Dystopian novels of the 1940s

Dystopian literature first published in the 1940s, 12 titles in all.

• "If This Goes On—"
  "If This Goes On—"Robert A. Heinlein · 1940
• Darkness at Noon
  Darkness at NoonArthur Koestler · 1940
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  KallocainKarin Boye · 1940
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  The Moon Is DownJohn Steinbeck · 1942
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  That Hideous StrengthC. S. Lewis · 1945
• The World of Null-A
  The World of Null-AA. E. van Vogt · 1945
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  Bend SinisterVladimir Nabokov · 1947
• Peace In Our Time
  Peace In Our TimeNoël Coward · 1947
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  Ape and EssenceAldous Huxley · 1948
• Some Time Never: A Fable for Supermen
  Some Time Never: A Fable for SupermenRoald Dahl · 1948
• Heliopolis
  HeliopolisErnst Jünger · 1949
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  Nineteen Eighty-FourGeorge Orwell · 1949