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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. The story's male protagonist struggles to keep his family safe but is ...
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
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
Harlan Ellison (short story); L.Q. Jones, Alvy Moore and Wayne Cruseturner (screenplay) Barefoot Gen: 1976 Tengo Yamada (screenplay), Keiji Nakazawa (manga) The story of Gen Nakaoka and his family, who lived in Hiroshima at the time it was atom-bombed, and their struggles and trials amidst the nuclear holocaust. Damnation Alley: 1977 Roger ...
The fully apocalyptic visions in Daniel 7–12, as well as those in the New Testament's Revelation, can trace their roots to the pre-exilic latter biblical prophets; the sixth century BCE prophets Ezekiel, Isaiah 40–55 and 56–66, Haggai 2, and Zechariah 1–8 show a transition phase between prophecy and apocalyptic literature.
This short story, part of the weird fiction book The King in Yellow, is set in a future New York City where suicide has been legalized and facilitated by the American government, with 'lethal chambers' that provide a painless death readily available to the public. While the United States is a prosperous and militarily strong nation, much of ...
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.
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