Dystopian Web Novels

Dystopian novels on Tellura portray a society that has solved its problems by making someone pay for them. Surveillance states, caste systems, managed happiness, and the small rebellions that follow. Pairs with political, class-divide, and cyberpunk.

Distinct from post-apocalyptic, which is about what comes after the collapse: dystopia is about order, not ruin, and it is often comfortable for the people on top. That is what makes it unsettling and what makes a resistance plot possible. Pair with coming-of-age when the lead is still learning the rules, and with political once they decide to change them.