Here’s why the YA dystopia genre died. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes reaches back to a fad that blew up, then burned out Skip to main content ...

The term “bubblegum dystopia” formally entered the discourse after writer Stephen Nothum posted a fantastic analysis of it on TikTok. Since debuting in late July, Nothum’s video swiftly ...

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The term dystopia, as everyone knows, means bad place. In the 19th century, however, dystopia had a medical meaning. These days, that medical meaning is generally conveyed by the word ectopia.

Dystopias are fun to read about but believing that it might be fine to burn down society in a fit of pique because you can’t have what you want — to cheer on a dystopia — is dangerous and sad.

These are the makings of dystopian fictions, and yet many in America don't need to imagine them. It is their reality. However, most Americans would not call America a dystopia.

The most famous example of dystopian writing, George Orwell's 1984, is cited most often, even when it's not the best way to describe what's actually happening in the world today; ...

For Teens, Dystopian Fiction Seems Pretty Real — And That's Why They Like It : NPR Ed Dystopian novels are all about consequences, choices and gray areas. Psychologists say that plays right into ...

Dystopia is everywhere. No longer just a narrative form in the vein of 1984 or Soylent Green, the very word is seeping into our daily news and culture, invoked as readily in the pubs of London as ...

Dystopia is not a real place; it is a warning, usually about something bad the government is doing or something good it is failing to do. Actual dystopias are fictional, but real-life governments ...

Are we living in dystopia? Not even close — but let’s learn from history this time We've been here before, and worse. We can still turn things around in America — but we must decide we want to.