Book Club For Masochists: A Readers Advisory Podcast

This episode, Dystopian Fiction! And some of us are considerably more excited about it than others. We talk about the difference between oppressive and consumerist dystopias, how things that were shocking or innovative in fiction in the past may no longer be seen as such, and whether we live in a dystopia. Plus! Special guest senior foreign correspondent, Amanda, reporting in after being undercover in the overthereland! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jessi | Amanda Wanner Dystopian books we read for the podcast Steeple by Jon Wallace The Chrysalids by John Wyndham (The Midwich Cuckoos was turned into Village/Children of the Damned not Children of the Corn) The Lottery by Shirley Jackson The Girl Who Was Plugged In by James Tiptree Jr. Literary criticism on the portrayal of the body (Wikipedia section) The Power by