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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
Every time he writes that I want to suggest a good dystopian for him to try. But then I have to figure out what it is about dystopian that he hates (first). It's like he's throwing down the gauntlet, isn't it?
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Well, in part I just find it very hard to imagine any of those worlds actually happening. I mean, granted, a lot of SFF can't possibly happen, but generally you can see it happening
if only x.
I don't find them convincing, and several high-profile ones are overly derivative and formulaic I feel -- kind of makes it seem like the recent surge of dystopians is just people trying to capitalize on the popularity of
The Hunger Games, and not setting out to write a good story.
Mind you, I did enjoy Steelheart and Firestorm immensely.
And, I guess Asimov might count?