What Books, Movies, Music, Documentaries Best Represent Our Philosophy at ConCen?

[FastTadpole]

I like the discussion, before I woke up I was a tad obsessive about movies and now I see the deeper messages in them.

I'm surprised Metropolis (1927) by Fritz Lang wasn't mentioned yet.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017136/
It is the future, and humans are divided into two groups: the thinkers, who make plans (but don't know how anything works), and the workers, who achieve goals (but don't have the vision). Completely separate, neither group is complete, but together they make a whole. One man from the "thinkers" dares visit the underground where the workers toil, and is astonished by what he sees...

I'll inject some Anime into this thread:

Monster (2004)
Genres: drama, horror, mystery, psychological, thriller
Themes: Crime, Historical, Police
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encycloped...ime.php?id=3750
This explores mind control in children, based in German orphanages. It weaves a great story of control and cover-ups by government and science. Really down to earth as far as anime goes. A real trip down the rabbit hole where layers are peeled back further and further.

Xam'd: Lost Memories (2008)
Genres: action, fantasy, romance, science fiction
Themes: aircraft, mutants
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encycloped...ime.php?id=9747
It starts with a terrorist act that quickly changes a quaint island town into a police state. Shows how the military can manipulate soldiers populations and turn people against eachother. Thirst for power, command structures. It shows the struggle of finding a common ground and understanding among many different people and cultures.

Death Note (2006)
Genres: drama, mystery, psychological, supernatural, thriller
Themes: death, Police, shinigami, Suicide
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encycloped...ime.php?id=6592
The corruption of power. The decision of who lives and dies becomes an obsession. This is a story about how absolute power can corrupt absolutely, even with the best intentions, from a number of perspectives including the devolution of the character of the perpetrator.

Eureka Seven (2005)
Genres: action, adventure, comedy, drama, psychological, romance, science fiction
Themes: Mecha, Military, Real Robot
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encycloped...ime.php?id=4797
Rebellion against military oppression from the eyes of a child who quickly becomes a central cog in the story. War from a media front, winning hearts and minds and hints at a power greater than ourselves. Shows the consequences of war from many perspectives and how a small group can have an impact good or bad.

This TV show really hits the ball out of the park on so many levels.

Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Theme: Political
http://www.tv.com/battlestar-galactica-200...57/summary.html
Politics, war, rebuilding society, rebuilding society, consequences of robotics unleashed, technologies, human divisions all so well done it needs mention(s). It serves as a history and as a warning.

Books - I read mostly non-fiction and tech manuals which you can find by the fistful on the tracker. I've started on 1001 Nights but that is quite an undertaking in trying to find some real history mixed with all of the perceived symbolism.

Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Times Series (still finding time to read the past 3 in the series) was mentioned by Blue Baby and I have to agree. It has elements of everything - way too much to sum up but vaguely, it's a very deep revolution story from every perspective. It's written by a well traveled former military man with great insight on the world. He translates that to paper in a Tolkien type setting but much more robust.

As far as music I've been listening to Bad Religion since my youth. Great music, great message. I've seen them live thrice and they never fail to exceed my expectations.
http://www.badreligion.com/

[FighterFromAfar]

Sweetness, this thread is still going.

Looks like I have some updating to do.:D

[FastTadpole]

Scanned my Movie DB, I'll stick to the ones I've gotten around to watching and of the non-documentary variety. I'll try not to repeat the many that are posted on the thread already.

Idiocracy (2006)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Theme: The dumbing down of society
Private Joe Bauers, the definition of "average American", is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. Forgotten, he awakes 500 years in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed-down that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.

Lord Of War (2005)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399295/
Theme: Post Soviet Black Market Gun Dealing
Genre: Crime, Drama
An arms dealer confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an Interpol agent

Rescue Dawn (2006)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462504/
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Theme: Secret missions to Laos, concentration camp life.
A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.

