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Dystopia Eagerness (See ZEAL.) Brave New World Aldous Huxley’s grim picture of the future, where scientific and social developments have turned life into a tragic travesty. [Br. Lit.: Magill I, 79] inhabitants worship superficiality, unreason, inconsistency, and evasion: a lampoon of 19th-century society. [Br. Lit.: Erewhon in Haydn & Fuller, 239] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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One wonders what Ofelia would make of the dystopian future on display in Children of Men. John Tavener composed much of the original music for the Alfonso Cuaron film about a future dystopian society. He looks at utopian and dystopian models of the future of food. |
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