Post-Apocalyptic Fiction: Holocaust as Metaphor



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Soma Web on Aldous Huxley

("Brave New World" is a false utopia
of technology and simulation,
in which sex is used as a form of
social control. It is a precursor to
Logan's Run.)

2019: Off-World (Blade Runner Page)

A high-tech future society as a jungle.


Planet of the Apes: The Forbidden Zone

A post-technological future that is replaying
the tape of history. Also another controlled
environment.

Text of
The Time Machine
by H.G. Wells


The classic novel about a false utopia
with a fatal flaw:
The inhabitants are dinner.

The Metropolis Home Page

"Metropolis" depicts a false utopia of
technology and pleasure, built on
the backs of a suffering working  class.
(This link is no longer available.)

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