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2387:. The virus proved a success with ape test subjects by greatly enhancing their intelligence, and managed to cure Rodman's father, but only temporarily, as his body gradually developed antibodies against the virus. In order to make an stronger version, the ALZ-113 (later dubbed Simian Flu) was created, in which proved to be fatal to humans. During the first trial, the virus was accidentally released onto Robert Franklin when Koba kicked off Franklin's breathing mask. Franklin was later found dead, but not before he infected Rodman's neighbor Douglas Hunsiker. After the apes break free and escaped to the Muir Woods, an infected Hunsiker went to his job as an airline pilot, triggering the spread of the ALZ-113 across the planet via international flight routes and leading to a worldwide pandemic that destroyed mostly of humanity. Later, the virus mutated, in which caused humans to lose their speech capabilities and their advanced intelligence. Eventually, the Apes became the new predominant species of Earth, while humanity have been regressed into a primitive state. 3837:(2010), a nuclear war occurs in late 2013. Russia was targeted with atomic bombs, causing severe radiation across Moscow, forcing the rest of the people to live underground in the metro stations away from the deadly effects of radiation. Many animals and humans left behind mutated into creatures known as the Dark Ones, who were left outside for the next 20 years. The game is played from the perspective of Artyom, a 20-year-old male survivor and one of the many children brought into the metro right before the bombs dropped. The story takes place in post-apocalyptic Moscow, mostly inside the metro system, but some missions have the player go to the surface which is severely irradiated and a gas mask must be worn at all times due to the toxic air. A sequel, 2135:. In the eponymous series, Kamandi is a teenage boy on a post-apocalyptic Earth that the textual narrative describes as "Earth A.D. (After Disaster)". The Earth has been ravaged by a mysterious calamity called the Great Disaster. The precise nature of the Great Disaster is never revealed in the original series, although it "had something to do with radiation" (in the series' letter column, Jack Kirby and his then-assistant Steve Sherman repeatedly asserted that the Great Disaster was not a nuclear war, a fact confirmed in issue #35). The Disaster wiped out human civilization and a substantial portion of the human population. A few isolated pockets of humanity survived in underground bunkers, while others quickly reverted to pre-technological savagery. 3514:), set in a small community untold centuries after a nuclear holocaust (not expressly told, but strongly hinted at with genetic mutations, glowing ruins, landscape baked to glass), tells the story of David, part of a small group of teens who share a limited form of telepathy that allows them to communicate with others who have the same talent; however, the fundamentalist society they live in, regards the slightest difference from the norm as a blasphemy and affront to God. The group attempt to remain hidden, then failing that, survive during a war between mutants and the fundamentalists while waiting for members of a distant advanced telepathic human civilization to rescue them. 3061: 591:(1885) can best be described as genuine post-apocalyptic fiction. After a sudden and unspecified catastrophe has depopulated England, the countryside reverts to nature and the few survivors return to a quasi-medieval way of life. The first chapters consist solely of a description of nature reclaiming England: fields becoming overrun by forest, domesticated animals running wild, roads and towns becoming overgrown, London reverting to lake and poisonous swampland. The rest of the story is a straightforward adventure/quest set many years later in the wild landscape and society, but the opening chapters set an example for many later science fiction stories. 4456:
both men and women could use, they encountered the Dark One, a Satan-like being able to corrupt human nature and the natural world. A war between the "Light" and the "Shadow" (the Dark One and his followers) ends with the Dark One being imprisoned with saidin. He corrupts it from within his prison; however, driving male users of the Power insane. They use their power to destroy civilization and geography in what is known as the "Breaking of the World". The era before the Breaking is later remembered as the "Age of Legends", since much knowledge was lost, and many common feats of that time seemed miraculous to the characters of the series.
