Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” is a chilling dystopian novel that explores themes of power, gender, and resistance within the confines of a theocratic society known as Gilead. Through the eyes of Offred, a handmaid serving in the household of a high-ranking commander, Atwood presents a future where women are stripped of their rights and reduced to their reproductive capabilities.
Sci-Fi
Ubik
Philip K. Dick’s “Ubik” is a cornerstone of science fiction literature, offering a mind-bending exploration of reality, time, and existence. Set in a future where psychic abilities and cryonic preservation blur the lines between life and death, the novel follows Joe Chip, a man caught in a shifting reality after a mission against telepaths goes awry.