, ▁also ▁serving ▁the ▁Bur ling ton , ▁Verm ont ▁area ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁Bur ling ton ▁Northern ▁Dep ot ▁( disambiguation ) ▁Bur ling ton ▁C ed ar ▁Rap ids ▁and ▁Northern ▁Dep ot ▁( disambiguation ) <0x0A> </s> ▁Par ano id ▁fiction ▁is ▁a ▁term ▁sometimes ▁used ▁to ▁describe ▁works ▁of ▁literature ▁that ▁explore ▁the ▁subject ive ▁nature ▁of ▁reality ▁and ▁how ▁it ▁can ▁be ▁manip ulated ▁by ▁forces ▁in ▁power . ▁ ▁These ▁forces ▁can ▁be ▁external , ▁such ▁as ▁a ▁total itar ian ▁government , ▁or ▁they ▁can ▁be ▁internal , ▁such ▁as ▁a ▁character ' s ▁mental ▁ill ness ▁or ▁ref us al ▁to ▁accept ▁the ▁har sh ness ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁they ▁are ▁in . ▁ ▁Un like ▁spec ulative ▁fiction , ▁par ano id ▁fiction ▁is ▁written ▁in ▁a ▁way ▁so ▁as ▁to ▁imply ▁that ▁the ▁story ▁may ▁only ▁be ▁a ▁del usion ▁of ▁the ▁characters , ▁instead ▁of ▁tre ating ▁it ▁as ▁an ▁alternate ▁history ▁or ▁an ▁in - f iction ▁universe . ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁elements ▁of ▁par ano id ▁fiction ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁in ▁works ▁d ating ▁as ▁far ▁back ▁as ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 th ▁and ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century . ▁Some ▁of ▁F y odor ▁D osto ye v sky ' s ▁nov els ▁contained ▁par ano id ▁and ▁psych olog ically ▁trouble d ▁characters ▁set ▁against ▁the ▁dark ▁back drop ▁of ▁a ▁modern izing ▁Russia . ▁Franz ▁K afka , ▁in ▁particular , ▁was ▁known ▁for ▁his