Titres dans Dystopique

In the shifting sands of the desert, near an unnamed metropolis, there is an institute where various fellows come to undertake projects of great significance. But when our sort-of hero, Percy Frobisher, arrives, surrounded by the simulated environment of the glass-enclosed dome of the Institute...

Winston Smith toes the Party line, rewriting history to satisfy the demands of the Ministry of Truth. With each lie he writes, Winston grows to hate the Party that seeks power for its own sake and persecutes those who dare to commit thoughtcrimes. But as he starts to think for himself, Winston can’t escape the fact that Big Brother is always watching... A startling and haunting novel, 1984 creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the novel’s hold on the imaginations of whole generations.

El libro más emblemático de Bradbury llega a Minotauro Esenciales. Un clásico de la literatura. Guy Montag es un bombero y el trabajo de un bombero es quemar libros, que están prohibidos porque son causa de discordia y sufrimiento. El Sabueso Mecánico del Departamento de Incendios, armado con una letal inyección hipodérmica, escoltado por helicópteros, está preparado para rastrear a los disidentes que aún conservan y leen libros.

È la mattina della mietitura che inaugura la decima edizione degli Hunger Games. A Capitol City, il diciottenne Coriolanus Snow si sta preparando con cura: è stato chiamato a partecipare ai Giochi in qualità di mentore e sa bene che questa potrebbe essere la sua unica possibilità di accedere alla gloria. La casata degli Snow, un tempo potente, sta attraversando la sua ora più buia.

2034 : trois géants américains du numérique, baptisés les Titans, ont profité de la crise des années 2020 pour établir leur hégémonie sur l’économie occidentale et mettre en place un capitalisme de surveillance, basé sur l’exploitation immodérée des données personnelles. Plongés au cœur de leur organisation dans la Silicon Valley, Pierre, un jeune Français expert en intelligence artificielle, et Julia, une brillante Estonienne travaillant sur l’amélioration du cerveau humain, vont tenter de défier leur pouvoir.

​Effrayant hommage à Ray Bradbury, Margaret Atwood ou George Orwell, MotherCloud nous entraîne dans un monde où le Big Business aurait supplanté Big Brother, un monde d'une perversion totale, pas si éloigné du nôtre. Ex-petit patron désormais ruiné, Paxton n'aurait jamais pensé devoir intégrer une unité MotherCloud, cette superstructure de l'e-commerce qui a dévoré la moitié de l'économie mondiale.

Often compared to Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid’s Tale and Naomi Alderman's The Power - Woman on the Edge of Time has been hailed as a classic of speculative science fiction. Disturbing and forward thinking, Marge Piercy’s remarkable novel will speak to a new generation. Connie Ramos has been unjustly incarcerated in a mental institution with no hope of release. The authorities view her as a danger to herself and to others. Her family has given up on her. But Connie has a secret - a way to escape the confines of her cell. She can see the future.

More than two centuries after World War III poisoned the planet, the final bastion of humanity lives on massive airships circling the globe in search of a habitable area to call home. Aging and outdated, most of the ships plummeted back to Earth long ago. The only thing keeping the two surviving lifeboats in the sky are Hell Divers - men and women who risk their lives by skydiving to the surface to scavenge for parts the ships desperately need.

Once a scrap-wrangling nobody from Phoenix, Arizona, Juliet Bianchi's life was forever changed when fate handed her a hyper-advanced AI chip that launched her into the arena of high-powered, high-stakes operators. To her surprise—and everyone else's—she had a natural talent for cybernetic-enhanced mayhem and mercenary work. Now, that work will take Juliet where she's always wanted to go: off world. Unfortunately, the reason is that her faithful friend Honey and a child prodigy she was caring for have been kidnapped.

Contro tutte le previsioni, Katniss è sopravvissuta agli Hunger Games per la seconda volta. Ma anche se ora è lontana dall'arena sanguinaria, non può dirsi salva. Capitol City è molto arrabbiata. Capitol City vuole vendetta. E chi è destinato a pagare per i disordini? Katniss, ovviamente, la Ragazza di Fuoco. Come se non bastasse, il Presidente Snow tiene a precisare che ormai tutti sono in pericolo, nessuno escluso: la famiglia di Katniss, i suoi amici più cari, tutti gli abitanti del Distretto 12.

