After having your worldviews shattered by 2073, these sci-fi dystopian stories will offer different takes on similar social anxieties.

But the task of science fiction is not to predict the future. Rather ... rather than to make men happy.’ The real fear today,” Clute continues, “is that the world we now live in was intended ...

Zamyatin’s story is set in a dystopian society where men ... science fiction themes. Ballard's further ecological novels include The Burning World (1964) and The Crystal World (1966). The ...

It is essentially a futuristic science fiction novel but it also manages to explore a number of important and intriguing themes. One prominent theme is that of control or more precisely over control.

Science fiction allows artists to speculate about the future through imaginative and technical concepts. But so often the prevailing vision of that future in popular culture tends toward the dystopian ...