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 Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 6:16 pm
Does anyone know of any books where the author uses satire?
Aside from Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy and Animal farm?
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Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:45 pm
Wasn't Paradise Lost supposed to be satirical in nature? It's been so long since I read it that I can't really remember much except for the beginning and Pandemonium.
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:15 am
Most authors of dystopic works use satire. Such books include:
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell
Brave New World - Aldoux Huxley
But perhaps you would find this Wikipedia category useful:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Satirical_novels
If you are looking for a satire closer to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy you should try looking at the other works of Douglas Adams such as his Dirk Gently books. Also, you may want to look at some of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series which I believe is satire. 3nodding
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:29 am
Mmm... I think Terry Pratchett's works are supposed to be satirical.
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Romantic Conversationalist
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:01 pm
I recently read several sections of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. If satire is what you seek, you'll find it there. 3nodding
And by the way, in the future, a thread like this should probably go in Specific Book Suggestions.
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:27 pm
Candide by Voltaire had a lot of satire in it.
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:51 pm
Fairgrass I recently read several sections of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. If satire is what you seek, you'll find it there. 3nodding
And by the way, in the future, a thread like this should probably go in Specific Book Suggestions. I'd go with Modest Proposal by Swift. The fact he actually presented the idea to parliament makes it all the better story...
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:24 pm
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