Dystopia

A term coined to describe the converse of a Utopia, showing a society considered by the author to be undesirable, for any of a number of reasons.

The term was coined (by who?) by regarding the name "Utopia" (actually meaning

"nowhere") as being derived from "eu-topia", for a place where everything

is as it should be, hence the converse "dys-topia" for a place where this

is certainly not the case.

Dystopias are frequently written as warnings, or as satires;

showing the results of current trends carried on to their conclusion. There is a considerable number of science fiction stories using a

dystopian setting, usually set in the near future.

Some famous dystopias are: