March 23, 2021
Alas Babylon by Pat Frank – First Chapter, First Paragraph
“Alas Babylon.” Those fateful words heralded the end. When the unthinkable nightmare of nuclear holocaust…
February 23, 2021
First Chapter, First Paragraph Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
First Chapter, first paragraph of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five. "All this happened. More or less."
February 16, 2021
First Chapter, First Paragraph – The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Written at the height of the YA dystopian phase, The Maze Runner is an excellent…
February 2, 2021
First Chapter, First Paragraph – Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Ender's Game "‘I’VE WATCHED THROUGH HIS EYES, I’VE LISTENED THROUGH HIS EARS...HE’S THE ONE. OR…
January 26, 2021
First Chapter, First Paragraph – Animal Farm by George Orwell
Animal Farm, First Chapter, First Paragraph of George Orwell's dystopian novel. "FOUR LEGS GOOD, TWO…
January 12, 2021
First Chapter, First Paragraph – The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Giver was one of the first dystopian books I read as a kid. It…
December 22, 2020
First Chapter, First Paragraph – The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games is a violent book, but it has become a classic in the…
December 15, 2020
First Chapter, First Paragraph – 1984 by George Orwell
First Chapter, First Paragraph of George Orwell's seminal work 1984. "IT WAS A BRIGHT cold…
