Reflective of the mood of the times, dystopian fiction assumed the leading role in the utopian genre. Writers began to question both classical utopianism and the even more positively optimistic ...

Ralph Pordzik. The Quest for Postcolonial Utopia: A Comparative Introduction to the Utopian Novel in New English Literatures. New York: Lang, 2001. 199 pp. $53.95 hc. Until recently, utopian ...

Jonathan Swift’s provocative and controversial novel is infused with elements of science fiction. During his voyages the title character, Lemuel Gulliver, encounters utopian and dystopian ...

Annalee Newitz: Instead of dividing our dreams up into “utopia” and “dystopia,” I’m interested in thinking about “topias,” or futures that have elements of hope and struggle. I think the best fiction ...

The 1949 work of dystopian fiction has been adapted into a radio ... lives in a futuristic society and learns the truth of ...

For his part, William Gibson believes that to divide science fiction into dystopian and utopian camps is to create a “pointless dichotomy.” Although his seminal 1984 cyberpunk novel ...

Why are people turning to dystopian stories during a time that feels dystopian? Dystopian fiction can prepare us for the future Although fiction is not real, it can help us to make sense of what is ...

It’s strong, resonant fiction vividly set in a dying world, a literary dystopia written on a utopian palimpsest. Leave the Girls BehindJacqueline BublitzAllen & Unwin, $34.99 When Ruth is ...

And I could say, they delve more into traditional science fiction themes, whereas Cursed Bunny leaned more toward horror.” In the titular dystopian road trip story, Your Utopia, two robots are ...