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A dystopia is a fictional location, usually in the future, where the flaws of everyday life greatly outweigh the benefits. It is roughly defined as the opposite of a utopia. Dystopic worlds or societies are popular settings for science fiction stories and films that serve as a warning to present audiences of the bad things that may happen if technology or science are misused.

Writers Philip K. Dick and Rod Serling set many of their stories in a dystopic environment.

List of speculative fiction works set in dystopias

• Blade Runner
• The Island
• Jericho
• Logan's Run
• Max Headroom
• The Matrix
• Planet of the Apes
• Terminator

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• Utopia: the opposite of a dystopia, where life is good
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