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Apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization due to a potentially existential catastrophe such as nuclear warfare, pandemic, extraterrestrial attack, impact event, cybernetic revolt, technological singularity, dysgenics, supernatural phenomena, divine judgment, climate change, resource depletion or some other general disaster.
Pages in category "Post-apocalyptic novels" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Earth Abides is a 1949 American post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by George R. Stewart.The novel tells the story of the fall of civilization from deadly disease and the emergence of a new culture with simpler tools.
Pages in category "American post-apocalyptic novels" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 201 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Orson Scott Card's post-apocalyptic anthology The Folk of the Fringe (1989) deals with American Mormons after a nuclear war. Jeanne DuPrau's children's novel The City of Ember (2003) was the first of four books in a post-apocalyptic series for young adults. A film adaptation, City of Ember (2008), stars Bill Murray and Saoirse Ronan.
The first few books cover Rourke's attempts to find his family, on the way fighting invading Soviet troops as well as typical post-apocalyptic villains such as biker gangs, mutants and cannibals in extended scenes of graphic violence. Later books head more into science fiction with cryonics, doomsday weapons and underwater cities.