I think that “Brave New World” was the prototype dystopian novel. Huxley invented a world in which everyone was given what they wanted, sex, drugs, guaranteed jobs, et cetera, and the reader could see that it was Hell on earth.
13 posted on 08/01/2017 10:53:58 AM PDT by VietVet
The prototype managed economy dystopian novel was Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward (It wasn't meant to be, but with the 20th century history on how these turn out in reality, the flaws are apparent)
14 posted on 08/01/2017 7:05:24 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy
(Winter is coming)