Editing Utopian and dystopian fiction (section)

==== Examples ====
The 1921 novel [[We (novel)|''We'']] by [[Yevgeny Zamyatin]] portrays a post-apocalyptic future in which society is entirely based on logic and modeled after mechanical systems.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date= 2017-08-03|title= 100 Great Works of Dystopian Fiction|url= https://www.vulture.com/article/best-dystopian-books.html|access-date=2020-06-03|website= Vulture |language=en-us}}</ref> [[George Orwell]] was influenced by ''We'' when he wrote ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' (published in 1949), a novel about [[Political geography of Nineteen Eighty-Four|Oceania]], a state at perpetual war, its population controlled through [[Propaganda#Wartime|propaganda]].<ref>{{Cite news|last= Taylor|first= D. J.|date= 2019-05-22|title= The Ministry of Truth by Dorian Lynskey review – what inspired Orwell's masterpiece?|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/22/the-ministry-of-truth-by-dorian-lynskey-review-a-biography-of-george-orwells-1984|access-date=2020-06-03|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> [[Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four)|Big Brother]] and the daily [[Two Minutes Hate]] set the tone for an all-pervasive self-censorship. [[Aldous Huxley]]'s 1932 novel ''[[Brave New World]]'' started as a parody of utopian fiction, and projected into the year 2540 industrial and social changes he perceived in 1931, leading to industrial success by a coercively persuaded population divided into five castes.<ref name=":1" /> [[Karin Boye]]'s 1940 novel ''[[Kallocain]]'' is set in a totalitarian world state where a drug is used to control the individual's thoughts.<ref>Davidson, Bengt [https://www.karinboye.se/om/artiklar/kallocain-bengt.shtml Framtidsromanen Kallocain] Karin Boye-sällskapet (in Swedish)</ref>

[[Anthony Burgess]]' 1962 novel [[A Clockwork Orange (novel)|''A Clockwork Orange'']] is set in a future England that has a subculture of extreme youth violence, and details the protagonist's experiences with the state intent on changing his character at its whim.<ref name=":1" /> [[Margaret Atwood]]'s ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' (1985) describes a future United States governed by a totalitarian [[theocracy]], where women have no rights,<ref name=":1" />{{qn|date=August 2021}} and [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Long Walk (novel)|The Long Walk]]'' (1979) describes a similar totalitarian scenario, but depicting the participation of teenage boys in a deadly contest. Examples of [[young adult fiction|young-adult]] dystopian fiction include (notably all published after 2000) ''[[The Hunger Games]]'' series by [[Suzanne Collins]], the [[Divergent (novel)|''Divergent'']] series by [[Veronica Roth]], ''[[The Power of Five]]'' series by [[Anthony Horowitz]], ''[[The Maze Runner]]'' series by [[James Dashner]], and the ''[[Uglies]]'' series by [[Scott Westerfeld]].<ref>
{{Cite book|last= Garcia, Antero
|title= Critical foundations in young adult literature : challenging genres
|date= 2013|isbn=978-94-6209-398-0
|location=Rotterdam, The Netherlands |page=71|oclc=863698575
|publisher=Sense Publishers
}}
</ref> [[Video games]] often include dystopias as well; notable examples include the [[Fallout (franchise)|''Fallout'']] series, ''[[BioShock]]'', and the later games of the [[Half-Life (series)|''Half-Life'']] series.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}