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Dystopian fiction is hot. Sales of George Orwell’s “1984” and Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” have skyrocketed since 2016. Young adult dystopias – for example, Suzanne Collins’ “The Hunger ...

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Dystopian fiction is hot. Sales of George Orwell’s 1984 and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale have skyrocketed since 2016. Young adult dystopias — for example, Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games, ...

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