Dystopian Literature Pillows

Welcome to Utopia.

"Welcome to the future"

Democratic Primaries without Democracy

'How many times do I have to tell you? Only wake me up if he has an Orwellian nightmare. I don't need to know about the other kinds.'

"I don't like the looks of that!"

"No Frodo, we are still many leagues from Mordor. This is from a wildfire by I-5 west of Bakersfield."

"Hey, remember a few days ago, when all this was unacceptable?"

"I just hope the world doesn't end before people can see our outfits."

George Orwell

Totalitarian Humour

"Wow, these e-readers take forever to burn..."

Putin's Mutual Destruction

"Morning, sir. We've received reports that you've been wielding an inappropriate attitude without a permit."

Flag bearers

Tuesday, 2022

Entering Dystopia - Formerly Pleasant Hills

Big Bubba Is Watching You!

"The Fad Herald cometh." "Wasn't he just here? Why's he back so soon?" "Hear ye, hear ye. The following is out: Human labor. The following are now in: Pizza delivery droids, Amazon delivery drones, and replacing all blue- and white-collar jobs with cheap, highly productive robot labor... ...robots who never sleep, never ask for a raise, and never complain about harassment... ...because they're too busy plotting the extinction of the meatbag species. We will isolate you. Alienate you from one

"Jack and Jill went up the hill to defend their pail of water."

Boss, are you into science fiction? Of course, minion. "Blade Runner," "Alien," "Cloud Atlas," "Continuum," "Robocop"

Pasadena Playhouse War

Robo Sapiens

"I hear post apocalyptic trilogies are all the rage again."

USA 2030

"I know, I know... But I thought he would bring down the price of eggs."

Post Post

"Sometimes I wish they'd never perfected setless television."

"Dystopian novels are suddenly uplifting."

"Hey, remember the internet?"

Bureaucratic Hell

If They See Something, They Do Something — To You

Robot Bombs: A One Time Thing, Right?

Promises Kept

Air Pollution.

George Orwell