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When it was imagined, we called it "distopian" - books were written and immortalized, movies were made, warnings were served. When it happened, there was barel
by themartorana 11y ago
When it was imagined, we called it "distopian" - books were written and immortalized, movies were made, warnings were served.
When it happened, there was barely a murmur.
- denzil_correa 11y ago> When it was imagined, we called it "distopian" I always though it was "dystopian" but your spelling made me check again. Apparently, "distopia" is used in some romance languages like Spanish - http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distop%C3%ADa http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distop%C3%ADa Portuguese - http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distopia http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distopia Italian - http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distopia http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distopia
- themartorana 11y agoNeat. I didn't do that on purpose... I misspelled it, but I'll leave it since you have a neat point.
- walshemj 11y agoThey are two related terms A dystopia is a particular society like Metropolis in the 30's Fritz lang film film. Dystopian is how you describe say ubiquitous CCTV cameras.
- juliangregorian 11y agoIt's appropriate, too, as "dis" is Latin while "dys" is Greek.