Dystopia

Totalitarian government

One of the most popular tropes in dystopian fiction is the totalitarian government. This type of government controls every aspect of people’s lives, from what they think and say to how they live and work. Totalitarian governments are often portrayed as being oppressive and ruthless, using violence and fear to maintain control. Here are some

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Bleak or bright?

How do dystopias see our future? When I started writing science fiction/dystopia, I think it was from a place of resentment against what wasn’t so human in our ways. It was a short story that I started many moons ago. I didn’t plan for it to be dystopian, but the plot took me there. I

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9 reasons why some people hate dystopias

Last week, I was listening to Books and Authors podcast and one of the co-hostesses mentioned 1984 by George Orwell. She was saying that she didn’t like dystopias but that Orwell’s 1984 was read, back in the day, as a literary fiction, which is true. Although the term ‘dystopia’ was coined by John Stuart Mill in 1868, it became vastly used only in the past few decades.

So why people don’t like dystopias?

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