Harrison Bergeron
by Kurt Vonnegut
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- The 1960s
"Harrison Bergeron" was first published in 1961, when equality and fairness were pret-ty hot topics. Do yourself a favor and take a crash course on the 1960s to see where Vonnegut may have gotten some inspiration. Peace, love, and…socialism? That's up to you to decide. - Dystopian Literature
The Hunger Games wasn't the first scary story about a future gone awry. See Shmoop for a concise, student-friendly definition of "dystopia" as well as a list of books to satisfy that dystopian hunger of yours.