Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction

Rare card · No. 33887

Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction are subgenres of speculative fiction in which the Earth's (or another place's) civilization is collapsing or has collapsed. The apocalypse event may be climatic, such as runaway climate change; astronomical, an impact event; destructive, nuclear holocaust or resource depletion; medical, a pandemic, whether natural or human-caused; end time, such as the Last Judgment, Second Coming, 2012 phenomenon or Ragnarök; or any other scenario in which the outcome is apocalyptic, such as a zombie apocalypse, AI takeover, technological singularity, dysgenics/eugenics, natural disasters, or alien invasions. The story may involve dealing with the impact and consequences of the event itself, focusing on the psychology of survivors, and the way to keep the human race alive and together as one. Post-apocalyptic stories often take place in a non-technological future world or a world where only scattered elements of society and technology remain. Numerous ancient societies...

Read on Wikipedia · Image Albert Goodwin, Public domain