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Dystopia Now! Unpacking the Enduring Power of Misery OnDemand Webinar Plot & Structure They think agents are lookingLearn why dystopias work so well in science fiction and how to make your dystopia grimly believable without straying into cartoonish overkill. Broken into three parts with time for Q&A, author Jeff Somers first examines why dystopias work so well in science fiction. Then, he jumps into two weird dystopian world building tricks: shock value and self policing. And finally, Jeff covers how to avoid overselling your dystopia (aka, the curse of "1984").