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🕑 Added 2025-08-08 21:36:11 +0000 UTCHey everyone,
A new video essay is coming next Wednesday/Thursday, and it’s all about the roots and evolution of dystopian fiction. I’m focusing on Orwell’s 1984 and Zamyatin’s We, but more broadly, the video explores why dystopian stories continue to resonate across generations.
I’d love to include some of your thoughts or questions in the video. So I’m opening it up to you.
What are some dystopian books, films, or shows that made a lasting impression on you? Why do you think dystopian fiction is so popular? Are there stories that felt especially relevant or even prophetic?
Feel free to suggest any lesser-known works too. I’m always looking for new material and fresh perspectives.
Thanks for supporting the channel and helping shape these essays. Looking forward to reading what you come up with.
-Quinn
Comments
Wordweaver Morgan Coalburn
As for dystopias, for a darkly funny take I'd like to suggest Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth's The Space Merchants, as well as Frederik Pohl's Gateway saga (with the additional fascinating bits in the latter two books about what becoming a computerised being instead of a human being actually means for your life).
Wordweaver Morgan Coalburn
Not dystopia-focused, but getting into the works of Richard Matheson could be an idea. It's been becoming clearer to me that I have really been missing out on something when I started reading Matheson a few weeks ago. Also, he was hard at work making screenplays, both for tv and films, so maybe a certain arrogance towards "mere scriptwriters" has played a role in Matheson not being a household name, despite classics like the Incredible Shrinking Man and I Am Legend being some of his works.
