sobota, 30 grudnia 2017

Government Conspiracy Fiction Books That Changed The World

By Ann Lee


For a book that is packed with excitement, nonstop action, and a main character who is heroic as they come, the classic novel The Thirty-Nine Steps is a great pick for a revolutionary paranoid thriller. Author John Buchan might not have known just how many more government conspiracy fiction books he would feature his character of Richard Hannay in when he published this story in 1915. In the character's debut novel, he finds himself on the run in a series of unlikely situations.

While there are plenty of great novels about conspiracies that take place on a very high level, such as within or between governments, sometimes it is easier to relate to a story when it isn't on such a large scale. "Nightmare Town" is a short story that Dashiell Hammett wrote in 1924. The plot consists of a small town that plans to commit insurance fraud and results in people being murdered.

In 1943, Graham Greene wrote a novel called Ministry of Fear that would change the way people thought of the conspiracy thriller genre. In this book, Greene tells a story about how the Nazi used their influence to gain information that could be used to blackmail individuals. The meaning behind the title of this book becomes clear in the reading.

Many people have heard of The Manchurian Candidate because of the film by the same title featuring Denzel Washington, but plenty of others knew about it long before that. Richard Condon wrote the novel in 1959, and the fear of communism definitely had a big influence on the writing of this book and its reception. The protagonist is subject to brainwashing to make him carry out an assassination.

John F. Kennedy's assassination was a tragedy, and an event that left a lot of people wondering who really did it. While conspirators can speculate to no end without ever having any proof of their beliefs, Richard Condon chose to express his feelings in a story called Winter Kills. This dark tale covers both what is known to have happened and goes into theories as well.

Many people have heard about The Illuminatus! Trilogy because of the huge impact it has had on society. Although the trilogy is now usually printed as one book, they were published separately with the first novel coming out in 1969, and the last one in 1971. The time when the books were coming out was a historic and revolutionary time, and the book reflected this with the various genres and subjects courageously explored.

The Crying Lot 49 came out in 1966, and it is one of the shorter pieces by the author Thomas Pynchon. What this story lacks in length, however, it makes up for in the quality of the narrative and story being told. The story, filled with cultural references to the Beatles and other icons of the 60s, is about a mail service's plot that is over 500 years old.

For a book that breaks all boundaries and can change the reader's outlook on life completely, Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon is an incredible read. In this novel, he goes everywhere from high to low class, propriety to obscenity, and covers a wealth of complex information. This is not a very easy read because of the long character list and heavy topics, but it a great piece to make the reader think.




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