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Dystopias are often characterized by fear or distress, tyrannical governments, environmental disaster, or other characteristics associated with a cataclysmic decline in society. Themes typical of a dystopian society include: complete control over the people in a society through the usage of propaganda, heavy censoring of information or denial ...
Life in Kowloon Walled City has often inspired the dystopian identity in modern media works. [1]A dystopia (from Ancient Greek δυσ (dus) 'bad' and τόπος (tópos) 'place'), also called a cacotopia [2] or anti-utopia, is a community or society that is extremely bad or frightening.
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."
The Resistance — network of humans and vortigaunts fighting the Combine in Half-Life 2. The Resistance — the military force that wishes to depose the Supreme Leader and restore the New Republic in the Star Wars sequel trilogy. Song Jiang — leader of outlaws during the Song dynasty and fictionalized in the Water Margin.
Uglies is a 2005 dystopian novel by Scott Westerfeld.It is set in a futuristic post-scarcity world in which everyone is considered an "Ugly" until they are then turned "Pretty" by extreme cosmetic surgery when they reach the age of 16.
Katana Zero is a 2019 platform game created by the indie developer Justin Stander. Set in a dystopian metropolis, the neo-noir storyline follows Subject Zero, a katana-wielding assassin with amnesia who can slow down time and predict the future.
[6] [9] [8] Much of twenty-first century dystopian literature, including the Matched trilogy, falls into the category of critical dystopia, which takes a more hopeful look at society. While Cassia's Society is flawed in its idealism, the characters are not overwhelmed by authoritarianism at the end of the series; rather, there is a hopeful ...
It takes on a dystopian tone with a teenage girl executed for masturbating. The TVGoHome website credits a Dee Stopian as the producer. Dark Justice, Playboy TV, 2000–2001. A sexually-themed computer-animated sci-fi parody taking place in a dystopian future. Doctor Who, BBC, 1963–1988, 2005–present. In some stories, the technical, social ...