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Dystopian societies appear in many fictional works and artistic representations, particularly in historical fiction, such as A Tale of Two Cities (1859) by Charles Dickens, Quo Vadis? by Henryk Sienkiewicz, and A Man for All Seasons (1960) by Robert Bolt, stories set in the alternate history timelines, like Robert Harris' Fatherland (1992), or ...
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Utopian and dystopian fiction are subgenres of speculative fiction that explore social and political structures. Utopian fiction portrays a setting that agrees with the author's ethos, having various attributes of another reality intended to appeal to readers. Dystopian fiction offers the opposite: the portrayal of a setting that completely ...
This is a list of notable works of dystopian literature. A dystopia is an unpleasant (typically repressive) society, often propagandized as being utopian. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction states that dystopian works depict a negative view of "the way the world is supposedly going in order to provide urgent propaganda for a change in direction."
"2 B R 0 2 B" presents a dystopian future where population control is strictly enforced, reflecting Vonnegut’s concerns about overpopulation and the potential dehumanization within bureaucratic systems. The title, a play on Shakespeare’s "To be, or not to be," underscores the existential questions at the heart of the story.
Set in a dystopian future in which totalitarian superstates exist in a state of perpetual war. Refers to several dates throughout the latter half of the 20th century, including a nuclear war in the 1950s. Adapted into several media, including twice for film; once in 1956 and once in 1984. 1985: Novel 1978 1985
Utopian and dystopian. Dystopian: fiction set in a society that the author views as being worse than the one in which they live in at the time of writing. Example: Brave New World (1932) and Fahrenheit 451 (1953). Cyberpunk: juxtaposes advanced technology with less-advanced, broken down society. [9] Derivatives of cyberpunk include: Biopunk ...
Grimdark is a subgenre of speculative fiction with a tone, style, or setting that is particularly dystopian, amoral, and violent. The term is inspired by the tagline of the tabletop strategy game Warhammer 40,000: "In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war." [1] [2]