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dystopia

[dis-toh-pee-uh] / dΙͺsˈtoʊ pi Ι™ /


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It isn’t quite a zombie apocalypse, but life in litigation is its own kind of dystopia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 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 ● May 1, 2026

There are a lot fewer neon-drenched skyscrapers and risqué robots than we were promised, but a quarter of the way through the 21st century, we are indeed essentially living inside a cyberpunk dystopia.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026

You might have read about the dystopia of super-polluted cities like Delhi, where the city always seems to be shrouded in dust, and you don’t see the sun for days.

From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2026

It would become a corporate-run dystopia, an overpriced theme park for wealthy elitists.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

At a certain point, I started to burn out on dystopias, but then YA changed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025

There’s always a cognitive dissonance through our dystopias; how else would we survive them?

From Slate ● 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 ● Mar. 6, 2023

“If we keep writing only dystopias, that’s the road to the abyss.”

From New York Times ● 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 ● Sep. 18, 2022



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