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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."
This is a list of dystopian films. Dystopian societies appear in many speculative fiction works and are often found within the science fiction and fantasy genres. [ 1 ] Dystopias are often characterized by dehumanization , [ 2 ] authoritarian governments, ruthless megacorporations , environmental disasters , [ 3 ] or other characteristics ...
Pages in category "1950s dystopian films" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1984 (1956 film)
Another dystopian novel from your youth adapted for the screen, The Giver depicts a society which, in an effort to recover from ruin, has chemically suppressed all emotion and memory. The dystopia ...
Set in a dystopian London in the year 2059, "The Bone Season" follows a society under the thumb of the Republic of Scion, who is running a centuries-long oppressive campaign against clairvoyants ...
Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. [4] It presents a future American society where books have been outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found. [5]
Image credits: JayBrock According to a new survey from book publisher The Folio Society, around 26 percent of American men and 14 percent of women feel like they are already living in a dystopia ...
Big Brother is a character and symbol in George Orwell's dystopian 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.He is ostensibly the leader of Oceania, a totalitarian state wherein the ruling party, Ingsoc, wields total power "for its own sake" over the inhabitants.