[Zsinj]

Like the title says, I'm looking for good sci-fi novels that involve dystopias and also sci-fi novels that involve either medical or technological marvels that at first seem miraculously good, but go horribly wrong.
The only dystopia novels I know of are 1984 by George Orwell, Revolt in 2100 by Robert A. Heinlein, and I believe H.G. Wells wrote one. As for the latter, the only book I know that is like that is Blood Music by Greg Bear. I would dearly appreciate any help. Thanks.

[Ropie]

Numerous dystopias:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dystopian_literature

[Phellim]

I Have No Mouth, And I must Scream by Harland Ellison is a good example of what you want. The only thing is, it's a short story, and I'm not familiar with the rest of his work, so it might be a good starting point for you. It's about an A.I. Supercomputer that takes over and destroys the world, and is keeping five survivors alive indefinitely, to torture them physically and mentally.

I know there was novel I read once that fits your specifications exactly, but it was on loan from a friend, so I'll have to ask him the name.

[theDood]

The World of Living Dead (http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_World_of_Living_Dead)

Old short story by Wilm Carver, about an invention that increases the "vibratory rate" of the molecules in your body and makes the person injected with this fluid vibrate so fast that they become invisible to everyone else. To them, everyone has slowed down incredibly and it takes like an eternity. Yeah, I think you can already tell how this things gonna go wrong, but its a good story anyway.

[Phellim]

^ Sounds like how a microwave works.

Hmm... Hope I didn't end up ruining the ending by guessing there.

[theDood]

Nope, not ruining anything with that. But I'll tell you anyway...

The main character gets injected and everyone around him, including the scientist, become seemingly frozen in time, although their just moving at an incredibly slow pace. Anyways, the guy ends up losing his antidote, and becomes fixed in time. He heads back to the scientist's place and writes a note to him that hes lost the antidote. Then he gets all insane and attempts suicide. Before he kills himself, he notices that a woman is about to be hit by a car, so he moves her out of the way of the car and he decides that during this long wait for the scientist, rather than kill himself, he'll stop all the problems in the world going on at that exact moment.

All in all, a good story that should have been turned into a Twilight Zone episode or something.

[Phellim]

Sounds vaguely like a Simpsons episode actually, only instead of doing good, they just acted selfishly.

That show is really getting old.

[Teresa Edgerton]

They're YA books, but the Hungry City Chronicles by Philip Reeve show a decidedly dystopian future, and technology is very much at the center of it all. The setting and the central concept of the books is wonderfully imaginative and (I think) original into the bargain.

[JunkMonkey]

They're YA books, but the Hungry City Chronicles by Philip Reeve show a decidedly dystopian future, and technology is very much at the center of it all. The setting and the central concept of the books is wonderfully imaginative and (I think) original into the bargain.

Mortal Engines is a cracking read and I would recommend it to anyone. I'm a middle-aged old fart who has been reading SF for 30+ years now and it knocked my socks off. A real page turner.

[CAPTAINFLAM]

Like the title says, I'm looking for good sci-fi novels that involve dystopias and also sci-fi novels that involve either medical or technological marvels that at first seem miraculously good, but go horribly wrong.
The only dystopia novels I know of are 1984 by George Orwell, Revolt in 2100 by Robert A. Heinlein, and I believe H.G. Wells wrote one. As for the latter, the only book I know that is like that is Blood Music by Greg Bear. I would dearly appreciate any help. Thanks.

Why are you interested by that ? It could be dysutopia hidden behind utopia like in The Domination from SM Stirling:

http://hubpages.com/hub/The_Domination_by_SM_Stirling

Real World Example: human microchip will be presented as good for people but in truth ...
http://hubpages.com/hub/Astonishing_Interview_with_Aaron_Russo_who_met_wit h_Nick_Rockefeller