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Like A Clockwork Orange, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (1939) and George Orwell's 1984 (1949) explore what a future dystopian society might look like.
Burgess's novel, The Wanting Seed (1962), published the same year as A Clockwork Orange, looks at a dystopian society dealing with overpopulation and food shortages. Critics often compare the novel to Orwell's 1984.
B. F. Skinner's novel Walden 2 (1948) attempts to show how it is possible to build a good community based on positive reinforcement of good behavior. Burgess's...
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