Dystopian stories are speculations on the future based on current events. Unfortunately, many condemn dystopian stories claiming that they negatively shape narratives about the future. I think itβs a mistake to blame writers for observing society as it is. I wish I could see utopian futures spinning out of the present without having to go through pain and, yes, dystopia first. But I canβt see such paths into the future.
Sometimes writers aren't really prophets but careful observers, just connecting dots the rest of us are too busy to notice.
Itβs that idea about 'we' versus 'me' that really resonatesβhow do you write about a future divided when the present canβt even agree on what happened yesterday? Thank you for sharing.
Dystopian stories are speculations on the future based on current events. Unfortunately, many condemn dystopian stories claiming that they negatively shape narratives about the future. I think itβs a mistake to blame writers for observing society as it is. I wish I could see utopian futures spinning out of the present without having to go through pain and, yes, dystopia first. But I canβt see such paths into the future.
You are so right. I donβt see a path either. Unfortunately we seem closer to the dystopian future nowβ¦
Thanks for this. CB
Did you learn something new? I feel like we never talked about how the future βhistoryβ played out to get from now to the futureβ¦
Sometimes writers aren't really prophets but careful observers, just connecting dots the rest of us are too busy to notice.
Itβs that idea about 'we' versus 'me' that really resonatesβhow do you write about a future divided when the present canβt even agree on what happened yesterday? Thank you for sharing.
Sometimes observing the present feels like observing the past as we keep spinning in circlesβ¦
Iβll have to check that one out!
Great insights! And I see we both have autonomous zones in our novels. I think the first one I read about was in William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy.