Individutopia
A Novel Set in a Neoliberal Dystopia
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Douglas Thornton
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By:
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Joss Sheldon
About this listen
The #1 best-selling author has returned with an orwellian classic....
Beloved friend,
The year is 2084, and that famous Margaret Thatcher quote has become a reality: There really is no such thing as society. No one speaks to anyone else. No one looks at anyone else. People don’t collaborate, they only compete.
I hate to admit it, but this has had tragic consequences. Unable to satisfy their social urges, the population has fallen into a pit of depression and anxiety. Suicide has become the norm.
It all sounds rather morbid, does it not? But please don’t despair, there is hope, and it comes in the form of our hero: Renee Ann Blanca. Wishing to fill the society-shaped hole in her life, our Renee does the unthinkable: She goes in search of human company! It’s a radical act and an enormous challenge. But that, I suppose, is why her tale’s worth recounting. It’s as gripping as it is touching, and I think you’re going to love it....
Your trusty narrator,
PP
Perfect for fans of 1984 and A Brave New World. Not so great for neoliberals....
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Critic reviews
"Sheldon's gloriously colourful writing makes leaping from our world to Individutopia's wholly believable... (It's) like the book is speaking to you, and you alone... The roller coaster ride it creates is stomach churning. Suffice to say, Sheldon has once again created a fictional masterpiece grounded in an unnerving reality. Engaging, thought-provoking, and morally arousing, Individutopia serves as a stark warning about where we'll end up if we don't change... One of the most important books of 2018." (The Canary)
"Time will tell if Sheldon's prophesies come to pass. The novel will do well to predict the future as well as novels such as 1984. But one thing is for certain, even now. This rebellious author has spun an exciting tale, filled with twists and turns that will make you want to finish this book in a single sitting. The plot is as well-formed, short and snappy, as any of the great works which have come before it. It really is a modern classic in the making." (The Dallas Sun)
"The author has built an incredibly rich and well-developed dystopian world.... It's very hard to write a sympathetic character in a world where no sympathy exists, but Renee's evolution and eventual exit from Individutopia are believable, and her slow discovery of her humanity is riveting." (The Booklife Prize, Publishers Weekly)
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- Narrated by: Samantha Brentmoor
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
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When the world was young, twins were born. One brought light to a dark world; the other, darkness and danger. Their powers could not be denied, and they gathered others around them, men and women destined to use their gifts for good or evil. Today, their descendants walk the earth as the Chosen... and the ultimate battle is about to begin. Jacqueline Vargha has always run from her gift. Now Caleb D'Angelo forces his way into her life, demands his place as her lover, and insists she take her place as one of the Chosen. She flees, he pursues, but she can no longer deny her visions.
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Great start to the series
- By VJ on 08-23-21
By: Christina Dodd
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Brave New World
- By: Aldous Huxley
- Narrated by: Michael York
- Length: 8 hrs
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When Lenina and Bernard visit a savage reservation, we experience how Utopia can destroy humanity. Cloning, feel-good drugs, anti-aging programs, and total social control through politics, programming, and media: has Aldous Huxley accurately predicted our future? With a storyteller's genius, he weaves these ethical controversies in a compelling narrative that dawns in the year 632 A.F. (After Ford, the deity). When Lenina and Bernard visit a savage reservation, we experience how Utopia can destroy humanity.
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Michael York should stick to the stage and leave narration to the pros.
- By SD on 08-21-19
By: Aldous Huxley
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Dispocalypse
- Dispocalypse
- By: M.A. Rothman
- Narrated by: Therese Plummer
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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In a post-apocalyptic world ruled by a Governor who is both feared and worshipped, Willow is a 17-year-old girl who is trying to get through her last year of studies. But when her father dies, she experiences strange dreams that change everything about how she looks at the world and at herself. Haunted by the tragedy, Willow pushes herself beyond anything she could have imagined she was capable of. It's only when she catches the attention of some of the Governor's informants that her world is turned upside-down.
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the third begining
- By Kim Børsting Jensen on 01-17-24
By: M.A. Rothman
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Tiger Eye
- Dirk & Steele Series, Book 1
- By: Marjorie Liu
- Narrated by: Emma Lysy
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
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The first exciting Dirk & Steele novel by the incomparable Marjorie M. Liu, Tiger Eye is a breathtaking masterwork of paranormal romance - a stunningly original tale of magic, sensuality, desire, and danger, featuring a hero who is the answer to every romance lover’s fantasy. Tiger Eye is the one that started it all, ushering audiences into the Dirk & Steele world of shape-shifters, psychics, and extraordinary beings, showcasing one of the most inventive talents currently working the shadowland where passion and the amazing intertwine.
