tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774305250676105976.post4129731199862480112..comments2024-03-28T11:13:13.409-04:00Comments on Balancing Act: U: Utopia (A-Z Blog Challenge: Evocative words)Samantha Bryanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684962313482409801noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774305250676105976.post-13197096845883172882014-04-26T02:36:00.107-04:002014-04-26T02:36:00.107-04:00Love this post! I'm definitely a dystopia fan ...Love this post! I'm definitely a dystopia fan though I haven't read Matched. Might have to check that one out. Just saw Soylent Green for the first time in years, one of my all-time faves! The 70's was such a great decade for dystopian movies. <br /><br />You may have stumbled on a great idea re; utopian stories. Sounds like an unexplored genre - given today's culture of greed i could easily picture a story of a utopian society and a greedy protag who ruins it. Or would that not be a true utopian story? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774305250676105976.post-80532013533116447362014-04-24T21:33:50.603-04:002014-04-24T21:33:50.603-04:00You're right, Ellen! And like Colin said, soci...You're right, Ellen! And like Colin said, societies (even utopias) are made of people (like Soylent Green) . . .so perfection is impossible. Samantha Bryanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684962313482409801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774305250676105976.post-90682425672000669442014-04-24T19:41:46.966-04:002014-04-24T19:41:46.966-04:00I think nobody writes about a utopia because, sinc...I think nobody writes about a utopia because, since everyone is happy, there's no conflict to drive the story.Ellen Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14259439648374866502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774305250676105976.post-13826108867865390632014-04-24T12:40:33.045-04:002014-04-24T12:40:33.045-04:00The Giver is on my TBR pile (well, lost in my new ...The Giver is on my TBR pile (well, lost in my new stupid Kindle that won't let me organize things the way I want). I don't think of Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars books as a utopia, but I guess it is an amazing techno future. Highly recommend them if you like harder sci fi with extremely well written characters.<br />Marlene at <a href="http://marlenemoss.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">On Writing and Riding</a>GSMarlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17558162486383585621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774305250676105976.post-4532167266966208292014-04-24T12:05:34.806-04:002014-04-24T12:05:34.806-04:00The major problem with trying to create a utopia h...The major problem with trying to create a utopia here is that it will involve people. And we never get things totally right, do we? :) I agree, though. One person's utopia is another's dystopia. And there is a cynicism to our age that would be suspicious of anything that looks too good to be true.Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.com