Posts Tagged as ‘dystopia’

April 17, 2009

Neverwhere – Neil Gaiman

Since I enjoyed American Gods so much, I put another Gaiman book on the list (and yes, I am following @neilhimself on Twitter).
I liked this one. Not loved it, but liked it. I think he has a very, very specific writing style, that if you aren’t really in the mood for it, can be annoying.
The [...]

July 15, 2008

Unwind – Neal Shusterman

Wow – what a great book. The premise? Sometime in the near future of America. We have had another Civil War, this time over abortion. The deal that both sides struck is that while life begins at conception, parents could choose to retroactively abort a child from the ages of 13-18 by “unwinding” them. This [...]