What do literary dystopias reflect about the times? In "Blast, Corrupt, Dismantle, Erase, "contributors address this amorphous but pervasive genre, using diverse critical methodologies to examine how North America is conveyed or portrayed in a perceived age of crisis, accelerated uncertainty, and political volatility.

Drawing from contemporary novels such as Cormac McCarthy s "The Road," Neil Gaiman s "American Gods," and the work of Margaret Atwood and William Gibson (to name a few), this book examines dystopian literature produced by North American authors between the signing of...