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  2. Harrison Bergeron - Wikipedia

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    Harrison Bergeron. " Harrison Bergeron " is a satirical dystopian science-fiction short story by American writer Kurt Vonnegut, first published in October 1961. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, the story was republished in the author's Welcome to the Monkey House collection in 1968.

  3. The Lottery - Wikipedia

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    Publication date. June 26, 1948. " The Lottery " is a short story by Shirley Jackson that was first published in The New Yorker on June 26, 1948. [a] The story describes a fictional small American community that observes an annual tradition known as "the lottery", which is intended to ensure a good harvest and purge the town of bad omens.

  4. List of dystopian literature - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable works of dystopian literature. A dystopia is an unpleasant (typically repressive) society, often propagandized as being utopian. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction states that dystopian works depict a negative view of "the way the world is supposedly going in order to provide urgent propaganda for a change in direction."

  5. The Giver - Wikipedia

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    LC Class. PS 3562 O923 G58 1993. Followed by. Gathering Blue. The Giver is a 1993 American young adult dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry, set in a society which at first appears to be utopian but is revealed to be dystopian as the story progresses. In the novel, the society has taken away pain and strife by converting to "Sameness", a plan ...

  6. 25 Dystopian Movies for When You Want to Be *Checks ... - AOL

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    The concept of a dystopia is a pillar of thought and art in modern culture, with various kid-friendly dystopias entering our collective mindscapes via middle school English lessons.

  7. List of dystopian films - Wikipedia

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    Short-film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's, Harrison Bergeron (1961). "Everyone is finally equal". [9] A.I. Artificial Intelligence: 2001 Based on Brian Aldiss' short story, Super-Toys Last All Summer Long (1969). A distraught family is given a robotic boy with "real" emotions, but is misunderstood by the rest of society. [10] [11] Æon Flux: 2005

  8. The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

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    321 (Hardcover) The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer is a collection of short fiction by Janelle Monáe, written in collaboration with Yohanca Delgado, Eve L. Ewing, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Danny Lore, and Sheree Renée Thomas. The collection, which has been described as Afrofuturist [1] and cyberpunk, is Monáe's debut ...

  9. The Veldt (short story) - Wikipedia

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    The Veldt (short story) " The Veldt " is a science fiction short story by American author Ray Bradbury. Originally appearing as " The World the Children Made " in the September 23, 1950, issue of The Saturday Evening Post, it was republished under its current name in the 1951 anthology The Illustrated Man.

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