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Fri Sep 19, 2014, 11:24 AM

Sep 2014

Project Hieroglyph: Fighting society's dystopian future
By Debbie Siegelbaum
BBC News, Washington

Pop culture has painted a darkly dystopian vision of the future. But a new book hopes to harness the power of science fiction to plot out a more optimistic path for the real world.

Just glancing at this week's movie listings, those in the US can see humans battling super apes for world domination, a gang of Marvel misfits fighting against the universe's certain doom, or a young boy tasked with keeping all memories of a society that has done away with individuality.

The future, according to Hollywood, doesn't look so good. Successful dystopian science fiction television shows like HBO's The Leftovers and books like The Hunger Games trilogy add to the notion that bad news is very much in store.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28974943

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Say Goodbye to dystopia [View all] littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 OP

I like this idea! cilla4progress Sep 2014 #1

Thank you. nt littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #2

Thanks for posting this! Admittedly, it's hard to remain optimistic in light of the dangers..... LongTomH Sep 2014 #3

Thanks for your reply. I hope you are right. nt littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #4

I posted a related article in the writing group. hunter Sep 2014 #5

There's a Facebook page for Project Hieroglyph LongTomH Sep 2014 #6

Say goodbye to it in fiction FiveGoodMen Sep 2014 #7

Nah DavidG_WI Sep 2014 #8