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  • I love a writer that write dytopian novels because I believe our future holds a lot of pain and destruction even though I still believe that people can cooperate and create in the distant future a life that is more peaceful, that is also why I love the ideas presented in the Star Trek universe, that eventually humans will need to work together and somehow leave greed and selfishness behind.

    Archive 2010-02-01 Mish 2010

  • I love a writer that write dytopian novels because I believe our future holds a lot of pain and destruction even though I still believe that people can cooperate and create in the distant future a life that is more peaceful, that is also why I love the ideas presented in the Star Trek universe, that eventually humans will need to work together and somehow leave greed and selfishness behind.

    Margaret Atwood Interview Mish 2010

  • It might make sense to view Miyazaki as the sort of pessimist who doesn't want to bum people out as they leave the theater, a dytopian who believes in happy endings.

    An Entirely Informal Conversation about Howl's Moving Castle 2005

  • It might make sense to view Miyazaki as the sort of pessimist who doesn't want to bum people out as they leave the theater, a dytopian who believes in happy endings.

    Archive 2005-06-01 2005

  • Magic of Oz and Domch's pink Darth Vader outfit: "dytopian masquerade ball".

    Men's Second Style 2008

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