Category Archives: Science Fiction

Dystopia as an Inverted Hero’s Journey: Act III

Posted on July 16, 2019 by

Act II Generally, in the traditional hero’s journey, The Ultimate Boon (or its equivalent), will be the climax of the story. What’s left is simply the denouement, and it will be covered very quickly if it is written out at … Continue reading →

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Dystopia as an Inverted Hero’s Journey: Act II

Posted on July 13, 2019 by

Act I — Act III The second act of the traditional hero’s journey is usually (though not always) the adventure proper, from the time the hero leaves the ordinary world to go on his quest, to his victory over the … Continue reading →

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Dystopia as an Inverted Hero’s Journey: Act I

Posted on July 9, 2019 by

Introduction — Act II This is the second post in my series analyzing dystopian literature as an inversion of the famous hero’s journey. If you want to know more about what I’m talking about, look at the previous post, but … Continue reading →

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Dystopia as an Inverted Hero’s Journey: Introduction

Posted on July 6, 2019 by

Act I I’m starting a short series of posts where I analyze dystopian literature in a way that I haven’t seen anywhere else before. Dystopia is a catch-all category for fiction featuring tyrannical governments, post-apocalyptic worlds, or the general break-down … Continue reading →

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What Should Happen in Star Wars Episode IX?

Posted on April 16, 2019 by

Well, the first teaser trailer has dropped for Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker. I can react a little to the trailer itself, but we don’t really know much yet. (That’s kind of the point of a teaser.) … Continue reading →

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Happy Pi Day

Posted on March 14, 2019 by

Celebrate by eating pie. Preferably at 1:59 and 26 seconds. Or memorizing digits of pi. Or reading science fiction because it’s also Einstein’s birthday. I recommend Contact because it involves both Einstein-Rosen bridges (wormholes) and pi!

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Could Mortal Engines’ Municipal Darwinism Work?

Posted on December 20, 2018 by

In Mortal Engines, based on the book series by Philip Reeve, in a post-apocalyptic wasteland ravaged by nuclear war, the surviving settlements have become “traction cities,” putting themselves on wheels to roam what was once Eurasia (an area known in … Continue reading →

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