It's a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature. (Paul Di Filippo)

It's a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature.

Paul Di Filippo

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