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Literature: The Search for Sources

and introduction into searching for literature resources

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Since early times of classical literature, authors have been imagining the end of the world as humans know it. Additionally, they also have imagined both utopian and dystopian visions of a future that is either perfect are nightmarishly wrong. This LibGuide is designed to introduce you to the databases, articles, books, and supporting materials provided to aid in your research of this literature. Authors include Thomas More, Plato, Aldous Huxley, Ray Bradbury, George Orwell, and Cormac McCarthy.

Dystopian Books

Books on the Apocalypse

Ideal Commonwealth

Utopia