Gotham is a name first - used for New York in the early 19th century, which then went on to become popular when Bill Finger used it in his Batman series — which has led to Gotham being understood as a metropolis both imaginary and real, a gothic - meets - science -
fiction dystopia where superheroes fight supervillains on the rooftops of the common people.
Her debut novel, the first book in the Seeds trilogy, co-written with her mother Kristy and sister Elena, is a science -
fiction dystopia that explores what happens when corrupt politicians control the food system.
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Media universally panned it — for instance, Wired referred to it as something out of a «darkly satirical science -
fiction dystopia» — forcing the people behind the program into full damage control.
Not exact matches
A less sophisticated illustration of this can be seen in the way that science
fiction has envisioned various atheistic scientific futures: over the course of the past century such visions of the future have shifted from being utopias to being
dystopias.
In
fiction, pneumatic technology is often associated with a creaking bureaucratic
dystopia, such as George Orwell's 1984 or the satirical film Brazil, but it was once widely lauded.
It's kinda like science
fiction — one of those post-the-collapse-of-nature
dystopias of the 1970s — except it's real...
«Children Of Men» For a film which is, ostensibly at least, science
fiction (it creates one of the most coherent, fascinating futuristic
dystopias ever seen on screen), «Children of Men» sums up our War - on - Terror, immigration - panic era better than any contemporary drama could.
If the last few years of science
fiction cinema have proven anything, it's that the future
dystopia is here to stay.
«The Handmaid's Tale» presents a
dystopia; «Alias Grace» is a piece of postmodern historical
fiction — one that incorporates fragments of actual historical record with first - person narration and epistolary structure.
Long known for his dark horror, fantasy and detective tales, Poe also created the first futuristic
dystopia in
fiction.
1984 is based on the classic science
fiction novel by George Orwell, which offered a bleak vision of a future
dystopia where one's thoughts and actions were controlled by a totalitarian government ruled by an entity known simply as «Big Brother».
In addition to saturating themselves with science
fiction and
dystopias, many of my students have been reading novels that deal with real - life issues.
«You know how while we're enjoying reading dystopian
fiction, for half our population this society is
dystopia?»
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On the other hand, in regards to
fiction genres,
dystopia - based YA novels outperform others.
˃˃˃ Thought Provoking SciFi, Dystopian Tale - Compulsion ReadsI would happily recommend this book to fans of
dystopia, science
fiction and conspiracy lovers.
Junot Díaz
fiction editor at Boston Review, has issued a special call for stories, essays, and interviews on the theme of global
dystopias.
For science
fiction and fantasy fans, a doorway to countless worlds — digital
dystopias, magical medieval realms, distant deep space, or anywhere imagination can travel.
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On the heels of my discussion on the allure of
dystopia in
fiction, here is my list of top ten all time best dystopian novels.
(I now write
dystopia fiction, so everything seems dire.)
The First Fifteen stories of dark fantasy, science
fiction, and
dystopia.
In her installations she explores utopia and
dystopia as inspired by Science
Fiction authors such as Don DeLillo, J.G. Ballard, Aldous Huxley, and Philip K. Dick, amongst others.
Somehow or other, big designs are back, only now science
fiction,
dystopia, and urban planning get along pretty well after all.
Set in the fantastical city of Mjar Opti, the novella presents a grubby
dystopia pieced together from pulp
fiction, erotica and video games tropes.
The media of the show is diverse, ranging from classical modes like painting and sculpture, to experimental video and animation, and using the tropes of science
fiction including
dystopia, cosmology, and fantasy to restructure narratives and create alternate realities.
Booted up «Project Hieroglyph ``, a big shiny movement devoted to chasing
dystopia down into the cellar and replacing it with upbeat, optimistic science
fiction that could Change The World.