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Tiger genie and mini Magneto
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 04-24-23
By: Marjorie Liu
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The Seep
- By: Chana Porter
- Narrated by: Shakina Nayfack
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Trina FastHorse Goldberg-Oneka is a fifty-year-old trans woman whose life is irreversibly altered in the wake of a gentle--but nonetheless world-changing--invasion by an alien entity called The Seep. Through The Seep, everything is connected. Capitalism falls, hierarchies and barriers are broken down; if something can be imagined, it is possible. Trina and her wife, Deeba, live blissfully under The Seep’s utopian influence--until Deeba begins to imagine what it might be like to be reborn as a baby, which will give her the chance at an even better life.
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“This is my pain. Let me have it!”
- By Martin Gibbs on 02-03-20
By: Chana Porter
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Lanny
- By: Max Porter
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington, Clare Corbett
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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There’s a village an hour from London. It’s no different from many others today: one pub, one church, redbrick cottages, some public housing, and a few larger houses dotted about. Voices rise up, as they might anywhere, speaking of loving and needing and working and dying and walking the dogs. This village belongs to the people who live in it, to the land and to the land’s past. It also belongs to Dead Papa Toothwort, a mythical figure local schoolchildren used to draw as green and leafy, choked by tendrils growing out of his mouth, who awakens after a glorious nap.
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Narration is a masterpiece
- By Amazon Customer on 08-24-19
By: Max Porter
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The Last Werewolf
- By: Glen Duncan
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
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Meet Jake. A bit on the elderly side (he turns 201 in March), but you’d never suspect it. Nonstop sex and exercise will do that for you - and a diet with lots of animal protein. Jake is a werewolf, and after the unfortunate and violent death of his one contemporary, he is now the last of his species. Although he is physically healthy, Jake is deeply distraught and lonely.
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The Ennui of a Naughty Dog
- By Mel on 09-12-11
By: Glen Duncan
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The Fairy's Tale
- The Pathways Tree, Book 1
- By: F. D. Lee
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
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Bea is a lowly cabbage fairy, but she dreams of being an official Fairy Godmother. So when she is finally given a chance to prove her worth, Bea is determined to make a success of it. Besides, how hard can a Happy Ever After story be? Every girl wants to be rescued by a handsome man, don’t they? Apparently not. Bea's heroine doesn't want to be in her story, and her hero is much more interested in the ugly sister. The same ugly sister who is trying to overthrow the Kingdom.
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Really good book!!
- By Chasity on 01-14-21
By: F. D. Lee
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- Janalyn
- 02-28-21
This is the funniest book you will ever listen to
I am not going to waste your time giving you a recap of the book, I am going to tell you straight up this is the funniest book you’ll ever listen to. If this book and narrator doesn’t win any audio awards then I will know they don’t count all The Audiobooks. This narrator when putting Josh Sheldon’s words in action was the funniest thing I have ever heard and I mean on a movie, a comedian… Anywhere. This guy has true talent and I think him in this book were one of those things you only experienced once in a lifetime. The book is genius The narrator is so freaking talented but this is the absolute perfect audiobook and should win every award it qualifies for. I loved it so much I wanted to listen again right away. I know I will listen again but I’m going to make myself wait. This is the best book ever!
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- Anonymous User
- 05-11-22
Stellar and thought-provoking.
“THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS GOOD MODERN LITERATURE.”
Except this, I suppose.
The political commentary is a bit too on the nose at times, but that comes with the nature of the work — especially given the lessons the book will have you contemplating.
There is too much to unpack in just a review. You may feel bored at the start, but it’s worth cutting through — the last chapter and epilogue will really make you wonder who you are, and what you have done (and not done) for others.
A part of me, the part that looks for a happy resolution, is never perfectly satisfied by any dystopia. But that’s why we read them, so we don’t have to undergo what happens to the other characters… in Renee’s case, the other 80 million people in London.
Hearing this, in audiobook format, is even better than reading it. The voice matches the style of narration perfectly… especially, once you realize “who” in the story is reading it — that makes it so much better.
Truly a unique piece of art — just like Renee Ann Blanca, “it’s the best!”
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