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My high school English syllabus, ranked.

My high school English syllabus, ranked.

By Brittany Allen | September 8, 2025

1984: Why George Orwell’s Classic Remains More Relevant Than Ever"> 75 Years of <em

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1984: Why George Orwell’s Classic Remains More Relevant Than Ever">75 Years of 1984: Why George Orwell’s Classic Remains More Relevant Than Ever

Elif Shafak on the Relentless Real-World Spread of Orwellian Dystopia

By Elif Shafak | June 24, 2024

The Last Man"> A Woman Out of Time: Rebecca Solnit on Mary Shelley’s Dystopian Sci-Fi Novel <em

A Woman Out of Time: Rebecca Solnit on Mary Shelley’s Dystopian Sci-Fi Novel <em

The Last Man">A Woman Out of Time: Rebecca Solnit on Mary Shelley’s Dystopian Sci-Fi Novel The Last Man

In Praise of a Truly Innovative Writer

By Rebecca Solnit | April 9, 2024

Another Possible World: Jen Silverman on Imagining Dystopias and Utopias

Another Possible World: Jen Silverman on Imagining Dystopias and Utopias

"What better future can we believe in, so that it can be made?"

By Jen Silverman | September 25, 2023

Problems Plus Time: What Creates a Dystopia, Real or Imagined

Problems Plus Time: What Creates a Dystopia, Real or Imagined

The Napoleon of Notting Hill">Madeline Ashby on G. K. Chesterton's The Napoleon of Notting Hill

By Madeline Ashby | August 4, 2023

T.C. Boyle on Writing in Gloomy Weather About Climate Catastrophe

T.C. Boyle on Writing in Gloomy Weather About Climate Catastrophe

Blue Skies Talks to Ona Russell in the New Season of Authors in the Tent">The Author of Blue Skies Talks to Ona Russell in the New Season of Authors in the Tent

By Authors in the Tent | June 29, 2023

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Enigmatic Apocalypse: A Dystopian Mystery Reading List

By Claire Fuller | June 8, 2023

How Hugh Howey Imagines the Real World as a Science Fictional Version of Reality

By Keen On | May 31, 2023

Elon Musk misunderstands fictional dystopias (and his role in our real dystopia).

By Jonny Diamond | January 4, 2023

Why India, and Not China or the US, Represents the Most Chilling Vision of Our High-Tech Dystopian Future

Why India, and Not China or the US, Represents the Most Chilling Vision of Our High-Tech Dystopian Future

Samit Basu in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | June 7, 2022

Matt Bell on Solving Crises Through Speculative Fiction (and Having Fun Doing It)

Matt Bell on Solving Crises Through Speculative Fiction (and Having Fun Doing It)

Otherppl">In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | July 14, 2021

Trashlands"> COVER REVEAL: Alison Stine’s <em

COVER REVEAL: Alison Stine’s <em

Trashlands">COVER REVEAL: Alison Stine’s Trashlands

Trying to Survive at the Edges of the Post-Apocalyptic World

By Alison Stine | May 26, 2021

When You’re the Target Audience for the Futurist Paintings of a Long-Dead Swedish Artist

When You’re the Target Audience for the Futurist Paintings of a Long-Dead Swedish Artist

Patrick Allington Can’t Stop Thinking About Hilma af Klint

By Patrick Allington | May 6, 2021

The Body Scout"> COVER REVEAL: Lincoln Michel’s <em

COVER REVEAL: Lincoln Michel’s <em

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The Body Scout">COVER REVEAL: Lincoln Michel’s The Body Scout

Plus, Read an Excerpt From This Near-Future Dystopian Neo-Noir

By Lincoln Michel | February 2, 2021

1984 is Always Just Around the Corner"> George Orwell's <em

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1984 is Always Just Around the Corner">George Orwell's 1984 is Always Just Around the Corner

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast

By History of Literature | November 2, 2020

How Far Has America's Christianized Dystopia Strayed From Christ?

How Far Has America's Christianized Dystopia Strayed From Christ?

Lori Lansens on the Hypocrisies of Religious Nationalism

By Lori Lansens | August 18, 2020

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