History in Reverse Sci-Fi Podcast Ep. 12: Ambiguous Dystopias

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Episode notes
In this episode we discuss two short stories: "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" by Ursula LeGuin and "Truth of Fact, Truth of Feeling" by Ted Chiang. These two stories are not your classic dystopias, but stories with some dystopian features. We discuss how they differ from some of the other dystopias we read, in what ways they are dystopias and we consider the metaphors these stories represent. As always you can write us at history.in.reverse.podcast@gmail.com and let us know what you think.