Max Patrick were dismissive of the role of science fiction in utopian literature, although utopian and dystopian currents have always been important to science fiction. 1 By the 1970s, however, there ...

Jonathan Swift’s provocative and controversial novel is infused with elements of science fiction. During his voyages the title character, Lemuel Gulliver, encounters utopian and dystopian ...

Ralph Pordzik. The Quest for Postcolonial Utopia: A Comparative Introduction to the Utopian Novel in New English Literatures. New York: Lang, 2001. 199 pp. $53.95 hc. Until recently, utopian ...

After touching on some key moments in the European utopian narrative, this article will briefly consider some discordant dystopian episodes in this ... utopianism, utopian literature, utopian theory, ...

For his part, William Gibson believes that to divide science fiction into dystopian and utopian camps is to create a “pointless dichotomy.” Although his seminal 1984 cyberpunk novel ...

The 1949 work of dystopian fiction has been adapted into a radio ... lives in a futuristic society and learns the truth of ...

Why are people turning to dystopian stories during a time that feels dystopian? Dystopian fiction can prepare us for the future Although fiction is not real, it can help us to make sense of what is ...

It’s strong, resonant fiction vividly set in a dying world, a literary dystopia written on a utopian palimpsest. Leave the Girls BehindJacqueline BublitzAllen & Unwin, $34.99 When Ruth is ...