Do you know of any short stories by a single author about utopias (or dystopias?)?

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The most commonly mentioned dystopian short story is "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut It's very short, as I recall, but probably not entirely satisfying for what you seem to be after. But a good one from him you might enjoy is "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow". You should also look at Ray Bradbury's work, including:"There Will Be Soft Rains""Pillar of Fire""Frost and Fire""The Veldt""The Other Foot"For a good collection, try Harlan Ellison's 'Strange Wine', and especially his story, "Repent Harlequin!"

Said the Ticktockman" (I can't remember if that's part of the collection). Some others:"After King Kong Fell" by Phillip Farmer. "Johnny Mnemonic" by William Gibson."Over the Rainbow" by Robert Heinlein.

"Tiny Little Stitches in a Dead Man's Back" by Joe LansdaleNote - I did a little web digging to find some of those suggestions. There are only a few mentioned in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction first edition. Utopian fiction is actually a little harder to come by, unless you look for works from the late 19th century or very early 20th.

Even then, dystopic ideas tend to creep in. You might consider "Twilight" by Don A. Stuart, but even that is from the 1930s.

There may be some feminist utopian short stories out there, too, that may be more recent. Consider Naomi Mitchison's "Solution Three" and some of the work of Ursula LeGuin, though I can't think of a specific story. Anyway, I hope those were what you were looking for and that it helps.

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The Pedestrian," by Ray Bradbury That's quite a specific question. I can't immediately think of any utopian short stories, per se, but a couple of dystopic ones spring to mind. Ray Bradbury's "The Pedestrian" is the first, it's very subtle and revolves around a character who gets stopped by the police because he's walking.

When asked why he's unable to give a sufficiently good explanation for his regressive behaviour... worth checking out. A slightly longer work but still not really long enough to quite count as a novella is Solzhenitsyn's "For the Good of the Cause". Obviously, this is set very firmly in the real world, but this satirical depiction of bureaucracy in the Soviet Union is rather close to dystopic in my view.

I'm sure there must be many others, but nothing's immediately coming to mind. Quintus's Recommendations For The Good Of The Cause Used from: $7.49 Apparently not easy to get hold of at present... I got my copy in a local used book store.

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I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.