tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076308692811460989.post6964694494410029556..comments2023-05-27T05:31:01.955-07:00Comments on The Story Girl: Why I Read... Dystopian FictionLLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11194834748090369779noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076308692811460989.post-10505466080392536542011-12-01T08:31:26.975-08:002011-12-01T08:31:26.975-08:00I have read the first book in the Uglies series. I...I have read the first book in the Uglies series. I need to finish! And way to be a trendsetter with liking dystopian early on. :)LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11194834748090369779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076308692811460989.post-8829590758877022722011-11-19T14:14:36.893-08:002011-11-19T14:14:36.893-08:00I do love me some Dystopian. AND I'm pretty pr...I do love me some Dystopian. AND I'm pretty proud of the fact that I was a fan LONG before The Hunger Games was released. :) <br /><br />The Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld is another Dystopian series I highly recommend. <br /><br />And you talked a bit about my favorite thing about Dystopian. I think the best Dystopians are the ones that take something REAL and magnify it to the extreme so we can examine what we find important. Gives you a different perspective on things.Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07895603279815878376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076308692811460989.post-65827523026542910192011-11-03T10:48:07.368-07:002011-11-03T10:48:07.368-07:00@Miss Remmers - Yeah, I think THG did a lot for th...@Miss Remmers - Yeah, I think THG did a lot for the genre!<br /><br />@Allison - Don't apologize, I love long comments! That is a good point about the Cornelius Fudge picture. I really need to reread 1984. And I agree that the present tense did a lot for THG - it made everything so intense!<br /><br />@Jami - Thanks!<br /><br />@SM Reine - Oh man, it must have absorbed you if it grabbed your attention over France!<br /><br />@Asheley - Oh shoot! You need Delirium! I will personally write your library an email, haha. And I requested Pure! I haven't read it yet but it sounds so interesting!<br /><br />@Karen - It definitely can be depressing! They are all pretty dark, except for maybe Beauty Queens. :)<br /><br />@KC Dumas - Yay! Let me know how you like them!LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11194834748090369779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076308692811460989.post-17577539400327428042011-10-28T14:05:06.651-07:002011-10-28T14:05:06.651-07:00Pretty sure I just went and put all of these on ho...Pretty sure I just went and put all of these on hold at the library :) I love dystopian fiction!KC Dumashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16533534159455496858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076308692811460989.post-6557420494820480462011-10-27T19:32:44.014-07:002011-10-27T19:32:44.014-07:00Dystopian isn't usually my thing--it's alw...Dystopian isn't usually my thing--it's always a little too depressing for me. After all, it's hard to have a happily ever after in a world that completely sucks. I totally agree with you about 1984 being the mother of all dystopians--it's the one that always come to mind for me whenever I try to think of non-YA ones. Great post!Karen L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15308879061927532232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076308692811460989.post-49011524084514081632011-10-27T18:36:04.305-07:002011-10-27T18:36:04.305-07:00I could never get tired of dystopian, at least not...I could never get tired of dystopian, at least not at this point in my life. I love something about every one I have read, and they all seem to be a little bit different. <br /><br />I gobble them up, I won't lie. I don't care of there is an abundance of them out there. I read YA and adult dystopian alike, and I can't get enough. <br /><br />I **HIGHLY** recommend PURE by Julianna Baggott. It comes out in February 2012, but it is on Netgalley (it was put up two days ago) for those of us who use it! It is TOTALLY worth the request. <br /><br />Also, I need to get on Delirium! My library doesn't have it. I've asked them to buy it because if I want to read it, chances are other people do too. Hopefully they'll get it soon. :)<br /><br />Love Love Love this, as always!<br /><br />~AsheleyAsheley T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03908795522290889438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076308692811460989.post-7413765249439130942011-10-27T13:53:38.609-07:002011-10-27T13:53:38.609-07:00I started The Hunger Games while I was on vacation...I started The Hunger Games while I was on vacation, and I read it on trains all over France instead of paying to the countryside. That's how absorbing it was for me. Great post!Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17679381214962060855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076308692811460989.post-82799009417010362011-10-27T10:39:39.548-07:002011-10-27T10:39:39.548-07:00I love Dytopian fiction as well. You summed the ge...I love Dytopian fiction as well. You summed the genre perfectly.JamiLeighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07720799720385456348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076308692811460989.post-49625031570267816352011-10-27T10:34:55.660-07:002011-10-27T10:34:55.660-07:00Okay, I'm amazed that you didn't stay up a...Okay, I'm amazed that you didn't stay up all night reading until The Hunger Games. I don't do it anymore, but growing up I did it all the time. The Princess Bride and Harry Potter come immediately to mind. I did it with The Help, too. Hunger Games I just read through class and work, haha.<br /><br />I LOVE dystopian literature. I go back to 1984 on a semi-regular basis. I think it's your point about mirroring society that draws me—really, we aren't that different from the worlds we read. This can happen to us. (You know the scene in Harry Potter 5 when Harry goes with Arthur Weasley to the Ministry of Magic for his hearing? In the movie they walk in and there is this massive picture of Fudge watching everyone; it was the most powerful reference to dystopian literature in film I've ever experienced. So well done.)<br /><br />Though I have to say, I think the reason Hunger Games did so well was the present-tense narration. You are right there with Katniss through the entire experience, and you don't know if she'll make it. She isn't telling you a story that's already happened, you are IN the story. It was a brilliant technique on Suzanne Collins's part.<br /><br />(Sorry for the longest comment ever.)A Mittonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017133301345946872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076308692811460989.post-11071884283104426922011-10-27T10:10:08.737-07:002011-10-27T10:10:08.737-07:00Great post! I love dystopian but wasn't made a...Great post! I love dystopian but wasn't made aware of it until after THG.Miss Remmershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16474288521051832608noreply@blogger.com