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Dystopian novels of the 1970s
Dystopian literature first published in the 1970s, 30 titles in all.
The Guardians
The Guardians
John Christopher · 1970
This Perfect Day
Ira Levin · 1970
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Phillip Wylie · 1971
Snail on the Slope
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky · 1971
The Lathe of Heaven
Ursula K. Le Guin · 1971
The Lorax
Dr. Seuss · 1971
The World Inside
Robert Silverberg · 1971
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Thomas M. Disch · 1972
The Iron Dream
Norman Spinrad · 1972
The Sheep Look Up
John Brunner · 1972
The Camp of the Saints
The Camp of the Saints
Jean Raspail · 1973
The Ultimate Solution
Eric Norden · 1973
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Philip K. Dick · 1974
The Forever War
Joe Haldeman · 1974
Dhalgren
Samuel R. Delany · 1975
High-Rise
High-Rise
J. G. Ballard · 1975
The Girl Who Owned a City
O. T. Nelson · 1975
The Shockwave Rider
John Brunner · 1975
Don't Bite the Sun
Tanith Lee · 1976
Woman on the Edge of Time
Woman on the Edge of Time
Marge Piercy · 1976
A Scanner Darkly
Philip K. Dick · 1977
The Dark Tower
C. S. Lewis · 1977
1985
Anthony Burgess · 1978
SS-GB
Len Deighton · 1978
The Eye of the Heron
Ursula K. Le Guin · 1978
The Stand
Stephen King · 1978
The Turner Diaries
Andrew Macdonald · 1978
Walk to the End of the World
Suzy McKee Charnas · 1978
Alongside Night
J. Neil Schulman · 1979
The Long Walk
Stephen King, Richard Bachman · 1979