dystopia
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Far from fulfilling a Heated Rivalry fantasy with male friends who “had her back,” she entered a dystopia of manosphere misogyny.
From Slate β Oct. 9, 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
There’s a spacecraft and a robot and pirate references, all catnip for sci-fi and dystopia lovers and all very well done.
From Los Angeles Times β May 1, 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
Science fiction writers, for example, have long been interested in both utopias and dystopias, but those novels from Hyde, Bump and Korn were not presented strictly as science fiction.
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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