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Dystopian novels of the 1980s
Dystopian literature first published in the 1980s, 19 titles in all.
Mockingbird
Walter Tevis · 1980
Riddley Walker
Russell Hoban · 1980
The Divide
The Divide
William Overgard · 1980
To the Stars
Harry Harrison · 1980
Lanark: A Life in Four Books
Lanark: A Life in Four Books
Alasdair Gray · 1981
Limes inferior
Janusz Zajdel · 1982
The Running Man
Stephen King, Richard Bachman · 1982
Paradyzja
Janusz Zajdel · 1984
Sprawl trilogy
Sprawl trilogy
William Gibson · 1984
Dayworld
Philip José Farmer · 1985
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood · 1985
The Proteus Operation
The Proteus Operation
James P. Hogan · 1985
Count Zero
William Gibson · 1986
Moscow 2042
Moscow 2042
Vladimir Voinovich · 1986
Sea of Glass
Barry B. Longyear · 1986
In the Country of Last Things
Paul Auster · 1987
Obernewtyn Chronicles
Obernewtyn Chronicles
Isobelle Carmody · 1987
Mona Lisa Overdrive
William Gibson · 1988
The Domination
The Domination
S. M. Stirling · 1988