The idea of Utopia was invented by Thomas More in 1516, he defined it as a “happy place” or the ideal society, the word dystopia did not exist for another two hundred years. A dystopia is the opposite of a utopia, so it is a society with a lot of suffering and turmoil. Even after the concept was created, it wasn’t until the nineteenth century that dystopian literature became popularized. Today, dystopian themes are everywhere.

Dystopian literature typically takes place futuristic society that has faced, or is facing, some sort of crisis. Authors use dystopian themes in a variety of different ways: for political commentary, to exaggerate flaws in modern society, and for entertainment. Dystopian themes are expansive, only limited by the imagination of the author, and therefore can be molded into almost any genre. On this site I aim to explore a few of those genres and to show that the flexibility of dystopian themes allow them to reach across many types of writing.