In Popular Culture
George Orwell's books Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm are famous for their dystopian depiction of totalitarian society, as is their lesser-known predecessor, We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. Additional totalitarian regimes are also depicted in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
According to Soviet writer Fazil Iskander, "Under the totalitarian regime, it was as if you were forced to live in the same room with an insanely violent man."
In the video-game Mirror's Edge the city where the entire game takes place is run by a Totalitarian Government and community.
In Suzanne Collins' trilogy, The Hunger Games, the nation of Panem is ruled under a totalitarian government.
In the Shadow Children series by Margaret Peterson Haddix, the country is ruled under a totalitarian government.
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