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The history of the dystopian genre, in infographic form.
To mark the movie release of the most popular of this new wave of dystopian books, The Hunger Games, I made an infographic of the history of the dystopian genre to see how it has evolved and why it’s so popular today.
(Click through to see the image full-size.)
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Also missing the ever important Atlas Shrugged.
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The history of the dystopian genre
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I love dytopian novels so much it MIGHT be unhealthy.
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