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Although the terms "[[Dystopia]]" and "[[Utopia]]" are opposites, between the two there are a number of intermediate points. From straight dystopia, in which everyone is so miserably unhappy that it's impossible to believe that anyone could tolerate it for a second, to utopia, which is essentially heaven on earth, a chart might look as follows. Those between the poles are universes which, while oppressive to varying extents, are not much different from any real country:
* ''[[Nineteen Eighty
* ''[[Fahrenheit 451]]''- More than a lesson on how TV is evil, given that the government in question burns the books and houses of those who do
* ''[[Brazil (
* ''[[A Clockwork Orange (
* The Fire Nation or Ba Sing Se from ''[[
* ''[[Warhammer
* On the libertarian side, the future envisioned by [[Neal Stephenson]] might lie at about this point. The world's wealth disparity has sharply worsened, but all sorts of cool new technologies have emerged, and the absolute standard of living doesn't seem to have changed much (a few satirical excesses in ''[[Snow Crash]]'' aside).
* Some of the examples of [[Utopia Justifies the Means]] such as that in ''The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas'', ''[[Firefly|Firefly/Serenity]]'' and perhaps that of [[The Giver]] as well.
* ''[[Brave New World (
* [[Crystal Spires and Togas]]- has the good parts of [[Brave New World (
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