Semester is finally complete and now I can read and work on manuscrpts. Ironic that I am thinking about Spring 2012 semester and the novels I want to study in my novels course. But I’ve been reading dystopian novels which is also what I think the House of Two Bears/Otherworlds project might be heading.
But it began with Bradbury and then moved on to Orwell and now I’m reading Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Burgess’ book is coming in the mail–thanks to D. There are many others but these each have similarities of focus on literacy and language. Also war and governmental control.
Anyway, here’s my quick list for next Spring intro to the novel:
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
1984 by George Orwell
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (dystopian thoughts here too I think)
A Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Fiskadoro by Denis Johnson
possibly also
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Love the idea of House of Two Bears as dystopian.