Jarhead (2005)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418763/
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Theme: Depiction of US Army Life from recruitment to deployment in Desert Storm
Based on former Marine Anthony Swofford's best-selling 2003 book about his pre-Desert Storm experiences in Saudi Arabia and about his experiences fighting in Kuwait.

Pink Floyd The Wall (1982)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084503/
Genre: Drama, Music
Theme: Anti-conformity, self exploration breaking down the wall
A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.

American History X (1998)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120586/
Genre: Crime, Drama
Theme: Breaking the cycle of violence, some neo-Nazi insights, groupthink
A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.

Apocalypse Now (1979)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Theme: Vietnam, military desertion
During the on-going Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe.

The Animatrix (2003)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328832/
Genre: Action, Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Theme: An extension of the Matrix films that goes into new territory
The Animatrix is a collection of several animated short films, detailing the backstory of the "Matrix" universe, and the original war between man and machines which led to the creation of the Matrix.

Batoru rowaiaru [Battle Royale] (2000)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266308/
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Theme: Prisons of the future
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.

Braveheart (1995)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112573/
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Theme: Freedom fighting, leadership, the power of one to unite
William Wallace, a commoner, unites the 13th Century Scots in their battle to overthrow English rule.

The Sixth Sense (1999)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167404/
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Theme: I see dead people, expanding the limits of perception
A boy who communicates with spirits that don't know they're dead seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist.

Blood Diamond (2006)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450259/
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Theme: Greed, slavery
A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.

Twelve Monkeys (1995)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114746/
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Theme: Apocalypse, prophecy, bio-engineered weapons
In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet

Monsters, Inc. (2001)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0198781/
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Theme: Demons that feed off of fear and convert it to energy occult succubus reference
Monsters generate their city's power by scaring children, but they are terribly afraid themselves of being contaminated by children, so when one enters Monstropolis, top scarer Sulley finds his world disrupted.

Thank You for Smoking (2005)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427944/
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Theme: Tobacco industry, the power of advertising
Satirical comedy follows the machinations of Big Tobacco's chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, who spins on behalf of cigarettes while trying to remain a role model for his twelve-year-old son.

Waking Life (2001)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243017/
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Theme: Pursuit of a deeper meaning and perception
A man shuffles through a dream meeting various people and discussing the meanings and purposes of the universe.

Three Kings (1999)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120188/
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, History, War
Theme: Soldier morality and theft
In the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, 4 soldiers set out to steal gold that was stolen from Kuwait, but they discover people who desperately need their help.

Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096969/
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Theme: How the American government is so nice to veterans + a slice of activism
The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.

Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212720/
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Theme: Robotic children and their pitfalls
David is 11 years old. He weighs 60 pounds. He is 4 feet, 6 inches tall. He has brown hair. His love is real. But he is not.

Vanilla Sky (2001)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259711/
Abre los ojos [Open Your Eyes] (1997)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125659/
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Theme: You'll know it when it happens.
A successful publisher finds his life taking a turn for the surreal after a car accident with a jaded lover.

The Wizard of Oz (1939)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Theme: Lots Symbolism of Central Banking, the book show more of it
Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home.

There Will Be Blood (2007)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469494/
Genre: Drama
Theme: Greed, Oil
A story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.

Mad Max (1979)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079501/
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Theme: Post apocalyptic resource wars, survival
In a dystopic future Australia, a vicious biker gang murder a cop's family and make his fight with them personal.

Total Recall (1990)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Theme: Police state of the future
When a man goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real, or does he?

WALL·E (2008)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910970/
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi
Theme: Human dependence on technology
In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.

The Island (2005)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399201/
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Theme: Organ Harvesting of Clones, fishbowl style deception of a community
A man goes on the run after he discovers that he is actually a "harvested being", and is being kept along with others in a utopian facility.

Flash of Genius (2008)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054588/
Genre: Drama
Theme: Crooked corporations, the imbalance of the legal system and patents
Corporations have time, money, and power on their side. All Bob Kearns had was the truth.

Escape from New York (1981)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082340/
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Theme: Prison of the Future?
In 1997, when the US President crashes into Manhattan, now a giant max. security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in for a rescue.

