Explore 5 classic stories of dystopian futures
We ¬ Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin
In a glass-enclosed city of absolute straight lines, ruled over by the all-powerful 'Benefactor', the citizens of the totalitarian society of OneState live out lives devoid of passion and creativity.
Erewhon ¬ Samuel Butler
Butler satirically describes a utopian society and is one of the first to explore ideas of artificial intelligence.
The Coming Race ¬ Edward Bulwer-Lytton
A fascinating vision of a shadowy underworld populated by strange and beautiful creatures, known as Vril-ya, plan to soon claim the surface of the earth as their own -- destroying humankind in the process.
The Land Of Darkness ¬ Margaret Oliphant
Finding himself in the afterlife, the narrator discover a hellish world in which self-interest and self-preservation are the primary goals of every inhabitant.
The Machine Stops ¬ E. M. Forster
A prescient future where we have become so accustomed to technological luxuries that we lose any desire to leave our homes in favor of devices that let us experience the world from a distance.