Dystopia

Doom and gloom

Elon Musk’s AI predictions should terrify us

If the robots don’t mercilessly kill us, what will we do all day?

Damian Reilly

1984 on Audible is a deliciously chilling immersion experience

The audio drama feels different

Alexander Larman

Nineteen Eighty-Four… as told by Julia

If Orwell’s novel is a fable of ideology gone wrong, Sandra Newman’s book is the story of a young woman who believes in nothing

Camilla Cassidy

A miracle drug with a dark side

A dramatic rejuvenation treatment has given rise to a comprehensively elevated social elite in Nick Harkaway’s latest

George Berridge

Television

The deeply human Walking Dead

The show made us feel we could find light in that which set us apart from savagery

James McCain