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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.
A light novel (Japanese: ライトノベル, Hepburn: raito noberu) is a type of popular literature novel native to Japan, [citation needed] usually classified as young adult fiction, generally targeting teens to twenties or older. The definition is very vague, and wide-ranging.
Imagination magazine cover, depicting an atomic explosion, dated March 1954. The apocalypse event may be climatic, such as runaway climate change; natural, such as an impact event; man made, such as nuclear holocaust; medical, such as a plague or virus, whether natural or man-made; religious, such as the Rapture or Great Tribulation; or imaginative, such as zombie apocalypse or alien invasion.
Nevil Shute (novel); John Paxton (screenplay) The World, the Flesh and the Devil: 1959 The Time Machine: 1960 H. G. Wells (novel); David Duncan (screenplay) The Last War: 1961 The Day the Earth Caught Fire: 1961 The Creation of the Humanoids: 1962 La jetée: 1962 Panic in Year Zero! 1962 This is Not a Test: 1962 Ladybug Ladybug: 1963 Fail-Safe ...
The term's definition comes from its use by J. R. R. Tolkien, whose novel, The Lord of the Rings, [23] demonstrates a clear application of this process. Themes common in mythopoeia, such as the supernatural , alternate history and sexuality , continue to be explored in works produced within the modern speculative fiction genre.
A list of light novel (ライトノベル, raito noberu) titles. Series that have been licensed for U.S. publication (in part or in full) are in bold. Series that have been licensed for U.S. publication (in part or in full) are in bold.
A light novel (ライトノベル, raito noberu) is a style of Japanese young adult fiction primarily targeting high school and middle school students. [1] The term "light novel" is a wasei-eigo, or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. [2] or, in English, LN. The average length of a light novel is about 50,000 words.
A comic book adaptation of Call Me Joe appeared in issue 4 of Starstream, 1976 (script by George Kashdan, art by Adolfo Buylla). [3]The premise of a paraplegic man whose mind remotely controls an alien body also appears in James Cameron's 2009 film Avatar, similar enough for some critics to have called for Anderson to receive credit.