An 250 après la IVe Guerre mondiale, l'humanité survit sous des dômes protecteurs, ignorant tout du monde extérieur. Chaque année, la Rafle décide du destin des jeunes de seize ans : élite dirigeante, travailleurs ou… Oubliés. Lorsqu'ils découvrent les failles du système corrompu et manipulateur dans lequel ils évoluent, ils se retrouvent plongés dans une guerre acharnée contre le Grand Gouverneur et son régime oppressif.

An alle Überlebenden! Dies ist das handgeschriebene Tagebuch eines Mannes, der durch die zerstörten Städte streift - auf der Flucht vor dem Grauen, das über die Menschheit gekommen ist. Eine weltumspannende Epidemie hat den Großteil der Erdbevölkerung in blutrünstige Untote verwandelt, die - getrieben von ihrem Hunger auf Menschenfleisch - Jagd auf die wenigen Überlebenden machen. Als sämtliche Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung der Pandemie scheitern und selbst Atombomben keine effektive Lösung im Kampf gegen die Zombiehorden darstellen, verbarrikadiert sich ein kleines Grüppchen Überlebender in einem verlassenen Bunker.

Around midnight, under a lonely street lamp in a provincial town in Japan, lies a white woman, a blonde, alone, robbed of all four limbs, yet undead. Indeed, a rumor's been circulating among the local girls that a vampire has come to their backwater, of all places. Koyomi Araragi, who prefers to...

Considered one of the great dystopian novels - alongside Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange and Aldous Huxley's A Brave New World - Ira Levin's frightening glimpse into the future continues to fascinate listeners even 40 years after publication. The story is set in a seemingly perfect global society. Uniformity is the defining feature; there is only one language and all ethnic groups have been eugenically merged into one race called "The Family".

Stan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of an economic and social collapse. Job loss has forced them to live in their car, leaving them vulnerable to roving gangs. They desperately need to turn their situation around - and fast. The Positron Project in the town of Consilience seems to be the answer to their prayers. No one is unemployed, and everyone gets a comfortable, clean house to live in...for six months out of the year. On alternating months, residents of Consilience must leave their homes and function as inmates.

É 1984, e a vida está irreconhecível. Pista Aérea Um, antes conhecida como Grã-Bretanha, é um lugar onde o Grande Irmão está sempre de olho e é impossível se esconder. Exceto, talvez, para Winston Smith. Enquanto trabalha reescrevendo a história no Ministério da Verdade, ele nutre sonhos secretos de liberdade. E, num mundo onde o amor e o sexo são proibidos, onde é difícil distinguir os amigos dos inimigos, ele conhece Julia e O’Brien e decide se rebelar.

Der Roman zum internationalen Comic und TV-Phänomen. Die Apokalypse: Eine weltweite Plage lässt die Toten wiederauferstehen und Jagd auf Menschenfleisch machen. Die wenigen Überlebenden fliehen in Angst und Schrecken - bis auf einen. Der Mann, den sie später nur "Governor" nennen werden, beschließt, sich dem Grauen entgegenzustellen. Dies ist seine Geschichte...

" Le huitième congrès mondial de futurologie a tenu ses assises au Hilton de Costaricana. J'y assistais. Dès le matin, un commando terroriste enleva le consul général américain. " Ijon Tichy et autres futurologues devaient trouver une solution à la surpopulation de la planète, ils n'avaient pas prévu de se retrouver au milieu d'une guerre civile...

Unes, et pourtant plusieurs. Dangereuses, mais sources de vie, les abeilles garantissent l'espoir du monde. William, George, Tao... Chacun, à sa manière, nourrit avec ces incroyables insectes une relation privilégiée. Chacun, à son époque, rêve de changer l'avenir, d'offrir à ses enfants des lendemains meilleurs. D'inventer, de transmettre ce qu'ils savent... Ou croient savoir. Car les abeilles disparaissent, inéluctablement, et dans l'indifférence. Victimes de notre espèce, elles en seront, peut-être, le salut.

Die Erde ist unbewohnbar geworden, seit Generationen leben die Menschen in unterirdischen Silos. Was aber, wenn die Verwüstung der Erde nur eine Lüge ist? Als Sheriff Holston sich nach dem Tod seiner Frau entschließt, den Silo zu verlassen, ist das der dramatische Beginn einer neuen Zeitrechnung.