dystopian

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And because the story is dystopian, the action seems even more exciting, from the technology and the fights to the car chase to even Six's ability to get out of situations that a normal human would not be able to escape.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to a dystopia.
  2. adjective Dire; grim: "AIDS is one of the dystopian harbingers of the global village” (Susan Sontag).

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  • At his most dystopian, Birkerts foresees "an info-culture ... composed entirely of free-floating items of information and expression, all awaiting their access call."
  • Strongly plotted non-dystopian SF remained available in the post New Wave, but pre- Star Wars 1970s ( The Mote in God's Eye and Tau Zero are two examples from the awards lists) and remain easy to find today (in works by David Brin, Lois McMaster Bujold, Robert Sawyer, and Kristine Kathryn Rusch). —  Magazine - Asimov's Science Fiction - 2007 - Issue 03 - March
  • For instance, George Orwell almost called his dystopian masterpiece —  The Big Bad Book Blog
  • Can director Zack Snyder (Dawn of the Dead, 300) deliver on his promise to faithfully bring Watchmen's epic, dystopian, and totally '80s world to the big screen -- in what will be only his third feature film?
  • The Pixar-Disney collaboration paid off with a win for the dystopian robot romance —  The Guardian World News
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