18 books like Even if the Light Forgets
Brideshead Revisited
The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World War. It tells the story of Charles Ryder's infatuation with the Marchmains and the rapidly-disappearing world of privilege they inhabit. Enchanted first by Sebastian at Oxford, then by his doomed Catholic family, in particular his remote sister, Julia, Charles…
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Song of Susannah
[The Dark Tower][1] VI
Susannah, now pregnant, has yet another taking control of her. The demon-mother, Mia, uses Susannah and Black Thirteen to transport to New York City of 1999. Jake, Oy, and Pere Callahan must rescue Susannah while Eddie and Roland transport to the Maine of 1977. A vacant lot in New York is the prize that must be saved and ties these together.
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Hive
In the aftermath of the Hives invasion of earth, the society of the old world was shattered, and in response to the possibility of the aliens return, the authoritative Collective took hold of the sphere.
Alexander King a loyal soldier of the Collective discovers that on a mission that the Hive's presence is stronger then commonly believed, and that its secrets may be far too powerful for any…
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A nova ordem
Assim como na sua obra maior "K", B. Kucinski poderia iniciar "A Nova Ordem" repetindo "tudo neste livro é invenção, mas quase tudo aconteceu" ou "está acontecendo". A narrativa aterradora e envolvente sobre a "nova ordem" no Brasil da ficção nos lembra aquilo que Hanna Arendt nomeou de "banalidade do mal" referindo-se aos criminosos nazistas e a…
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Mending Bodies
"In dystopian Hong Kong, a new government program incentivizes physical conjoinment between individuals through a painful and disruptive surgery, providing personal fulfillment and a reduced cost of living"-- Provided by publisher
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Exalta
The city doesn’t kill you. It processes you.
In the fog-choked Sprawl beneath the corporate tower called Exalta, the Runner survives by staying uncounted. He carries packages he doesn’t open, follows routes he doesn’t question, and renews his identity in shrinking access windows. His existence is a suffix on a form. When the suffix expires, so does he.
Liam Kestrel is a Security & Containment…
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The Islander
In 2155 there are two Americas. Half the nation lives comfortably in the technology of the 22nd century; the other half lives trapped on pre-industrial Islands: the remains of America's collapsed cities. The two cultures collide when Galen Fairchild, an Islander, falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy family in the modern city of Stratis. But Galen's dreams fall apart when a startling event…
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Utopian Visions and Revisions
The book focuses on different uses of the concepts of utopia, dystopia, and anti-utopia. The author analyses literature, cinema, and rock music, as well as scientific and legal motifs in utopian fiction. He also considers the functions of Jewish characters in early modern utopias and looks at the utopian aspects of scientific claims of literary and cultural theories. Utopian models are also…
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Wizard and Glass
[The Dark Tower][1] IV
Part IV of an epic quest. Roland the Gunslinger and his followers have to contend with a sentient monorail intent on killing itself and taking them with it. While seeking to return to the Path of the Beam that will lead them to the Dark Tower, Roland tells his friends a story about the tragic loss of his first love, Susan Delgado.
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Actualized
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Immersed
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The Adjustment (Program Book 5)
The first book in Suzanne Young’s New York Times bestselling series is a “gripping tale for lovers of dystopian romance” (Kirkus Reviews) about two teens in a world where true feelings are forbidden, teen suicide is an epidemic, and the only solution is The Program—now with a freshly reimagined look.Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone. With suicide now an international epidemic,…
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Configured:Book One of the Configured Trilogy
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Generation
Four generations of one family: a baby boy, his mother, his maternal grandmother, and his maternal great-grandmother. (2008)
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Being Good
In the year 2081, Francie lived in a small village called Gallitia. It was simple. It was peaceful. It was beautiful. But there was one problem.
Francie couldn’t leave.
Oh, and then there were the people that wanted to bring electricity and change everything. And the boy with the very red hair, who Francie suspected was somehow part of this change. The question, then, became: Will Francie…
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Bad moon rising
Fang Kattalakis isn't just a wolf. He is the brother of two of the most powerful members of the Omegrion: the ruling council that enforces the laws of the Were-Hunters. And when was erupts among the lycanthropes, sides must be chosen. Enemies are forced into shaky alliances.
When Aimee, the woman Fang loves, is accused of betraying her people, her only hope is that Fang believes in her. Yet in…
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Dust (The Silo Trilogy)
THE BASIS FOR SILO, NOW A #1 STREAMING SHOW ON APPLE TV“The final book secures the status of the Wool trilogy as a modern masterpiece.”—Sunday ExpressThe final book in the New York Times bestselling Silo trilogy, featuring an original short story from Hugh Howey set in the Silo universe!Wool introduced the world of the silo. Shift told the story of its creation. Dust will describe its downfall.…
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