Angry Robot Books, currently available to buy in both the UK and the USA.


Wednesday, 10 December 2014

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Picador)

I cover the brilliant, thought-provoking post-apocalyptic novel Station Eleven from Emily St. John Mandel, published by Picador in the UK and Knopf in the USA.

Tuesday, 2 December 2014

Meritropolis by Joel Ohman

I turn my attention to yet another young adult dystopian novel, the self-published Meritropolis by Joel Ohman.


Tuesday, 9 September 2014

The Young World by Chris Weitz (The Young World #1)

I review The Young World, the first novel in a young adult series by director Chris Weitz, published by Little Brown Books for Young Readers.