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Dystopian Quotes

Kids’ literature now is dystopian, you know Picture Quote #1

I think dystopian futures are also a reflection of current fears Picture Quote #1

Would we be so enamored with dystopian fiction if we lived in a culture where violent death was a major concern? It wouldn’t be escapism Picture Quote #1

Unless technology itself is drastically repressed, the idea of the dystopian monoculture like Orwell’s 1984 gets harder to believe. But the danger of a solipsistic society will grow, of a disconnected society of mirror-watchers and navel-gazers Picture Quote #1

Dystopian novels, such as Orwell’s ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four,’ often tend to site their despotised or deformed civilisations in urban environments Picture Quote #1

What’s fun about a dystopian novel is that we can enjoy and be entertained. But that world is only slightly different, right? It’s familiar enough to be recognizable, and skewed enough to give us pause Picture Quote #1

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If I think about music in the future, I imagine it often as not involving electricity, in some dystopian, post-apocalyptic future. And that’s what I get from Penderecki: people making music by taking these instruments out of boxes and playing them. That’s a very bizarre and modern thing Picture Quote #1

Within the realm of fiction, it is always tempting to set one’s stories in a dystopian future, where all our misgivings about state power can be shown in full force Picture Quote #1

I never, as a reader, have been particularly interested in dystopian literature or science fiction or, in fact, fantasy Picture Quote #1

Sometimes when we label something dystopian fiction, I feel like we’re trying very hard not to use the words ‘science fiction,’ because science fiction has those horrible connotations of rocket ships and bodacious babes Picture Quote #1

It’s a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature Picture Quote #1

Although I write dystopian fiction, I don’t believe in dystopian fantasies Picture Quote #1

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I have very vivid dreams and nightmares, and my biggest fear is of some kind of dystopian future where we’re advanced in every way except in our humanity Picture Quote #1

All the definitions people want to put on you in terms of what kind of writer you are come with hidden meanings. If you’re writing science fiction, you’re writing rocket ships. If you write dystopian fiction, it’s inequity where The Man must be fought Picture Quote #1

Live every day as if you’ve come back in time from a dystopian future to try and prevent everything from breaking Picture Quote #1

For its speculations to be taken seriously, dystopian fiction must be part of a discussion of contemporary society, a projection of ongoing political failures perhaps, or the wringing of present jeopardy for future disaster Picture Quote #1

I majored in English in college, so I read the classic dystopian novels like 1984’ and ‘Brave New World.’ Picture Quote #1

I think people respond to dystopian stories because they’re ways of acting out anxieties that we have and fears that we have about the future. So much media’s coming at you over the Internet, your brain gets overloaded. You don’t know what to do with it. And one thing you can do with it is read a story Picture Quote #1

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I think of dystopian as ‘Mad Max,’ as ‘Book of Eli,’ as the world is ending Picture Quote #1

I think sci-fi films have become rather bleak, and understandably so - I think we’ve made some big mistakes globally with how we’re developing, and we deal with that guilt by creating these very dystopian futures in films Picture Quote #1

Live every day as if you’ve come back in time from a dystopian future to try and prevent everything from breaking Picture Quote #1

I was not really aware of the dystopian genre before I read ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’ Many poets as well, like John Donne and Emily Dickinson, would be the influences; I specialized in Emily Dickinson at university. Both of those poets have really interesting ways of looking at life and death Picture Quote #1

My English teachers gave me a copy of Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ when I left high school, which has always been very special to me - it was the novel that introduced me to dystopian fiction. I’m also influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, Dickens, John Wyndham and Middle English dream-visions Picture Quote #1

What I find interesting and heartening, though, is that there does seem to be a shift in the subject matter being written about by women that is doing well in the culture. We’re seeing more women writing dystopian fiction, more women writing novels set post-apocalyptic settings, subjects and themes that used to be dominated by men Picture Quote #1

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Dystopian novels help people process their fears about what the future might look like; further, they usually show that there is always hope, even in the bleakest future Picture Quote #1

Its a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature Picture Quote #1

Would we be so enamored with dystopian fiction if we lived in a culture where violent death was a major concern? It wouldn’t be escapism Picture Quote #1

The copyright industry has managed to kill civil liberties for their own children, ushering in a dystopian surveillance machine, merely to avoid taking responsibility for their own business failures. I lack words to quantify my contempt for these utter parasites Picture Quote #1

