Dystopia

• 1984 by George Orwell (1949)

  [8/10]

  "Orwell's 1984 impressed me most, not for the quality of the story or characters, but rather, for the sheer number of literary and cultural references that have originated from this text. 'Big Brother' and 'doubleplusungood' only scratch the surface of this book's influence."

• We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (1924)

  [7/10]

  "Zamyatin implies that once you have given up too much freedom, you might never recover personal freedom, even if some individuals have a vision of life outside the state."

  Average score: 7.50