Speculative Fiction > Near Future
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A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
In Anthony Burgess's influential nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, a teen who talks in a fantastically inventive slang that evocatively renders his and his friends' intense reaction against their society.
Year: 1962
Genre: Dystopian, Near Future, Speculative Fiction
After Things Fell Apart
by Ron Goulart
The time is a few decades from now, the place what used to be the United States, now disrupted by internal factionalism as well as a short-lived foreign invasion. Out of this chaotic background Ron Goulart has produced a swift-moving, witty and constantly delightful novel, a story of a future odyssey.
Year: 1970
Genre: Humor, Near Future
Gadget Man
by Ron Goulart
A new political map of America's west coast...Its dark wit bites through a brittle, phony, not-so-far-off world, exposing its hollow insides.
Year: 1972
Genre: Near Future
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
by Philip K. Dick
Jason Taverner--world-famous talk show host and man-about-town--wakes up one day to find that no one knows who he is--including the vast databases of the totalitarian government. And in a society where lack of identification is a crime, Taverner has no choice but to go on the run with a host of shady characters, including crooked cops and dealers of alien drugs. But do they know more than they are letting on? And just how can a person's identity be erased overnight?
Year: 1974
Genre: Chase Story, Near Future, Science Fiction
The Long Walk
by Stephen King
In the near future, when America has become a police state, one hundred boys are selected to enter an annual contest where the winner will be awarded whatever he wants for the rest of his life. Among them is sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty, and he knows the rules--keep a steady walking pace of four miles per hour without stopping. Three warnings and you're out--permanently.
Year: 1979
Genre: Near Future, Thriller
Titles
| Year | Title | ||||||||||
| 1962 | A Clockwork Orange | by Anthony Burgess | |||||||||
| 1970 | After Things Fell Apart | by Ron Goulart | |||||||||
| 1972 | Gadget Man | by Ron Goulart | |||||||||
| 1974 | Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said | by Philip K. Dick | |||||||||
| 1979 | The Long Walk | by Stephen King | |||||||||
| 1981 | Brinkman | by Ron Goulart | |||||||||
| 1984 | Dr. Adder | by K.W. Jeter | |||||||||
| 1985 | Dinner at Deviant's Palace | by Tim Powers | |||||||||
| 1990 | Queen of Angels | by Greg Bear | |||||||||
| 1993 | Parable of the Sower | by Octavia E. Butler | |||||||||
| 1994 | Gun, with Occasional Music | by Jonathan Lethem | |||||||||
| 1998 | Parable of the Talents | by Octavia E. Butler | |||||||||
| 2000 | The Dawning | by Hugh B. Cave | |||||||||
| 2004 | Cloud Atlas | by David Mitchell | |||||||||
| 2007 | Sixty Days and Counting | by Kim Stanley Robinson | |||||||||
| 2017 | Artemis | by Andy Weir | |||||||||
| 2017 | Gnomon | by Nick Harkaway | |||||||||
| 2017 | walkaway | by Cory Doctorow | |||||||||
