Dystopian Fiction Quotes:

Would we be so enamored with dystopian fiction if we lived in a culture where violent death was a major concern? It wouldn't be escapism.

- Maggie Stiefvater

topic: Dystopian Fiction, Culture, Violent, Escapism, Dystopian

'Divergent' was my utopian world. I mean, that wasn't the plan. I never even set out to write dystopian fiction, that's just what I had when I was finished. At the beginning, I was just writing about a place I found interesting and a character with a compelling story, and as I began to build the world, I realized that it was my utopia.

- Veronica Roth

topic: Character, Mean, Writing, Dystopian, Dystopian Fiction

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.

- George Orwell

topic: Time, Freedom, Imagination, Looking To The Future, Big Government

Its a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature.

- Paul Di Filippo

topic: Race, Fiction, Literature, Dystopian, Dystopian Fiction

I know these are going to sound like school reading-list suggestions, but if you like dystopian fiction, you should check out some of the originals: Anthem, by Ayn Rand; 1984, by George Orwell; or Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley.

- Sara Shepard

topic: Reading, School, Brave New World, Dystopian, Huxley

What I find interesting and heartening, though, is that there does seem to be a shift in the subject matter being written about by women that is doing well in the culture. We're seeing more women writing dystopian fiction, more women writing novels set post-apocalyptic settings, subjects and themes that used to be dominated by men.

- Laurie Foos

source: Source: therumpus.net

topic: Writing, Men, Interesting, Dystopian, Dystopian Fiction