Wall Street (1987)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094291/
Genre: Crime, Drama
Theme: Greed is good
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.

Goldfinger (1964)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058150/
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Theme: Rumor has it this film was trying to tell us Fort Knox is empty
Investigating a gold magnate's smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve.

Enemy of the State (1998)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120660/
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Theme: It's not paranoia if they're really after you. NSA Tracking and framing in a nutshell
A lawyer becomes a target by a corrupt politician and his NSA goons when he accidentally receives key evidence to a serious politically motivated crime.

Gattaca (1997)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119177/
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Theme: Genetic manipulation and discrimination, police state
A genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.

[FastTadpole]

Quote:This is the only conspiracy book store I know of, and I'm glad we have something to cater to a ConCen-ish audience in Austin. This place definetly represents our philosphy here on ConCen:

http://www.bravenewbookstore.com/

Just heard about this on the Jack Blood Show on December 14th, 2009:

Quote:FBI Informant Plotted to Firebomb Brave New Books
by Harlan D.

At one time, Austinite Brandon Darby was regarded as a legendary activist, a revolutionary, working as an active community organizer for the Common Ground Relief organization in the post-Katrina New Orleans. Nowadays, Darby is considered by many activists to be a turncoat, a traitor to the cause, probably due to the fact that Darby decided to be an informant for the FBI. Flyers have been seen in coffeehouses across Austin reading “Wanted: Brandon Darby An Informant Rat Loose in Austin.” The vitriol that seems to chase Darby to this day is due to the fact that two young activists David McKay and Bradley Crowder have been sentenced to a combined six years in prison for possessing several Molotov cocktails that were to be used during demonstrations at the 2008 Republican National Convention and were convicted in large part through the testimony of Brandon Darby. The possession of the cocktails is not in question, but what seems peculiar is why Darby an older, seasoned activist would agree to take part in a plan to firebomb a flock of police cars at the RNC, according to the FBI, and not just persuade the younger protégés to avoid instigating violent action? According to the defendants, Darby had encouraged the violence and had provoked the younger activists to take this direction, an allegation Darby denies. Darby admits that he was asked by the bureau to be the “eyes and ears" to monitor the small, loose-knit group of activists that included McKay. Jeffrey DeGree, the defense attorney for Mckay is quoted as saying it was more accurate that "he wasn't the eyes and ears. He was the mouth — a violent, firebomb-obsessed mouth."

More recently, one of Darby’s closest friends, Scott Crow, a fellow anarchist activist and member of Common Ground, confessed that Brandon Darby had a long history of trying to recruit activists for what the two men were eventually convicted of. Crow’s admission, that in 2006 Brandon tried to recruit Crow and others “to firebomb a bookstore in Austin called Brave New Books,” was discovered on the Internet site PMPress.org. This plan was hatched at a time when Darby was already in the employ of the Feds according to FBI documents. Crow says, “that for years he [Darby] advocated ‘blowing things up’ and later using arson.” Scott was unsure that Darby had ever committed any acts of terrorism but according to him, Brandon was intent “on getting others to do it.” So according to Scott Crow’s testimony, a known FBI informant with a history for provoking violent action had his sights set on Brave New Books. Scott Crow was so adamant about Darby’s plan to bomb Brave New Books that he was willing to testify under oath in David McKay’s second trial to show that Darby had a history for initiating terrorist actions which would have given the defense the precedent needed to prove that Darby was in fact the instigator and not the innocent spectator he claimed he was. It also speaks to the fact that Scott Crow was very likely telling the truth about the plot to firebomb the bookstore, due to his willingness to testify under oath.

