My Favorite Themes In Literature

Submitted by Ubik on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 02:30
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  1. Alternate Reality
  2. Parallel Worlds/universes, layered worlds, etc
  3. Time Travel (physical, mental, etc)
  4. Dystopian futures
  5. "Last Man On Earth"
  6. Experimental drugs (hallucinogenic, conscience-altering, etc)
  7. Lobotomies and other experimental mental treatments
  8. Insane asylums
  9. Being inexplicably trapped (e.g. Philip K Dick's Cosmic Puppets, Robert Charles Wilson's Mysterium, Carlton Mellick III's Menstruating Mall, or Luis Bunuel's The Exterminating Angel (film)
  10. Cryogenics
  11. Psychic phenomena
  12. Surrealism
  13. Dream Logic
  14. Metaphysical manifestations/religious experiences (without preaching any specific religion)
  15. Government "cover-ups"/mass societal experimentations
  16. The dead coming back to life (i.e. Le Revenants [film] NOT brain-eating zombies)
  17. Simulated reality (i.e. The Matrix NOT VR)
  18. Intense philosophical questioning (i.e. What is real? What does "real" mean?)
  19. Mind Transfer
  20. Transhumanism
  21. Social Engineering
Author Comments: 

If any novel I read or hear about has any of those "catch phrases" anywhere in their description, you can be damn sure Im going to pay strict attention