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Have the War on Terror and the War in Iraq spawned a new generation of dystopian literature? We’re joined by Anthony Lappe, the author of the serial webcomic "Shooting War," and JD Connor, a professor of cinema and literature at Harvard. Professor Connor has studied the history of dystopian fiction from its origins in the Enlightenment, through its heyday in the Cold War, to its present popularity.