Need new books

[MiSaNtHrOpE]

I'm running out of things to read! I finished Island, I have 1984 which I plan to reread later, and I don't really know of anything more. Is there anything else similar to Fahrenheit 451, The Wanting Seed, Brave New World, and A Clockwork Orange? I particularly enjoy explorations of society and the human condition.

[PeterL]

I particularly enjoy explorations of society and the human condition.

If that's what you want, then almost anything will be good for you. If you are interested in those items in recent times, then you might read John Barth's novels. If you are interested in human freedom, you might read Ayn Rand's works. The list is endless.

[MiSaNtHrOpE]

I've been looking at Crime & Punishment by Dostoyevsky but I think my mom has it and I'll see her today.

[EAP]

An interesting take on the ultimate fusion of man, machine and its repercussions can be found in Iain M. Bank's 'Culture' novels. 'Consider Phlebas' is the best starting point.

Set in a science fictional setting with a strong underlying theme, It charts the course of humanity through millions of years of inter-galactic dispersion, political upheavels, social reforms and questions the concept of 'humanity', 'personal identity' and 'free will'.

[Satirical]

Howard Bloom, The Lucifer Principle. It is not a novel, but is an incredible read.

[starrwriter]

Try the novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick.

All of Dick's fiction deals with two philosophical questions:
(1)What is reality?
(2)What does it mean to be human?

[Logos]

Some `older' stuff, ie: 1930s.. :)

"post-apocalyptic British science fiction writer John Wyndham" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wyndham)

[RococoLocket]

The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood.

It's a masterpiece.

[EAP]

John Wyndham might not sit well with the modern audience because of his rather *cough* antiquated ideas concerning certain topics.

(Role of Women in 'The Day of the Triffids', to give an example)

[starrwriter]

John Wyndham might not sit well with the modern audience because of his rather *cough* antiquated ideas concerning certain topics.
(Role of Women in 'The Day of the Triffids', to give an example)
You sly boots. Trolling for misogynists among the male forum members.

[subterranean]

The Island of Doctor Moreau - H.G. Wells

[Jay T]

I'm running out of things to read! I finished Island, I have 1984 which I plan to reread later, and I don't really know of anything more. Is there anything else similar to Fahrenheit 451, The Wanting Seed, Brave New World, and A Clockwork Orange? I particularly enjoy explorations of society and the human condition.

A couple of dystopias that no doubt influenced those you mentioned are Jack London's (yes he actually wrote some good novels - not all about wildlife) Iron Heel. I am abouy halfway through another someone recommended me, Yevgeny Zamyatin's We.

Some others worth checking out are Ursula Leguin's Left Hand of Darkness, JG Ballard's Drowend World. If not worried about the slighly errudite I'd definitely recommned Samuel Delaney's Dhalgren. ALo Earth Abides by George Stewart, A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.

[starrwriter]

Some others worth checking out are Ursula Leguin's Left Hand of Darkness...
I think Leguin's The Lathe of Heaven is her best novel. The story is quite mind boggling.

[Bluebiird]

I found The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter an interesting read. Perhaps that may be worth looking into.

[MiSaNtHrOpE]

Thanks :) Oh and I did read Island of Dr. Moreau. I didnt quite know what it meant until I read the Afterward LOL.

[Wendigo_49]

You could try Phillip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle.

[Whimsican]

The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair
The Chosen by Potlk
The Graps of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Anything Vladimir Nabokov (Although I regretfully cannot speak from experience here; I've heard good things.)
Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein
The Other Boleyn Girl, by Philippa Gregory

That's about all I can do; I hope it helps. :D

[pcockey]

Alan Moore's graphic novel Watchmen. It's a really interesting look at...well, pretty much everything you mentioned.

[mousemouse]

How abou "Utopia", that must have been one of the first of its kind. Or you could read Gullivers Travels, which is also very much a conteplation upon the english society at the authors time.

[IzzY]

ohhh Carrie and IT by stephen king is realy good if u want scary stuff.

[mono]

I'm running out of things to read! I finished Island, I have 1984 which I plan to reread later, and I don't really know of anything more. Is there anything else similar to Fahrenheit 451, The Wanting Seed, Brave New World, and A Clockwork Orange? I particularly enjoy explorations of society and the human condition.
Interesting selections.
If I may recommend, I think you might enjoy some works by Joseph Conrad (Heart Of Darkness), more H.G. Wells, Lord Of The Flies by William Golding, and anything by George Eliot (Silas Marner especially, but perhaps Middlemarch, too). ;)

[Anna Seis]

I'm running out of things to read! I finished Island, I have 1984 which I plan to reread later, and I don't really know of anything more. Is there anything else similar to Fahrenheit 451, The Wanting Seed, Brave New World, and A Clockwork Orange? I particularly enjoy explorations of society and the human condition.

I think you could try BALLARD. I believe it has both, exploration of human condition and a vision of a world possible in the future.