LAR'S LIBRARY: DYSTOPIA PRIMER

With Charles McGrath's look at the dystopia phenomenon in the New York Times Magazine, it's time for a review of what I've seen on the subject in the last couple of years. Let's start with Newsweek's "Unhappily Ever After," followed by YA writer John Green's review of "The Hunger Games" and what I think is the best of the lot, Susan Beth Pfeffer's "The Dead and Gone." Next up: Laura Miller's superb survey, "Fresh Hell," from The New Yorker, and bringing us up almost to McGrath's piece, prominent YA authors weigh in on "The Dark Side of Young Adult Fiction."