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Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We: Infinitely One with the Machine Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We depicts a futuristic society in which all of humanity is reduced to mere cogs in a machine. The entirety of human life is summed … Read more

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: When Life Loses Meaning Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep Novel by Philip K. Dick tells of a bleak world in which the planet Earth has been left to … Read more

The Giver: Giving up Life in Order to Live The Giver by Lois Lowry depicts a world that has been deprived of both pain and joy. While the members of the community appear to lead … Read more

Animal Farm: From Pig to Man George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a brilliant satire of the dystopian genre. Through the perspective of farmhouse animals, we are able to witness the development of a totalitarian regime … Read more

A Clockwork Orange: An Unending World of Violence A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess is a jarring first-person account within a hyper-violent dystopian society. Spoken in a dialect known as “nadsat”, which has similarities to … Read more

1984: Big Brother is Always Watching 1984 takes place in Oceania, one of the three world powers alongside Eastasia and Eurasia that are perpetually at war, where the citizens are ruled over by the oppressive … Read more

21st Century Dystopia Literature 2010 – 2020 Dystopian Literature 21st Century – 2010 -2020 with Iphones, widescreen TV’s and consumerism Dystopia writers have had a decade of quality material. There has been a huge increase … Read more

21st Century Dystopia Literature 2000 – 2010 Dystopian Literature 21st Century – 2000 -2010 with the dawn of a new Millennium and the so-called Millennium bug in the rearview mirror we all looked forward to … Read more

20th Century Dystopia Literature 1990 – 2000 Dystopian Literature 20th Century – 1990 -2000 With Nelson Mandela released from prison, unrestricted internet and the creation of the European Union Dystopian writers had both hope and … Read more

20th Century Dystopia Literature 1980 – 1990 Dystopian Literature 20th Century – 1980 -1990 – Technological innovation happening so fast, the emergence of the internet and Microsoft, IBM, Intel and Apple all becoming major corporations, … Read more

20th Century Dystopia Literature 1970 – 1980 Dystopian Literature 20th Century – 1970 -1980, during the ’70s inspiration for Dystopian writers was all around them. Huge inflation, opulence like never before seen, the emergence of … Read more

20th Century Dystopia Literature 1960 – 1970 Dystopian Literature 20th Century – 1960 -1970 – What a decade for Dystopian writers, the cold war and Vietnam in full swing, civil rights movements and assassinations of … Read more