Daniel Keast

Stuff about Dystopian Novels Book Club

Moon of the Crusted Snow - Waubgeshig Rice

The pacing felt much too slow. There are points where something exciting is supposed to be happening and the author spends paragraphs detailing where people are sitting and what clothes they’re wearing.

Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson

This was a lot. So many ideas that just keep coming. It’s absolutely ridiculous, and really quite silly throughout. I thought it was great.

The Long Walk - Stephen King

A dystopia where 100 boys are in a competition to walk as far as possible. If you drop below 4mph for 30 seconds you get a warning, after three warnings you get shot.

I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman

40 women who are locked in a cage that is patrolled by men with whips escape when the men run out after hearing a siren.

The Machine Stops - E.M. Forster

A short story from 1909.

The Dispossessed - Ursula K. Le Guin

I found the different perspectives on power interesting.

Severence - Ling Ma

This is the October pick for the Exeter Dystopian novels book club.