I'm a writer of science fiction and fantasy attempting to break into the publishing world. I'm currently studying literature at UC Santa Cruz and one of my hopes is to be able to extend my study to science fiction and fantasy literature and use what I learn to not only write in those genres, but to write criticism about them too.

My passion is ...

Writing and reading speculative fiction.

I know too much about ...

Too many different things.

My childhood ambition ...

To make a living as a writer telling fun and fantastical stories.

Why I write ...

Because writing is the only thing that comes easily to me. Plus, it's fun.

My inspiration ...

is what I read, what I see, and what I feel. Friends inspire too.

Arts & Humanities > Fantasy & Science Fiction Dystopian commonalities in science fiction

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...or why dystopian fiction is so common.

We all know what the model dystopian novel is, since we had to read it in school. Some of us enjoyed it immensely; some of us hated it with a passion. In either case, we were presented with 1984 by George Orwell as the first true dystopian novel. Few of us probably questioned this, as many students seem apt to accept the almighty wisdom of their teachers. The truth of the matter is that dystopian fiction had already been invented before Orwell ever wrote 1984-a fact we have to accept because Orwell drew heavy influence from We by Zamyatin-and in ...

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