Anti -utopia. Literary fantasies or designing the future?
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People have always been interested and worried about the future. For lack of a machine of time, capable of traveling in the upcoming centuries, the role of guides to the new worlds was played by science fiction writers. Many predictions of representatives of science fiction turned out to be prophetic, something came true, something continues to be carried out. Apart in fantastic literature is the genre of anti -utopia, drawing the future in the most gloomy, unsightly colors. There are four writers in the focus of the author’s attention - Evgeny Zamyatin, Oldos Huxley, George Orwell and Ray Bradbury. Using the example of their famous works ("we", "O Divine New World", "1984" and "451 degrees Fahrenheit") thoroughly versed possible options for a fictional and real world order and a model of destruction of mankind. The author also pays attention to other famous writers who gave tribute to anti -utopia in their work.
What is the role of power in the world of anti -utopia? What is the secret of the perfect dictatorship? Can a musician writer predict the future? Why is scientific and technological progress not able to save a person? WHAT Forecasts of the Utopians turned out to be the most faithful? What is the secret of the special perspicacity of the science fiction writers?
What is the role of power in the world of anti -utopia? What is the secret of the perfect dictatorship? Can a musician writer predict the future? Why is scientific and technological progress not able to save a person? WHAT Forecasts of the Utopians turned out to be the most faithful? What is the secret of the special perspicacity of the science fiction writers?
Author:
Author:Katasonov Valentin Yuryevich
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:Social Science & Politics
- Category:Magazines & Encyclopedia
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-6046835-4-5
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