Tag: science fiction

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A Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L'Engle · 1962

Meg Murry, Charles Wallace and Calvin tessar past Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who and Mrs Which to Camazotz to free Mr Murry from IT.

2,055-word summary · 9 min read

The Maze Runner

James Dashner · 2009

Maze Runner retold: Thomas wakes in Glade, walls move, Grievers sting, Teresa triggers end.

1,907-word summary · 8 min read

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood · 1985

Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale retold: Offred in Gilead, the Commander, Serena Joy, Mayday, and the van.

2,369-word summary · 11 min read

The Giver

Lois Lowry · 1993

Lois Lowry's The Giver retold: Jonas's Assignment, the memories, release, and the sled ride out.

2,510-word summary · 11 min read

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut · 1969

Billy Pilgrim slips through time from Dresden to Tralfamadore in Vonnegut's short antiwar classic.

2,722-word summary · 12 min read

Insurgent

Veronica Roth · 2012

Insurgent retold: Tris guilty after war, Erudite hunts Divergent, Amity talks, Candor serum.

1,951-word summary · 9 min read

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley · 1818

Frankenstein retold: Victor builds, the creature wakes, Arctic letters, demand and refusal.

1,901-word summary · 8 min read

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury · 1953

Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 retold: Montag burns books, meets Clarisse, hides books, and follows the river to the readers.

2,336-word summary · 10 min read

Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card · 1985

Ender Wiggin trains at Battle School to fight the Formics, winning games that turn out to be real.

2,039-word summary · 9 min read

Dune

Frank Herbert · 1965

Dune retold: Paul leaves Caladan for Arrakis, spice, Fremen, jihad seeded in desert.

2,138-word summary · 10 min read

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley · 1932

Huxley's Brave New World retold: hatcheries, soma, Bernard and Lenina, John the Savage, and the lighthouse.

2,513-word summary · 11 min read