There is something about the dystopian genre that has us excited and intrigued. These shows tend to be set in the future, in a world very unlike our own. In some cases, we’re watching zombies ...

These genres become popular because readers enjoy particular tropes or plot types, and are thus more inclined to read books that include them. These dystopian films were adaptations of novels the ...

Note: This essay on the Hunger Games phenomenon and the rise and fall of YA dystopias was originally published in 2021. It has been updated and republished due to the 2023 release of the prequel ...

With the main conflicts typically surrounding man-versus-nature, the variety of clashes within the dystopian genre give a healthy dose of man-versus-man and man-versus-nature, too. With humanity ...