satire

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satire

A clergyman's daughter

2011
Dorothy Hare, the clergyman's daughter, grows up with a tyrannical father, but when she blacks out one day, and ends up with amnesia, wandering the streets of Kent, and sleeping in Trafalgar Square, she loses more than just memory.

The custom of the country

2006
Beautiful Undine Spragg from Apex, Kansas, is a social climber. Her society career, marriages, divorces, and conquests are all part of her greed.

Zed

a novel
In a world dominated by mega-corporation Beetle--whose infallible predictive algorithm has developed society to be the best possible version of itself--Beetle CEO Guy Matthias lives like the king of the world. Then, things fall apart for him in the midst of rumors of minor glitches in the system, an anomaly called "Zed," attacks from the hacker "Gogol," his wife threatening to leave over his infidelity, and the probable loss of a game-changing deal with China. Suddenly, Guy, at the top of the world, feels powerless.

The light fantastic

Last seen falling off the edge of the world, wizard Rincewind is the only one that can prevent a disastrous collision from happening.

Fahrenheit 451

2014
After learning that books are a vital part of a culture he never knew, a book-burning official in a future fascist state clandestinely pursues reading until he is betrayed.

Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

the authorized adaptation
A graphic novel adaptation of Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" about Guy Montag, a career fireman, who realizes the evils of government-controlled thoughts and sets about to change society.

Gulliver's travels

The voyages of an Englishman carry him to a land of people six inches high, a land of giants, an island of sorcerers, and a land where horses are masters of human-like creatures.
Cover image of Gulliver's travels

Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

the authorized adaptation
A graphic novel adaptation of Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" about Guy Montag, a career fireman, who realizes the evils of government-controlled thoughts and sets about to change society.

Babbitt

George Babbitt, a successful middle-aged businessman living in 1920s Ohio, is shocked when his best friend is convicted of murder.
Cover image of Babbitt

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