“Station Eleven” examines art in many forms, through flashbacks and in the present. The novel presents a very different view of the post-apocalyptic landscape than we’re used to. […]
What all apocalyptic stories have in common is a question of whether the survivors can manage to rebuild society as they knew it or even build a better one. The answers vary in different works of fiction. […]
Living in the aftermath of an apocalyptic event isn’t easy. To take us to these specific dystopias, writers use different means to create their worlds. The events that set the stage for an apocalypse affect the aftermath significantly. […]
We can see in Thomas More’s utopia the seeds of a gorgeously generative genre that would serve both to reflect upon society’s ills and to imagine society’s potentials. […]
“The Giver” and “The City of Ember” are dystopias that suggest that children can use their imaginations and problem-solving abilities to seek solutions. […]
‘Black Mirror’ reminds us, like any good work of dystopia, that it is showing us the darker side of contemporary reality right here in our connected global world. […]
The total reliance on Feed technology provides distractions rather than solutions. This is a perfect backdrop for a great cyberpunk dystopian narrative. […]
Like other Young Adult, and especially cyberpunk, novels, the dystopia in “Little Brother” is disrupted by a teenaged protagonist who outsmarts the system. […]
Cyberpunk privileges the outsider, or sometimes a group of outsiders, who are usually young and incredibly talented hackers. […]
There are lots of ways to read the immediate success of “The Hunger Games” as linked to concerns about the ongoing wars in the midst of economic chaos. […]
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