Why was Darby choosing a bookstore as a target for a direct action? Was his plan a way to ensnare fellow activists in a plot that would eventually be foiled by the heroic FBI? Or was this plan another classic government provocateur attempting to firebomb an actual threat to the FBI and the state, wielding his useful idiots as his accomplices all the while knowing he would be provided the full protection of the FBI? The latter seems justifiably more accurate given the history of the FBI and its long train of abuses using agent provocateurs to carry out its dirty work. One need not look any further than the FBI’s clear infiltration of Elohim City using Timothy McVeigh as their asset. One could also look at the semi-retarded young religious men in Florida that were drafted by the U.S. government through the work of a joint terrorism task force agent who had infiltrated their group and persuaded them to express that they would be willing to help the terrorism task force blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago. Also, one should never forget that the FBI helped train an informant and provided materials to the informant that were used in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. The bombing was allowed to occur with full knowledge of its planning by the FBI. There are loads of other examples that support the notion that the FBI routinely uses agent provocateurs in an effort to undermine its political enemies and swell its rank and budget.

In regrards to Brandon Darby, it is interesting to note that he was committed to seeing the Molotov cocktail bombing through at the RNC. According to the radio show This American Life, that featured Darby and people who knew him, Darby was willing to go ahead with the plan to bomb the police cars with David McKay in the early morning hours but the younger McKay never materialized and the plot was called off. This doesn't describe the behavior of an innocent observer and sounds more like the actions of an active participant willing to commit an act of terrorism and then scapegoat a pair of useful idiots. So would Darby's same zeal for terrorism had occurred if there would have been someone that would have been willing to help in Darby's plan to attack the bookstore? Luckily, we will never know because he was never able to execute his plans.

So with a review of the bureau’s history still fresh in one’s mind, considering Brandon Darby’s wavering personality in the mind of the public between the heroic Dudley Do-Right and nefarious government spook we see that Brandon Darby fits neatly into the second camp as a classic model for a government provocateur. So why did this FBI employee allegedly target Brave New Books for bombing? Is it possible that the bookstore was targeted because Brave New Books represents a genuine populist revolution, based on individual liberties and freedom of information? Or was it targeted because it threatens the state monopoly on violence and the fake opposition’s monopoly on dissent? This author for one thinks so.

http://digg.com/politics/FBI_Informant_P..._New_Books
http://www.bravenewbookstore.com/article...icles_id=5

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sickening.

[FastTadpole]

Just saw this series from Japan, even if you have never seen anime before this one hits it out of the park on so many levels. Do not watch this dubbed they have omitted and construed so many lines.

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2006-2009)
Genres: action, drama, psychological, mystery, science fiction, supernatural
Themes: Mind Control, Military, Technology, Media Control, Revolution
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclop...hp?id=6704
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclop...hp?id=9173
It starts off a bit slow but I was hooked after episode 5. There are many strong characters and great storytelling but the reason I post this here is obtuse references to an NWO based in an alternative near future 2018. It is a tale of the oppression of a future Japan, known then as Area 11, by a World power known as Britannia. A heavy class system based loosely on a monarchy uses military might, psychology, social and economic oppression and the media propaganda to rule over the serfs. Their is a number of insurgent factions that go about taking their country back but a leader arises and uses as pawns them to fulfill for his own agenda. China (in particular) and the EU also play roles; the US is part of the Britannian Empire. The show presents the scenario from a number of perspectives from the loyal soldier, the naive high class public, the oppressed serf, the scientists, the royal knights, the elite and the leader of the rebellion.

Eclipse and gg both did a good job on the fansub. I have heard that this series is loosely based on Legend of Galactic Heroes, which to many hardcore anime fans is far superior. I found this one more entertaining although LoGH is more believable and deeper it's less fun and the setting is a tad on the ridiculous end of the spectrum.

