... frequently written as warnings, or as satires, showing current trends extrapolated to a nightmarish conclusion. [ ] A dystopia is all too closely connected to current-day society." This idea of the difference between utopia and dystopia being the author's point of view is very interesting; the implication is that one person's idea of perfection is anothers nightmare. Dystopia is not really about tomorrow, but ... a feminist agenda. The energy that went into such feminist utopias as Joanna Russ" The Female Man (1975) and Sally Gearhart's The Wanderground (1980) also inspired their opposi...

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