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Book Reviews more the rule than the exception. That is, Clarke’s fiction presages the direc- tion of life in industrially advanced societies of the early twenty-first century. This seems plausible, and if it’s true, it shows insight on the part of both Clarke and Westfahl. These and many other points made by Westfahl are worth contemplation, and I recommend Arthur C. Clarke to science fiction scholars and students of contemporary culture. Diana Q. Palardy. The Dystopian Imagination in Contemporary Spanish Literature and Film. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. 235 pp. Cloth, $59.99, ISBN 978-3-030-06539-3. Reviewed by Clint Jones, Independent Researcher doi: 10.5325/utopianstudies.31.3.0637 Diana Palardy’s book is a remarkable work bringing contemporary Spanish interpretations of dystopia to a wider audience. Her work is incisive, thought- ful, and challenging in its analysis while remaining approachable. The text is broken into seven sections, each focusing on a particular narrative that pro- vides a key element to Palardy’s conclusion. Each section is delivered in man- ageable subsections that allow new readers to ease into the material while still providing for the rigor more familiar scholars will appreciate. The key themes of the book are built around Palardy’s position that an urban cultural studies
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Published: Mar 23, 2021
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