What Makes An Effective Dystopia? A Close Look At The Genre
Dystopia. It’s a chilling word, one that conjures up dreadful imagery. The chilling worlds we see in novels such as Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale or Orwell’s 1984 are effective because they remind us of the dangerous future that awaits us, if we... How Realistic Is The Handmaid’s Tale? Not By Much.
Note: This blog post contains no spoilers for Atwood’s books or the television show. Atwood’s groundbreaking dystopia The Handmaid’s Tale is proof that fiction has the ability to appear too real. Yet how realistic is The Handmaid’s Tale? The...
Effective Dystopia: Three Tips
Dystopias- a subgenre of science fiction- remains one of my favourite genres to read. It’s also polarizing and causes the reader to analyze the world they live in. No topic is off bounds- politics, religion, sex, violence, drugs and entertainment- are shown in...Welcome To Snowy Fictions
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