KnowraDystopian fictionLinked fromLinked fromThe 23 pages that link to Dystopian fiction, each with the reason it gives.All 23Broader topic 1Related 7Narrower topic 14Compared with 1New Wave science fictionRelated: Its social criticism aligned with the movement’s interest in political power and institutional control.Terry GilliamRelated: Brazil uses dystopian conventions to sharpen Gilliam's comedy about bureaucracy and technological control.Margaret AtwoodRelated: Gilead is Atwood’s best-known dystopia, built from recognizable historical and political precedents.Political fictionRelated: Dystopian settings magnify the consequences of concentrated political power.J. G. BallardRelated: Ballard’s catastrophes often function less as political blueprints than as tests of psychological transformation.Philosophical fictionRelated: Dystopias model what follows when an ideology or political principle governs a whole society.Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fictionRelated: Dystopian stories can depict societies sliding toward catastrophe or surviving its aftermath.