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Kids’ literature now is dystopian, you know (Dystopian Quotes) I think dystopian futures are also a reflection of current fears (Dystopian Quotes) Would we be so enamored with dystopian fiction if we lived in a culture where violent death was a major concern? It wouldn’t be escapism. (Dystopian Quotes) Unless technology itself is drastically repressed, the idea of the dystopian monoculture like Orwell’s 1984 gets harder to believe. But the danger of a solipsistic society will grow, of a disconnected society of mirror-watchers and navel-gazers. (Dystopian Quotes) Dystopian novels, such as Orwell’s ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four,’ often tend to site their despotised or deformed civilisations in urban environments. (Dystopian Quotes) What’s fun about a dystopian novel is that we can enjoy and be entertained. But that world is only slightly different, right? It’s familiar enough to be recognizable, and skewed enough to give us pause. (Dystopian Quotes) If I think about music in the future, I imagine it often as not involving electricity, in some dystopian, post-apocalyptic future. And that’s what I get from Penderecki: people making music by taking these instruments out of boxes and playing them. That’s a very bizarre and modern thing. (Dystopian Quotes) Within the realm of fiction, it is always tempting to set one’s stories in a dystopian future, where all our misgivings about state power can be shown in full force. (Dystopian Quotes) I never, as a reader, have been particularly interested in dystopian literature or science fiction or, in fact, fantasy. (Dystopian Quotes) Sometimes when we label something dystopian fiction, I feel like we’re trying very hard not to use the words ‘science fiction,’ because science fiction has those horrible connotations of rocket ships and bodacious babes. (Dystopian Quotes) It’s a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature. (Dystopian Quotes) Although I write dystopian fiction, I don’t believe in dystopian fantasies (Dystopian Quotes) I have very vivid dreams and nightmares, and my biggest fear is of some kind of dystopian future where we’re advanced in every way except in our humanity. (Dystopian Quotes) All the definitions people want to put on you in terms of what kind of writer you are come with hidden meanings. If you’re writing science fiction, you’re writing rocket ships. If you write dystopian fiction, it’s inequity where The Man must be fought. (Dystopian Quotes) Live every day as if you’ve come back in time from a dystopian future to try and prevent everything from breaking (Dystopian Quotes) For its speculations to be taken seriously, dystopian fiction must be part of a discussion of contemporary society, a projection of ongoing political failures perhaps, or the wringing of present jeopardy for future disaster. (Dystopian Quotes) I majored in English in college, so I read the classic dystopian novels like 1984’ and ‘Brave New World.’ (Dystopian Quotes) I think people respond to dystopian stories because they’re ways of acting out anxieties that we have and fears that we have about the future. So much media’s coming at you over the Internet, your brain gets overloaded. You don’t know what to do with it. And one thing you can do with it is read a story. (Dystopian Quotes) I think of dystopian as ‘Mad Max,’ as ‘Book of Eli,’ as the world is ending (Dystopian Quotes) I think sci-fi films have become rather bleak, and understandably so - I think we’ve made some big mistakes globally with how we’re developing, and we deal with that guilt by creating these very dystopian futures in films. (Dystopian Quotes) Live every day as if you’ve come back in time from a dystopian future to try and prevent everything from breaking. (Dystopian Quotes) I was not really aware of the dystopian genre before I read ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’ Many poets as well, like John Donne and Emily Dickinson, would be the influences; I specialized in Emily Dickinson at university. Both of those poets have really interesting ways of looking at life and death. (Dystopian Quotes) My English teachers gave me a copy of Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ when I left high school, which has always been very special to me - it was the novel that introduced me to dystopian fiction. I’m also influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, Dickens, John Wyndham and Middle English dream-visions. (Dystopian Quotes) What I find interesting and heartening, though, is that there does seem to be a shift in the subject matter being written about by women that is doing well in the culture. We’re seeing more women writing dystopian fiction, more women writing novels set post-apocalyptic settings, subjects and themes that used to be dominated by men (Dystopian Quotes) Dystopian novels help people process their fears about what the future might look like; further, they usually show that there is always hope, even in the bleakest future (Dystopian Quotes) Its a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature (Dystopian Quotes) Would we be so enamored with dystopian fiction if we lived in a culture where violent death was a major concern? It wouldn’t be escapism (Dystopian Quotes) The copyright industry has managed to kill civil liberties for their own children, ushering in a dystopian surveillance machine, merely to avoid taking responsibility for their own business failures. I lack words to quantify my contempt for these utter parasites (Dystopian Quotes)