"...it’s entirely possible that dystopian fiction reflect the fears of
the times—and given today’s world of state-sponsored surveillance,
religious fundamentalism, economic disparity, and overpopulation (I’m
just flicking through the headlines, here), perhaps it’s not surprising
this was a popular theme.
So in some ways, dystopias aren’t too much of an imaginative stretch. If you’re trying to predict the future, your best bet would have to be on things going wrong. You could even argue we’re living in a dystopia right now. Maybe we’re always living in a dystopia, or at least degrees of dystopia—the failure of a past’s promising, even utopian, vision—which is why they seem endlessly relevant, in all their scope and variety. We’re simply steeling ourselves for the shape of things to come."
Read Litro#130: Dystopia.
So in some ways, dystopias aren’t too much of an imaginative stretch. If you’re trying to predict the future, your best bet would have to be on things going wrong. You could even argue we’re living in a dystopia right now. Maybe we’re always living in a dystopia, or at least degrees of dystopia—the failure of a past’s promising, even utopian, vision—which is why they seem endlessly relevant, in all their scope and variety. We’re simply steeling ourselves for the shape of things to come."
Read Litro#130: Dystopia.
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