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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
A "deep" question here: why aren't there many utopian novels? Is it because people have a penchant for dark, gloomy future scenarios, for some reason? There is not even such a thing as an utopian genre, at least that I've seen. It seems that there were more (though I don't think a lot more) utopian novels in, say, the 18th & 19th centuries.
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I think it has to do with our outlook, collectively. Even into the early part of the 20th century there was a lot of hope for the future. In the US at least, it re-surfaced after WWI, came back briefly after the Great Depression and WWII, then (seemingly) went away for good. Looking at current events I can understand the pessimism. I can read dystopias, but too many of them back-to-back and even I can get drug down.
Okay, that's all I'll say about that. It's an interesting question, but if you want to discuss it further we might to move this over to General Discussions so as to not violate the new rules.