science fiction & world building

So many of the novels in the dystopian theme have to build a new world and use science fiction to do so. They need to not only have a back story as to why the world of the future has come to be in the state it is in, but also need to be believable. If you enjoyed this aspect of The Hunger Games, imagining what our world could be like in the future, then take a look at these titles. Click on title to see book cover and summary.

Anderson, M.T. Feed. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2004.

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The only thing worse than the thought it may all come tumbling down is the thought that we may go on like this forever.

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Colfer, Eoin. The Supernaturalist, New York:  Hyperion,  2004.

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An entire city custom constructed for the third millennium. Everything the body wanted, and nothing the soul needed.

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Philbrick, Rodman. The Last book in the universe. New York: Blue Sky Press, 2002.

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Do not despair, my friend. Today is theirs, but the future is ours.

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Reeve, Philip. Mortal Engines, New York: HarperCollins, 2001.

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He cut through the 21st Century Gallery, past the big plastic statues of Pluto and Mickey, animal headed gods of lost America.

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Dashner, James. The Maze runner. New York: Delacorte Press, 2009.

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It was you and me, Tom. We did this to them. To us.

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