Utopian fiction dares to hope that we can, and will, be better. And I don’t know about you, but I could really use that dream right now. There are plenty of reasons why dystopian fiction is more ...

Science fiction is a genre filled with endless ... still waters run deep. Utopia, dystopia’s lighter twin, can be just as gripping and provocative. Take any of these examples.

We live in an age in which fact can seem stranger than fiction. From the climate to finance to our political systems, it feels like we're at an inflection point in history where truly anything ...

This is where the power of utopian literature shines ... A counterpoint to his preeminent dystopian novel “Brave New World,” Aldous Huxley’s last novel, “Island,” follows a news reporter ...

Marge Piercy explored both utopian and dystopian futures in Woman ... On the other hand, dystopian fiction asks the question: “If this goes on, what is going to happen?” In other words ...

an ethicist at Harvard who teaches a course on utopia and dystopia in fiction and philosophy. “You look to fiction to see how people are wrestling with serious problems.” That's valuable for ...

For a while, it seemed as if the only stories anyone wanted to tell were dystopian, but as our own ... “Where are the utopian stories?” I often hear people ask. But as five new books show ...

We need more utopian fiction. More space-age romances ... that so frequently serve as the settings for the same kinds of dystopian narratives. Are we not deserving of even a little hope?

Afrofuturism pioneers such as jazz musician Sun Ra—who walked around the streets of Chicago with custom-made electric space suits in the 1950s—and science fiction author Octavia Butler wouldn ...

This utopian imaginary was key to the diplomatic agreement ... whose depths they attempt to unravel and conquer. Moreover, science fiction and speculative narratives have fueled dystopian imaginings ...

It’s been interesting to see, then, how shorthand attempts to describe the book have leaned into the idea of Ours being an attempt at utopia ... a rise in recent fiction that explores possible ...