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dystopia

[dis-toh-pee-uh] / dɪsˈtoʊ pi ə /


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Dystopia has rarely looked as grim and felt as exhilarating as it has in George Miller’s “Mad Max” cycle.

From New York Times • May 15, 2024

Scrivner tested this idea with visitors to Dystopia Haunted House.

From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2023

Dystopia seems to be our creative narrative for the future.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2023

In her brooding second novel, “Elsewhere,” Alexis Schaitkin delves into a subgenre that might be called Domestic Dystopia, well-mined by writers like Shirley Jackson and Margaret Atwood.

From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2022

“What’s it like? This thing you have. Dystopia or whatever.”

From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt



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