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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."
Hans Christian Andersen's 1838 "The Galoshes of Fortune": the magic shoes take a watchman to the Moon, which he finds terrible. Illustration by Helen Stratton. Pan Twardowski, a sorcerer who made a deal with the Devil [3] in Polish folklore and literature, is depicted as having escaped from the Devil who was taking him to Hell and ending up living on the Moon, his only companion being a spider ...
Unlike the works about the far future, set thousands or more years in the future and often tackling philosophical concepts such as the ultimate fate of the universe, fiction set in the near future, roughly defined as within the next few years or decades, α has been described as more realistic and containing themes that have been described as more socially relevant.
Please see the article dystopia for discussion of definition. Note that the definition of dystopia is not agreed by everyone, but it is usually considered to mean something much more specific than a nightmare world or unpleasant future. Entries should only be added to this category if their article clearly states that they are dystopian.
Another important figure in dystopian literature is H. G. Wells, whose work The Time Machine (1895) is also widely seen as a prototype of dystopian literature. [2] [9] Wells' work draws on the social structure of the 19th century, providing a critique of the British class structure at the time. [16]
No one does a dystopia quite like the author of a young-adult sci-fi series. The entire Divergent series is great — Divergent, Insurgent, and Allegiant.Based on the ever-popular 2011 book series ...
Note that there is no one definition of dystopia that is agreed upon by all, as the term is usually used to refer to something much more specific than simply a nightmare world or an unpleasant future. Entries should only be added to these category if their article clearly states that they are dystopian.
NASA’s Apollo missions landed at six sites relatively near the moon’s equator between 1969 and 1972, while the Chang’e-5 spacecraft landed in the moon’s northwest corner.The Chang’e-6 ...