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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.
Mary Shelley's novel The Last Man (1826) is a continuation of the apocalyptic theme in fiction and is generally recognized as the first major fictional post-apocalyptic story. [ 1 ] [ 23 ] The plot follows a group of people as they struggle to survive in a plague-infected world.
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.
Based on characters created by James Cameron (with acknowledgement to the works of Harlan Ellison) Countdown to Looking Glass: 1984 Threads [3] 1984 One Night Stand: 1984 Def-Con 4: 1985 Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome [1] 1985 O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization: 1985 Radioactive Dreams: 1985 Dead Man's Letters: 1986 The Sacrifice: 1986 When the ...
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
Silo is a dystopian series of post-apocalyptic science fiction books by American writer Hugh Howey.The series started in 2011 with the short story "Wool", which was later published together with four sequel novellas as a novel with the same name.
Novels in the genre of apocalyptic fiction, a subgenre of science fiction, science fantasy, dystopia or horror in which the Earth's (or another planet's) civilization is collapsing or has collapsed. Subcategories
News reporters blogging in a world that has, in the main, survived a zombie apocalypse; first novel in the Newsflesh series, followed by Deadline. Feedback: Grant, Mira: 2016: The fourth novel in the Newsflesh series, Feedback covers the same time period as Feed from the perspective of a different set of characters. The Forest of Hands and ...