How The Last of Us turns the apocalypse into mindless entertainment
The latest show to profit from our obsession with dystopia reveals the limits of the genre.
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The latest show to profit from our obsession with dystopia reveals the limits of the genre.
By Gavin JacobsonDespite its optimism, the close of the 20th century brought dark warnings about the future – and many have…
By Gavin Jacobson and Adrian BradleyBudapest by Sebestyen, Hell’s Half Acre by Jonusas, Mother’s Boy by Jacobson and Hourglass by Goddard.
By Alix Kroeger, Gavin Jacobson, Michael Prodger and Pippa BaileyThe fantasy novelist and left activist on why Marx’s Communist Manifesto speaks to the crisis-ridden politics of the present.
By Gavin JacobsonOn Agoraphobia by Caveney, España: A Brief History of Spain by Tremlett, Bold Ventures by Van den Broeck and…
By Sophie McBain, Jeremy Cliffe, Michael Prodger and Gavin JacobsonThe philosopher and Nobel Prize winner on identity, decolonisation and how to change the world.
By Gavin JacobsonThe Shame Machine by O'Neil, The Trouble With Happiness and Other Stories by Ditlevsen, Here Again Now by Nzelu…
By Sarah Manavis, Ellen Peirson-Hagger, Katherine Cowles and Gavin JacobsonLiz Truss’s comments on Ukraine have served to remind us of a long and radical tradition of militant solidarity.
By Gavin JacobsonSilverview is a disappointing coda to his Cold War masterpieces.
By Gavin Jacobson