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[Deathaniel]

tad has some good selections just watched idiocracy, very amusing... i also saw another fav in his list. Enemy of the state. all those who worry bout big brother.... too late by 20 yrs... so deal with it and around it, love gene hackman. but very good full story and nice ending.

a few more i'd add, some only for parts but definite watches to see a post chaos existence or how the human is wired.

land of the dead
post man
the stand (long i ignore the religious parts but good show of the world after a massive germ)
28 days later for just how the gov will isolate if possible a section, day break is another good one for this
the last castle the power of a plan & the value of charisma and respect
NBK was mentioned by Rsol
the last batman the dark knight "Just to watch it burn"

for TV battlestar galactica is a must see!!! shapes the story of man in a very clever way, want to talk about secret knowledge! So love it was alowed to play out as it did and hope for some of the sheep it clicks.
LOve Farscape, a nice tale, but very good on how different philosophies,and talents can complement each other and how each type has benefits...

love TNG Star trek, could only hope we survive to a moneyless society where we work because we like to and are all smart....

prison break is another tv show, first 3 seasons... shows the power of resourcefulness and the benefits of having masses of useful common knowledge...and shows the gov corruption angle nicely also

For just brain candy colbert is by far a fav over stewart, but i watch them both just to stay informed sadly better then any news channel anymore.... lucky i care little. i do recommend a decent collection of dvd's if your one of the lucky ones to have power it will be a very unique luxury to have movies, and some will be excellent learning tools as perspective time pieces.

my personal collection is over 3000. but a lot of good classics i do like and had not thought of in years but definably helped to shape some of my understandings.

[BlindTheory]

My favorite download off ConCen, something that I keep coming back to again and again. Terrance McKenna, Rupert Sheldrake and Ralph Abraham; Three Trialogues at the Edge of the Millennium. What they say and how the conversation co-operates reminds me of some drug induced sessions of deep thinking aloud with good buddies!
Someone said The Money Masters! I agree and conclude that no one single thing can sum up the craziness of ConCen, but a blend of many crazy things uploaded by many "crazy" people!!
That was my suggestion! I am going back to the list, I might see something new(to me) and feel the need to know more about it!!

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I forgot the wonderfully disgusting, yet very informative book written by Niomi Klein ; The Shock Doctrine, The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. I like how she writes about the economic terrorism practices of the IMF, World Bank, The Fed.......How the education system, through multiple "foundations" pay for foreign students to study Chicago style, free-market economics. Free market = Monopoly. How much monopoly money will the banker let us have this time around the board? Will we not pass go and go directly to jail? I can talk about that book for weeks, that's why I had to post it as another choice!!!
"Never let a good crisis go to waste", as they say.

[crystal]

'Inception' is worth seeing if you like stuff about dreams and subconscious.

[Asbestoscake]

dark secrets inside bohemian grove........

[springhawk]

(08-11-2007 08:35 AM)harmonius Wrote:  Soylent Green

The movie is based one of Harry Harrison's fine
disutopian novels, Make Room Make Room

[MasterChiefa]

I can't speak for anyone else, but here's my input:

Hemp:








The name:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41108/Peaceful%2...orably.mp3

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41108/Peaceful%2...0Peace.mp3

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41108/Peaceful%2...-a-Man.pdf

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41108/Peaceful%2...dendum.pdf

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41108/Peaceful%2...eSoFar.pdf

[April]

Years ago, when Conspiracy Central was just a baby...... we had a moderator who I used to have the most profound and remarkable chats with. Our conversations still haunt me till this day.

He recommended several books to me.

One was "Journey to the East" by Hermann Hesse.
It's very ConCen. After I read it... we talked about it, and ConCen... and life.

I was just listening to an audio file from the tracker... where this book was mentioned. Felt like favorably speaking of it to you all.... I'd love for you to read it!

I'm sure you can find a cheap copy, and it's easy, short, and fun reading. Here's a spoiler-ish synopsis.

[FastTadpole]

Dystopian Literature isn't limited to 1984 and Brave New World. Here's a starter list that can be expanded upon.

