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
This series sequel enlists Hunter Schafer and Michelle Yeoh to play rough in this dystopia, with Schafer as Cora, a human Blade Runner who teams with Yeoh’s Olwen, a fading replicant.
From Salon β Sep. 4, 2026
It isn’t quite a zombie apocalypse, but life in litigation is its own kind of dystopia.
From The Wall Street Journal β 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 β May 1, 2026
It would become a corporate-run dystopia, an overpriced theme park for wealthy elitists.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Alternative histories, particularly dystopias, reflect their societies’ radical pessimism, as Harvard professor and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore suggested in 2017:
From Salon β May 17, 2025
There’s always a cognitive dissonance through our dystopias; how else would we survive them?
From Slate β Oct. 28, 2024
Bethanne Patrick recommends 10 new books to get you through the end of 2023, including dystopias, a quirky travelogue and an uncommonly exciting math primer.
From Los Angeles Times β Dec. 11, 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
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Literary Genres - Introductory
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