A Clockwork Orange - the classic dystopia of crime and punishment!
Anthony Burgess' dystopian classic explores the brutal violence that humans are capable of - and how our choices, however flawed, are all we really have. You'll never think about crime and punishment the same way again.
Hugonauts: The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time · Brent Gaisford, Cody Troyer
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Show Notes
The book is shocking, disturbing, entertaining, and unbelievably thought provoking all at once - no wonder Stanley Kubrick decided to turn the book into a movie (which is a must-watch classic in its own right). It's also an unforgettable masterwork of language, as the narrator, Alex, and his droogs speak in slang that is somehow entirely novel and comprehensible at the same time.
As always, no spoilers until the end when we get into the full plot explanation and discussion.
This episode is sponsored by I Am Machine by Lex Van Der Ploeg, which is available in print or kindle edition here.
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Similar books we recommend:
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
- 1984 by George Orwell