tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post4105401346315746413..comments2024-02-18T07:27:48.299-08:00Comments on Amparo Ortiz: Fess Up Friday: A Whole New WorldAmparo Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05751368034351196820noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post-46235604438399909482010-07-24T04:13:52.081-07:002010-07-24T04:13:52.081-07:00I"m kinda indifferent to it. I like it if th...I"m kinda indifferent to it. I like it if the story is good. A good story is a good story. Among the Hidden Series is good. The Giver and 1984 are excellent.Erinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13936046127305211439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post-81941586357763873802010-07-23T18:22:39.634-07:002010-07-23T18:22:39.634-07:00Like Old Kitty, I loved 1984 by Orwell. I really w...Like Old Kitty, I loved 1984 by Orwell. I really want to find another good dystopian to read too. I feel a book search coming on...:)Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04313619484424363895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post-64507837766000075122010-07-23T16:26:41.430-07:002010-07-23T16:26:41.430-07:00Never had one that's drawn my interest. Never...Never had one that's drawn my interest. Never say never though.DL Hammonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007260062331783715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post-9109245929889599472010-07-23T16:19:12.077-07:002010-07-23T16:19:12.077-07:00Oh, I love dystopian fiction! I love getting sucke...Oh, I love dystopian fiction! I love getting sucked into another world that is like ours in some ways yet glaringly different in others. <br /><br />I definitely second The Giver. One of my favorite books!Caroline Tung Richmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10668185436035686911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post-18103813734205345492010-07-23T13:58:44.324-07:002010-07-23T13:58:44.324-07:00Nope. Hate it. (Kidding, kidding.) I LOVE it, clea...Nope. Hate it. (Kidding, kidding.) I LOVE it, clearly, which is why I decided to write it. What I like most about it is that it takes things we already do/believe/want and pushes them to the limit, so it really makes me examine myself.<br /><br />I second the 1984 recommendation. Also, I recommend The Giver. It's one of my favs.Veronica Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04728002051255414818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post-20912131610157025472010-07-23T13:46:02.953-07:002010-07-23T13:46:02.953-07:00I've watched a few dystopian shows over the ye...I've watched a few dystopian shows over the years, but I've never read anything like that. I'm sure I'd like it, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post-61538920861021593122010-07-23T09:34:17.766-07:002010-07-23T09:34:17.766-07:00Crystal, you are not stupid :) Your welcome.
Anyw...Crystal, you are not stupid :) Your welcome.<br /><br />Anyway, post-apocalyptic and dystopian can sometimes blend together in a book, but they're not the same thing. For instance, The Hunger Games is mostly post-apocalyptic because it features an America that no longer sustains itself as it currently does. The nation of Panem is what little remains are left of what America used to be after society collapsed on itself. This could also be the case in I Am Legend, where the narrator is the only man left in New York City, unharmed by the virus spreading in the air.<br /><br />A dystopia, however, involves a world that may not have gone through a crisis or catastrophe. It's just our world with other rules, which suck really badly. These rules are usually meant to oppress the individual and put a damper on free will. Those who don't obey get the butt-whoopin' of their life.<br /><br />Okay. I totally paraphrased the bejeezus out of those explanations. Sorry.Amparo Ortizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05751368034351196820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post-57738378049010394552010-07-23T09:06:24.613-07:002010-07-23T09:06:24.613-07:00Love dystopian. It's my guilty pleasure. While...<i>Love</i> dystopian. It's my guilty pleasure. While some people *cough, wink, nudge* are hung up on paranormal, I'm always reading dystopian. (:Carahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871718411675092417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post-13381083059529791362010-07-23T08:48:11.428-07:002010-07-23T08:48:11.428-07:00Oh gorgeous woman!! Please please do try 1984 by G...Oh gorgeous woman!! Please please do try 1984 by GEORGE ORWELL - the most definitive dystopian novel ever!!! Seriously! If the ending doesn't slay you to a thousand pieces.. ooooh i don't know what!<br /><br />:-) <br /><br />Take care<br />xOld Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post-84484240176659568902010-07-23T08:21:50.622-07:002010-07-23T08:21:50.622-07:00Definitely like it. What's great about Dystopi...Definitely like it. What's great about Dystopian is that everyone envisions things being messed up in such different ways. It's the scariest genre to read, I think, because I live convinced that all those things could happen.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05629343835090101890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3917729637280439180.post-32003042230443528842010-07-23T07:53:12.017-07:002010-07-23T07:53:12.017-07:00I love dystopian, but I must confess my stupidity ...I love dystopian, but I must confess my stupidity here. What is the difference between dystopian and post apocolyptic? Because I kind of thought they were used interchangably.Crystal Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06665844725894074136noreply@blogger.com