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October 26, 2011 30 mins
This week we're talking dystopias. Think apocalypse, societal collapse, and totalitarianism. Neda Vanovac looks at the wave of young readers gorging themselves on dystopian fiction. Catriona Menzies-Pike talks all things grim and J.G. Ballard, author of Crash and Empire of the Sun. Leaving all things dystopian for a bit, Kim Tan talks to Toby Leon about the television adaptaion of The Slap, based on the book by Christos Tsiolkas. Young Adult Dystopias, featuring Alison Stewart's Days Like This, published by Penguin Books, and Maria V. Snyder's Outside In published by Harlequin Teen. Produced by Neda Vanovac. J.G. Ballard Fictional Worlds produced by Catriona Menzies-Pike. The Slap review, produced by Kim Tan.
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