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We’ve lived done immoderate *sigh* unprecedented times. And determination person decidedly been moments passim the past fewer years wherever it has felt similar our favourite dystopian novels that we utilized to deliberation could ne'er perchance travel existent person so go our reality.
But person we gone afloat dystopia? A “dystopia” is an imagined oregon fabricated satellite oregon nine wherever its citizens are suffering an injustice — commonly brought connected by an apocalyptic catastrophe oregon totalitarian government. We unrecorded successful the existent world, evidently (or do we? Okay, not getting into that here), truthful by its definition, we cannot beryllium surviving successful a dystopia. Still, we cannot contradict determination being akin aspects and that perspectives disagree for each person.
A planetary pandemic. Senseless unit and bigotry. Painfully divided politics. Is it clip to instrumentality up our swords? I mean, by each counts, we’re already warring back.
So, let’s enactment it to the test. Can you fig retired which is simply a publication plot, a quality headline, oregon the scary lawsuit erstwhile it’s both? Test your cognition with our quiz!
As my miss Effie would say, “May the likelihood beryllium ever successful your favor.”
Want to brushwood up connected your skills? Here are the books mentioned successful this quiz, to summation your dystopia knowledge.
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Fake Headlines
“Pandemic kills citizens done mindless routine.”
Severance by Ling Ma
Candace is successful a play of modulation and spends her days conscionable going done the motions. So erstwhile the Shen Fever spreads, which fundamentally turns humans into solely creatures of regular and habit, it’s hardly noticeable to her. But the satellite abruptly comes to a stop, and Candace finds herself 1 of the lone “unfevered” near successful New York City.
“Boarding schoolhouse revealed to beryllium cover-up for a questionably ethical operation.”
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Set successful a dystopian mentation of precocious ’90s England, Hailsham is simply a precise secluded and exclusive boarding school, wherever its students are enactment nether precise strict and antithetic rules that they are expected to adhere to. It is besides universally understood amongst the students that Hailsham is lone a halt connected their travel and astatine immoderate clip successful the aboriginal they volition each beryllium required to leave. But they don’t cognize why.
“Reservation survives earthy catastrophe by gathering walls astir metropolis limits.”
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
While astir of the satellite has succumbed during an unexpected clime apocalypse, Dinétah (formerly the Navajo reservation) lone gains power, having survived owed to their monolithic walls built by citizens and gods. Maggie is simply a Dinétah monster huntsman who is called to a tiny municipality to assistance find a missing girl. Through a reluctant alliance, Maggie begins to dive into past legends to decision the monster.
“Woman flees arranged matrimony by joining fleet of traveling librarians.”
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
Esther is attempting to flight the existent fascist authorities successful an alternate aboriginal dystopian occidental world. She joins a set of traveling Librarians who are concealed rebels helping different women, similar Esther, flight the corruption and oppression and larn however to combat back. (Note: queerphobia and classist oppression are contiguous but are addressed.)
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