Technocratic dictatorships. Nuclear wars. Plagues. Doomsday cults. It's the stuff of science fiction, horror, fantasy, teen romance, and . . . prize-winning literature. Included in this list are The Fatalistic Five ("1984," "Brave New World," "A Clockwork Orange," "Fahrenheit 451" and "The Handmaid's Tale"), speculative fiction by Nobel and Pulitzer laureates ("The Road," "Never Let Me Go"), cult classics ("The Stand," "A Canticle for Liebowitz"), a YA trilogy that has become a cultural touchstone ("The Hunger Games") and however one chooses to describe Ayn Rand.
