Orwell had a very accurate foresight of today's dystopian world we live in. If only he was around to see it. — Andrew Gower Copy Share Image
Some of my favourite shows are 'Black Mirror,' a dystopian thriller show called '3%,' 'Ozark,' 'Tyrant,' etc. — Varun Sharma Copy Share Image
I majored in English in college, so I read the classic dystopian novels like '1984' and 'Brave New World.' — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“Uncle Joe pulled the L.E.F. from his head and his side arm from his hip. “We don’t have five minutes.” — John A. Autero Copy Share Image
“It is the right of a free individual to be unhindered in their liberty! Especially to fail in their endeavors! Only in… — Keith Parfitt Copy Share Image
“A virgin," Flaminius smiled deviously. "I'll take her." Instantly, surprised chatter erupted. Mother Guardian held up her hand for silence. "You cannot… — Therisa Peimer Copy Share Image
“He hadn’t realized that the ordinary little things that happened, the ones that took place between the big events while waiting for… — Helen Smith Copy Share Image
Parents are already telling their kids about falling in love online - there's nothing "frightening" or "dystopian" about this. So, the critique… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
“They were like her rocks. Imperfect and surprising and maybe better in the long run than certainties. Chances, she thought, were life” — Veronica Rossi Copy Share Image
Would we be so enamored with dystopian fiction if we lived in a culture where violent death was a major concern? It… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Just in case you’re wondering,” Gage says, breaking the silence, “this alliance of ours doesn’t mean I like you.” “Feeling’s mutual.” Julian… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
“The bleached ceilings, walls, and floors gleam in perfection. Drained of color, wiped of contamination, forever untainted they exist; a cold reminder… — Celeste Simone Copy Share Image
“Those rabbits stopped fighting the system, because it was easier to take the loss of freedom, to forget what it was like… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“But just being whatever it is that I am . . . I don’t think that makes me a monster. Believe me,… — Michael Selden Copy Share Image
“Big discoveries call for even bigger responsibility, since they come with the biggest hazards, if they get into the wrong hands. As… — Sima B. Moussavian Copy Share Image
What I find interesting and heartening, though, is that there does seem to be a shift in the subject matter being written… — Laurie Foos Copy Share Image
“He holds her for an eternity. Time cascades into the void of the past. She inhales his scent. Full of man and… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
“Death and his scythe do not come. No sweeping black capes or ethereal escapes. There’s no pearly gate, no prisms of colors… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
I assumed just from being around, all these years, that people would immediately glom on to, Well, it's a departure, and it's… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
“Every Forsaken in a mile radius can probably hear you. You’re just asking for trouble if you two don’t stop whipping out… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
I have very vivid dreams and nightmares, and my biggest fear is of some kind of dystopian future where we're advanced in… — Bryce Dallas Howard Copy Share Image
I think the power of image is in mystery - I endlessly create mysteries, by way of this dystopian message, to initiate… — Miles Aldridge Copy Share Image
Every new generation of SF writers remakes cyberpunk - a genre often laced with dystopian subtexts - in its own image. — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
“Dammit, Gage. What the hell were you thinking?” “I wasn’t,” he shouts. “I was upset she wanted to stay, and I lost… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
“Avery slides on his glasses and opens his eyes again. “Dammit!” he says again with more feeling. “Why does stuff like this… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
When I first read Margaret Atwood's novel 'The Handmaid's Tale,' it was Saudi Arabia as I knew it that came to mind,… — Mona Eltahawy Copy Share Image
“That’s just how my brain works: words of wisdom are produced at random intervals, and always in times of great despair.” — Annabel den Dekker Copy Share Image
“If you always try to subjugate people by coercion, because you are strong, then sooner or later you will run into somebody… — Max Nowaz Copy Share Image
“Just because our world is wrong doesn’t mean people don’t enjoy the binds which are holding them in. At least their binds… — Rebecca Crunden Copy Share Image
“Blood dripped from his blackfly bites. The bottle flies swarmed the wounds on his head and back, but with his arms secured… — Circa24 Copy Share Image
There's been so much hunger for dystopian in the YA world, I really wasn't sure how Shadow and Bone' would be received. — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“No matter what happens in the world, however brutal or dystopian a thing, not all is lost if there are people out… — Tomasz Jedrowski Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in those Orwellian dystopian novels, like 'Fahrenheit 451,' 'Brave New World,' and obviously Orwell's '1984.' — Alexander Skarsgard Copy Share Image
The paperweight was the room he was in, and the coral was Julia's life and his own, fixed in a sort of… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“How long does it take for two armies to destroy each other when one has an abundance of bodies and the other… — Sarah Mazza Copy Share Image
What's fun about a dystopian novel is that we can enjoy and be entertained. But that world is only slightly different, right?… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
Writers of feminist dystopian fiction are alert to the realities that grind down women's lives, that make the unthinkable suddenly thinkable. — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
“He felt like his body had a will of its own. Always looking. Preparing for the only fight that would satisfy him.” — Veronica Rossi Copy Share Image
“He enjoyed the lying and the fooling of those around him. It made him feel in control, like his true self was… — Daniel Cuervonegro Copy Share Image
“He argued that science fiction, which once celebrated the future, has turned dystopian because people no longer have an optimistic view of… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share Image
