Because the world is always a mess, we’ve decided to look back at dystopic works and examine why they remain so potent no matter how many years have passed between their creation and now. This week’s installment is on Daniel Minahan’s Series 7: The Contenders and its warning that the media’s commodification of white rage and […]
Dystopic Homesick Blues: Scout: The Four Monsters by Tim Truman
Because the world is always a mess, we’ve decided to look back at dystopic works and examine why they remain so potent no matter how many years have passed between their creation and now. This week’s installment is on Tim Truman’s breakout work Scout and its unique view of the dystopia through the perspective of disenfrachised […]
Dystopic Homesick Blues: The Postmortal by Drew Magary
Because the world is always a mess, we’ve decided to look back at dystopic works and examine why they remain so potent no matter how many years have passed between their creation and now. Today we explore Drew Magary’s hit novel The Postmortal, which lacks any redeeming aesthetic qualities but nonetheless serves as a now depressingly […]
Dystopic Homesick Blues: Idiocracy
Because the world is always a mess, we’ve decided to look back at some of our favorite dystopic works and examine why they remain so potent no matter how many years have passed between their creation and now. Usually when we think of dystopias, there’s a certain level of antagonistic intelligence involved. Governments turn on […]
Dystopic Homesick Blues: The Long Walk by Richard Bachman
Because the world is always a mess, we’ve decided to look back at some of our favorite dystopic works and examine why they remain so potent no matter how many years have passed between their creation and now. Post-apocalyptic works never seem to go out of style, probably because the question of what happens after the […]