Quote:19th century
* A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation, in the Year of Our Lord, 19-- (1835) by Oliver Bolokitten[1]
* Erewhon (1872) by Samuel Butler.
* The Republic of the Future (1887) by Anna Bowman Dodd[2]
* Caesar's Column (1890) by Ignatius L. Donnelly[3]
* Pictures of the Socialistic Future (1890) by Eugen Richter[4]
* The Time Machine (1895) by H. G. Wells[5]
* When The Sleeper Wakes (1899) by H. G. Wells[6]

20th century
1900s

* The First Men in the Moon (1901) by H. G. Wells[6]
* The Iron Heel (1908) by Jack London[5][6]
* Lord of the World (1908) by Robert Hugh Benson
* The Machine Stops (1909) by E. M. Forster[6]

1910s
1920s

* We (1921) by Yevgeny Zamyatin[6]

1930s

* Brave New World (1932) by Aldous Huxley[5][6]
* It Can't Happen Here (1935) by Sinclair Lewis
* War with the Newts (1936) by Karel Capek
* Swastika Night (1937) by Katharine Burdekin
* Anthem (1938) by Ayn Rand[6][7]
* Out of the Silent Planet (1938) by C.S. Lewis[8][9]

1940s

* Darkness at Noon (1940) by Arthur Koestler[10]
* "If This Goes On—" (1940) by Robert A. Heinlein[6]
* Kallocain (1940) by Karin Boye[11]
* Perelandra (1943) by C.S. Lewis[8][9]
* That Hideous Strength (1945) by C.S. Lewis[7]
* Bend Sinister (1947) by Vladimir Nabokov[12]
* Ape and Essence (1948) by Aldous Huxley[6]
* Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) by George Orwell[5][13]

1950s

* Limbo, (vt. Limbo 90) (1952) by Bernard Wolfe[6]
* Player Piano (also known as Utopia 14) (1952) by Kurt Vonnegut[14]
* Fahrenheit 451 (1953) by Ray Bradbury[5][6]
* One (also published as Escape to Nowhere) (1953) by David Karp[15]
* Bring the Jubilee (1953) by Ward Moore
* Love Among the Ruins (1953) by Evelyn Waugh[7]
* Lord of the Flies (1954) by William Golding[5]
* Tunnel in the Sky (1955) by Robert A. Heinlein
* The Chrysalids (1955) by John Wyndham[5]
* Atlas Shrugged (1957) by Ayn Rand

1960s

* Facial Justice (1960) by L. P. Hartley[16]
* "Harrison Bergeron" (1961) by Kurt Vonnegut[17]
* A Clockwork Orange (1962) by Anthony Burgess
* The Wanting Seed (1962) by Anthony Burgess
* Cloud On Silver (US title Sweeney's Island) (1964) by John Christopher[18]
* Nova Express (1964) by William S. Burroughs[6]
* The Penultimate Truth (1964) by Philip K. Dick[6]
* Epp (1965) by Axel Jensen[6]
* Logan's Run (1967) by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson
* Make Room! Make Room! (1966) by Harry Harrison[6]
* Stand on Zanzibar (1968) by John Brunner[6]
* The Jagged Orbit (1969) by John Brunner[6]
* The White Mountains (1967) by John Christopher[6]
* The City of Gold and Lead (1968) by John Christopher[6]
* The Pool of Fire (1968) by John Christopher[6]

1970s

* This Perfect Day (1970) by Ira Levin[19]
* The Lathe of Heaven (1971) by Ursula K. Le Guin[20]
* The Sheep Look Up (1972) by John Brunner[6]
* Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (1974) by Philip K. Dick[21]
* The Shockwave Rider (1975) by John Brunner[6]
* High-Rise (1975) by JG Ballard
* The Dark Tower[22] (1977) - unfinished, attributed to C.S. Lewis,[22] published as The Dark Tower and Other Stories
* Alongside Night (1979) by J. Neil Schulman[23]
* Ypsilon Minus (1979) by Herbert W. Franke

1980s

* The Running Man (1982) by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman[5]
* Sprawl trilogy: Neuromancer (1984),[5] Count Zero (1986) and Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988) by William Gibson[24][25]
* The Handmaid's Tale (1985) by Margaret Atwood[5][6]
* Ender's Game (1985) by Orson Scott Card
* Obernewtyn Chronicles (1987–2008) by Isobelle Carmody[26]
* The Domination (1988) by S. M. Stirling[27]
* V for Vendetta (1988-1989) by Alan Moore (writer), and David Lloyd (illustrator).
* When the Tripods Came (1988) by John Christopher[6]

