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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.
This list of nuclear holocaust fiction lists the many works of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction that attempt to describe a world during or after a massive nuclear war, nuclear holocaust, or crash of civilization due to a nuclear electromagnetic pulse.
This is a list of apocalyptic feature-length films. All films within this list feature either the end of the world , a prelude to such an end (such as a world taken over by a viral infection), and/or a post-apocalyptic setting.
For example, Muse's album The 2nd Law (2012) was inspired by post-apocalyptic life in World War Z, and the event is referred to specifically in the song "Apocalypse Please" (2003). [ 56 ] Post-apocalyptic scenarios were a common theme in the music of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship , most notably the song " Wooden Ships " and the ...
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.
Post-apocalyptic fiction is set in a world or civilization that has been ravaged by nuclear war, plague, or some other general disaster. The time frame may be immediately after the catastrophe, focusing on the travails or psychology of survivors, or considerably later, often including the theme that the existence of pre-catastrophe civilization has been forgotten or mythologized.
"In a post apocalyptic world there is a violent game, similar to football, that has become a way of life." [38] [39] The Book of Eli: 2010 A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America, in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. [40] The Bothersome Man: 2006
Apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of speculative fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization, through nuclear war, plague, or some other general disaster. See also: Category:Post-apocalyptic fiction