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
But while the earlier work describes a futurist dystopia, “Glyph” takes place in present-day England, where the siblings Petra and Patricia Wild have reconnected after decades of grudging silence.
From The Wall Street Journal β May 22, 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
If that accounts for the “cyber” aspect of our cyberpunk dystopia, where’s the punk?
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
I bathed in the flood of YA dystopias that followed “The Hunger Games” — some hard-hitting, some comparatively feeble.
From Los Angeles Times β Apr. 14, 2025
There’s always a cognitive dissonance through our dystopias; how else would we survive them?
From Slate β Oct. 28, 2024
Post-apocalyptic dystopias rarely consider childhood with much care, expecting young survivors to relinquish immaturity to focus on staying alive.
From Salon β Mar. 6, 2023
The best dystopias extrapolate issues in our society and make us see them more clearly by literalizing their metaphorical conceits.
From New York Times β Nov. 1, 2022
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
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Literary Genres - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Fiction - High School
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