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Over the last two decades, predictions about the social effects of the Internet have ranged from cybernetic anarchy (both utopian and distopian) to the instantiation of a fascistic regime of surveillance that would make Orwell look like a piker.
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You are leaving them with distopian future. on September 4, 2008 at 6: 11 am | Reply MattW
Never Trust The Dog With Ginger Eyebrows « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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I don't want my political distopian techno-virus-zombie-thriller being judged by urban fantasy standards, because it's very different.
Reviews of fantasy and science fiction books Kristen 2010
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The Newsflesh trilogy, on the other hand, is weird distopian zombie horror science fiction.
seanan_mcguire: Brilliance in marketing. seanan_mcguire 2009
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Feed, on the other hand, is distopian political science fiction/horror.
seanan_mcguire: Pseudonyms, zombies, and a nice chainsaw: why Mira Grant? seanan_mcguire 2009
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Yet, somehow, distopian paradise always seems out of reach.
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In the past few weeks I have been lucky to read two new YA books, both of which focus on distopian futures.
Archive 2009-02-01 Kate 2009
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I agree with questioning the inclusion of "War of the Worlds," "I, Robot," "Blade Runner," and "Minority Report" as distopian. in IR, BR and MR the societies are normal, healthy and functioning.
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In the past few weeks I have been lucky to read two new YA books, both of which focus on distopian futures.
Reading, Writing, Cooking and Crafting: The YA flood continues Kate 2009
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I do appreciate the fact that Donnelly tried to weave a human story through the novel, rather than just spout out pontifications book-ended by "this is how the main character got to the utopian/distopian society" and "this is how the character left it," which was the case with a great deal of the similar literature from the period.
Archive 2009-07-01 CPC 2009
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