1990s

* Fatherland (1992) by Robert Harris[28]
* The Children of Men (1992) by P.D. James[5][29]
* Parable of the Sower (1993) by Octavia E. Butler
* The Giver (1993) by Lois Lowry[30]
* Gun, with Occasional Music (1994) by Jonathan Lethem[31]
* The Diamond Age, or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (1995) by Neal Stephenson[32]
* Underworld (1997) by Don DeLillo[7]
* Among the Hidden (1998, first in the Shadow Children series) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
* Battle Royale (1999) by Koushun Takami[33]

21st century
2000s

* Noughts and Crosses (2001) by Malorie Blackman[34]
* Among the Betrayed (2002, third in the Shadow Children series) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
* Feed (2002) by M. T. Anderson[35]
* The House of the Scorpion (2002) by Nancy Farmer
* Jennifer Government (2003) by Max Barry
* The City of Ember (2003) by Jeanne DuPrau
* Oryx and Crake (2003) by Margaret Atwood[36]
* Manna (2003) by Marshall Brain[37]
* Among the Brave (2004, fifth in the Shadow Children series) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
* Knife edge (2004) by Malorie Blackman[38]
* The Bar Code Tattoo (2004) by Suzanne Weyn[39]
* Cloud Atlas (2004) by David Mitchell[40]
* Checkmate (2005) by Malorie Blackman[41]
* Divided Kingdom (2005) by Rupert Thomson[42]
* Never Let Me Go (2005) by Kazuo Ishiguro[43]
* Among the Enemy (2005, sixth in the Shadow Children series) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
* Uglies (2005) by Scott Westerfeld
* Pretties (2005) by Scott Westerfeld
* Among the Free (2006, seventh in the Shadow Children series) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
* Specials (2006) by Scott Westerfeld
* Armageddon's Children (2006) by Terry Brooks[5]
* Bar Code Rebellion (2006) by Suzanne Weyn[39]
* The Book of Dave (2006) by Will Self[44]
* Day of the Oprichnik (???? ?????????) (2006) by Vladimir Sorokin[45]
* Genesis (2006) by Bernard Beckett[46]
* The Pesthouse (2007) by Jim Crace[47]
* Extras (2007) by Scott Westerfeld
* Gone (2008) by Michael Grant
* World Made By Hand (2008) by James Howard Kunstler
* The Host (2008) by Stephenie Meyer[48]
* Double Cross (2008) by Malorie Blackman[49]
* The Hunger Games (2008) by Suzanne Collins[50]
* The Forest of Hands and Teeth (2009) by Carrie Ryan[51]
* The Maze Runner (2009) by James Dashner[52]
* The Year of the Flood (2009) by Margaret Atwood[53]
* Shades of Grey (2009) by Jasper Fforde
* Catching Fire (2009) by Suzanne Collins
* 1Q84 2009-10 by Haruki Murakami

2010s

* The Passage (2010) by Justin Cronin
* The Envy Chronicles (2010) by Joss Ware
* Matched (2010) by Ally Condie[54]
* Monsters of Men (2010) by Patrick Ness
* Mockingjay (2010) by Suzanne Collins
* Rondo (2010) by John Maher
* Delirium (2010) by Lauren Oliver[55]
* Super Sad True Love Story (2010) by Gary Shteyngart
* The Scorch Trials (2010) by James Dashner
* The Prophecies (2011-2012 series) by Linda Hawley
* Wither (2011) by Lauren DeStefano
* Wool (series) (2011-2012 series) by Hugh Howie
* Deus Ex Machina (2011) by Andrew Foster Altschul
* Across The Universe (2011) by Beth Revis[56]
* Divergent (2011 - Trilogy) by Veronica Roth
* Crossed (2011) by Ally Condie[57]
* Shatter Me (2011 - Trilogy) by Tahereh Mafi
* The Death Cure (2011 - Trilogy) by James Dashner