I'm trying to find some books that are similar to the Terry Gilliam film 'Brazil'.
For those that haven't seen it it's a darkly comical dystopian satire.
Any suggestions?
I'm trying to find some books that are similar to the Terry Gilliam film 'Brazil'.
For those that haven't seen it it's a darkly comical dystopian satire.
Any suggestions?
'Brave New World' written by Aldous Huxley.
If you like 'Brazil' you might as well have watched 'Bladerunner' wich was made after the novel 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' by Philip K. Dick.
Last edited by Anymodal; 08-30-2012 at 01:31 PM.
There is shadow under this red rock,
(Come in under the shadow of this red rock),
And I will show you something different from either
Your shadow at morning striding behind you
Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you;
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot
I'll give Brave New World a go. Thank you.
I've tried reading some of Dick's work before but I couldn't get into it. It might be worth another shot.
1984 Orwell - Gilliam based the film on this (though he hadn't read it!)
For similar UK dystopian themes try anything by John Wyndham or J.G. Ballard, or H.G. Wells' darker science fiction (Time Machine, War of the Worlds,..)
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