by Mark Angelides | Apr 21, 2021 | Articles, Culture and Entertainment News, Good Reads
In the first part of this article, we discussed the first three of the top five Dystopian novels, and more importantly, how for a book to be part of the classic genre, it needs to be “possible.” And perhaps more so, it needs to be immediate. As in, we can...
by Mark Angelides | Apr 20, 2021 | Articles, Culture and Entertainment News
In literature, one of the most argued over genres is that of dystopian fiction. While other book styles have produced their own share of adjectival language (think Dickensian or Homeric), there are few more instantly understandable than those of the anti-utopian...
by Mark Angelides | Aug 8, 2020 | Articles, Audio, Podcasts, Politics, The Rabbit Hole
Dystopian novels show us a dark vision of the future that is always closely tied to our present situation. It is this fear of the all-too-possible that makes books like 1984 and Brave New World truly terrifying in their prophecy. But what will be this...
by Mark Angelides | Jun 26, 2020 | Articles, Audio, Podcasts, The Rabbit Hole
The dystopian novel genre has long been a marker, a warning of where society is going wrong; none more so than Fahrenheit 451. The riots and cancel culture that are so pervasive today seem but a prelude to proving author Ray Bradbury a modern-day Nostradamus. All this...