Literary Explorations: Jack London’s The Iron Heel and the Political Dystopia

In a recent discussion on The Skiffy and Fanty Show (it’s here), Andrew Liptak, James Decker, Paul Weimer, and I discussed the prevalence of dystopian narratives in science fiction.  At one point, Andrew suggested that dystopias are, in large part, responses to the political climate of the author’s present.  I agree with this assessment in […]