It’s been a minute since we’ve done a quiz. This felt relevant.
Which Dystopian Book World Do You Belong In?
I got
You belong in “1984”!
You’re discreet, composed, and intelligent. Exactly the kind of person who could survive in Airstrip One!
How about you, Deadsplinters?
I got Hunger Games which I never watched.
It’s…fine. Not quite sure why it became such a big deal. But I am a pretty tough critic.
My kid read all the books and watched the movies, and so did my wife, largely because as a librarian she tries to keep up with stuff. I couldn’t ever bring myself to care.
…I once accidentally upset someone by admitting I’d read them all but had known where things would go in books 2 & 3 before I finished the first…so at least some folks think they’re pretty predictable
…which would be why I never bothered with the films?
That’s my exact objection to Harry Potter. It’s the same book, over and over. I think I watched a couple of the movies just to see the effects.
I hope this doesn’t sound too snobby but there’s a reason YA is aimed at young readers. They don’t have the life experience to see where things are heading. At least the fortunate ones don’t.
No, I get it. And I respect the fact that popular YA franchises get kids to read that might not otherwise pick up a book. They’re not intended for me, and that’s just fine. I can find my own books.
…true…though in this case the person I upset was a bona fide grown up of about 40 odd years
I never saw Ready Player One either… and I’m only one of those 3 characteristics.
I read the book. It was mildly entertaining. I’m only one of my attributes too – discreet. I’d say I’m numb more than composed, lol. And as for intelligent, I’m not bad st faking it.
I got 1984. Which makes sense…
I’m in good company.
I’m with y’all, too!😉
I’m not sure what corn dogs have to do with Ingsoc but … I also got 1984.
I wouldn’t eat most of the stuff in the quiz but I do like a good corn dog now and then. But it does seem like a weird thing to judge people by.
It wasn’t the corn dog, though!😉
‘Cuz I picked the cheese tots.
Aw that’s sweet of them to think so.
From what I’ve seen here that description fits you. 🙂
My daughter calls The Giver baby’s first dystopian novel, lol.
I can’t do a quiz on a Monday. My brain’s not ready. Need more music and caffeine.
I hear you. There’s never enough caffeine and music for today’s world.
I got Air Bud. I definitely din’t want to live in a world where there are no rules against a Golden Retriever playing basketball and the legal system forces Bud to be returned to an abusive clown.
😂
Well, at least I’ve seen the movie. Mostly only because of Iron Giant, which is one of my favorite movies ever.
I love Iron Giant!
As much as me?
Nice!
Nope 😂
I don’t need the quiz. I can tell you for sure which dystopian book I belong in.
I never read this one but a quick Google confirms that it’s where you belong.
i got ready player one
but im mostly impressed by having to answer almost every question by picking whatever option to eat or drink that i’d maybe consider…you know…if you put a gun to my head
That’s pretty much how I felt. I rarely eat fast food.
I got the Hunger Games as well; must have been the cinnamon crepes?
Cinnamon crepes 😋
I picked blueberry pancakes.
This one’s probably not even one of the options, but mine would probably be a little Cold War-era Hungarian novel called Metropole. It’s about a Hungarian polyglot who’s supposed to deliver a keynote presentation at a linguistics conference in Helsinki, but at the airport he somehow goes through the wrong door and gets on the wrong plane, and when the flight’s over he wakes up and gets placed – without his checked luggage – on a bus that stops a large hotel in a strange city where he gradually, and then repeatedly, realizes that everything is spoken and written in a language he can’t make out a word of – and no one can really understand him, either. You maybe could call it somewhat Kafkaesque because of the way he keeps failing to resolve this particular predicament, but the tone is rather more like, “Well, isn’t this just a pain in the ass!” (Plus, the guy manages to get laid by a married elevator operator at the hotel, and somehow I can’t really imagine something like that happening in any of Kafka’s body of work.)
Anyway, I’m on my way to a similar conference tomorrow, except mine’s in Miami, I’m not set to deliver any presentations and, presumably, there are enough logistics mechanisms in force to ensure that I get on the right plane.
I’ve heard of Metropole but haven’t read it. Putting it on my list now. Safe travels and FFS make sure you go through the right door!
Maybe take the stairs?