Explore: Utopian Fiction

Utopian and dystopian fiction are subgenres of speculative fiction that explore extreme forms of social and political structures. Utopian fiction portrays

— Lyman Tower Sargent, Utopianism: A very short introduction (2010) The opposite of a utopia is a dystopia. Utopian and dystopian fiction has become a popular

in fiction in the late 1800s, when it became clear that there was no life on the Moon. The predominant genre depicting Mars at the time was utopian fiction

science fiction is a subgenre thereof, where social commentary (cultural or political) takes place in a sci-fi universe. Utopian and dystopian fiction is a

Dispossessed (subtitled An Ambiguous Utopia) is a 1974 anarchist utopian science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, one of her seven Hainish

of fiction that can be characterized as utopian were published between 1516 and 1975. Assemblywomen (391 BC) by Aristophanes - Early piece of utopian satire

Artificial intelligence is a recurrent theme in science fiction, whether utopian, emphasising the potential benefits, or dystopian, emphasising the dangers

of pastoral science fiction works was nineteenth century rural utopian pastorals which depicted an idyllic Arcadia. Most utopian writers placed a strong

a forerunner of science fiction. It can also be read as a piece of utopian fiction. In the novel, a woman from the Kingdom of ESFI (a combined version

features coins convertible for chemical elements, land, or computers. In utopian fiction, a money-free economy may still need a unit of exchange: in The Great