dystopia
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Euphemistically known as “mobile lounges,” these hulking, 40-ton machines from the 1960s and ’70s look and feel like paramilitary vehicles trundling through a desert dystopia.
From Slate β Aug. 18, 2026
To stave off Huxley’s dystopia, we must deliberately shape our children’s souls so that they can be creators, doers and thinkers embracing the next frontier.
From The Wall Street Journal β May 8, 2026
He has the confidence to only dress up his new dystopia a tad, letting the scale of the oppression creep up on you when, say, an açaí bowl salesman casually asks Tereza for her papers.
From Los Angeles Times β Apr. 3, 2026
It’s worth reminding ourselves that none of this dystopia stuff is especially new, even if it’s been hypercharged lately by electronics and algorithms.
From Salon β Feb. 20, 2026
It would become a corporate-run dystopia, an overpriced theme park for wealthy elitists.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
There’s always a cognitive dissonance through our dystopias; how else would we survive them?
From Slate β Oct. 28, 2024
By many metrics, the dystopias we’ve been envisioning for decades no longer feel quite so escapist, nor fictional.
From Los Angeles Times β Feb. 24, 2024
It's not even that they're better off in dystopias than utopias — they literally don't exist in utopias!
From Salon β Jul. 29, 2023
“If we keep writing only dystopias, that’s the road to the abyss.”
From New York Times β Feb. 17, 2023
Afrofuturist writers explore a language of dreams and dystopias that expresses our greatest hopes while boldly confronting our darkest fears.
From Scientific American β Sep. 18, 2022
Vocabulary lists containing dystopia
Literary Genres - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Fiction - High School
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