223:. The story may involve attempts to prevent an apocalypse event, deal with the impact and consequences of the event itself, or may be post-apocalyptic and set after the event. The time frame may be immediately after the catastrophe, focusing on the travails or psychology of survivors, the way to maintain the human race alive and together as one, or considerably later, often including the theme that the existence of pre-catastrophe civilization has been forgotten (or mythologized). Post-apocalyptic stories often take place in a non-technological future world, or a world where only scattered elements of society and technology remain. 1879:). The cyborg comes from the year 2029, following a nuclear war that has devastated the better part of civilization. Computer defense mechanisms have turned on their creators, starting another war, in an effort to eliminate the human race altogether. Man's valiant rebel leader is John Connor, Sarah's son. John is destined to help the human race win this war, and the Terminator is the only thing standing in the way. Sent back to the present, the cyborg must kill Sarah before John is born. It systematically eliminates every Sarah Connor in the city of Los Angeles. But Sarah escapes with the man sent to protect her, Kyle Reese ( 3172:(1973) television film, created by Gene Roddenberry. Dylan Hunt, a NASA scientist, begins a multi-day suspended animation test right before an earthquake buries the underground laboratory. Discovered in 2133 still alive he is awakened by the organization PAX (descendants of NASA scientists) who promote peace in the world. This television pilot, if picked up, would have followed Dylan and a PAX team as they reach out to the remains of humanity in a post-apocalyptic world by means of a long forgotten underground sub-shuttle rapid transit system that spanned the world right before the Great Conflict. A second pilot, 2357:(1999) is a television series that deals with a mysterious virus that kills the adult population, leaving the children of the world to fend for themselves. The kids are divided into different tribes and war against each other for their survival. The show focuses on the tribe called the Mall Rats, who take shelter in the city's mall to protect themselves from the dangers outside; however the virus mutates and begins to infect all the children, forcing the Mall Rats to search for the rumoured virus antidote hidden in government buildings that was left behind by the adults. 4393:'s short story "Pallbearer" (2010) deals with most of the developed world's population dying after a mass vaccination program in which the vaccines were purposefully tainted. The survivors are those who were not vaccinated, often for religious reasons, and their descendants. Most of the developing world does not receive the vaccine, and decades later, large numbers of its refugees are arriving to America's shores. The protagonist survives the disaster as a young boy and has a chance encounter with an elderly scientist and her fanatical younger family members. 2147:) is an alternative comic book by Mark Schultz set in a post-apocalyptic future starring mechanic Jack Tenrec and scientist Hannah Dundee. Earth has been ravaged by pollution and natural disasters and humanity survived by building vast underground cities. Some 600 years later, mankind emerged to find that the world had been reclaimed by previously extinct lifeforms (most spectacularly, dinosaurs). In the new 'Xenozoic' era, technology is extremely limited and those with mechanical skills command a great deal of respect and influence. 54: 3816: 1134:(2001), describes Earth in a sort of hysteria as 80 people are chosen by NASA to board a spacecraft that will go to an unknown destination away from the destroyed Earth. The later books deal with the few survivors waking up from a 500-year hibernation and succumbing to both strange mutations and the will of a strange alien computer/spaceship that they land on. Eventually they return to Earth to find a couple colonies of survivors struggling on a harsh planet completely different from the Earth the Remnants knew. 7784: 38: 10073: 9367: 7796: 1199:, is set on a collision course with Earth, with only a few people permitted into a massive complex of bunkers in Greenland. The film follows the Garrity family's attempts to reach these safe havens after they were unable to board the transport aircraft to the bunkers. Clarke collides with Earth, leaving the planet devastated; however, there are survivors throughout the world, implying that Humanity can still survive. A sequel is now in development called 6285: 2188:. Colonel Luther Manning is an American soldier who was fatally injured and reanimated in a post-apocalyptic future (originally given the date of 1990) as the experimental cyborg Deathlok the Demolisher. He verbally communicates with his symbiotic computer, to which he refers as the abbreviated "'Puter". He battles the evil corporate and military regimes that have taken over the United States, while simultaneously struggling not to lose his humanity. 3291:(which began airing in 2014) is a story based on a post-apocalyptic world. After a nuclear war, Earth was uninhabitable and the only survivors were those on space stations which eventually came together to form the Ark; 97 years later on an undeterminable year the Ark is dying and 100 prisoners under the age of 18 are sent to see if Earth is now survivable. There they are faced with the challenges Earth brings and those who survived the nuclear war. 10085: 9377: 191: 3318:, a story of a lone wanderer trying to deliver a book through the wastelands after a nuclear apocalypse. Everyone has to wear sunglasses/goggles due to solar radiation and cannibalism is prevalent (identified by shaky hands). Oldman runs a town with access to water and supplies and tries to take the last copy of the Christian Bible, in braille, from Washington seeking its power. At the time he does not realize the Bible is in braille. 1902: 1547: 1270: 2372:(2007) revolves around a virus in Britain that turns anyone infected into a mindlessly violent psychotic, though still alive and not undead, in a variation of the classic zombie theme. This also makes the infected more dangerous, as they can run very quickly and as their bodies are not decaying. The plot centers on groups of both uninfected survivors and a handful of virus carriers who are immune to the effects of the disease. 4106:, contain parallel timelines generated by time-travel to the past from an apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic future. 2 Cybernetic humans caused the mass extinction of roughly two-thirds of Earth's human population, and years later, two higher dimensional beings Zamasu and Goku Black, killed all (but two) of the remaining population - along with an unknown amount of beings from other inhabited planets in that universe. 842:(1995), the giant alien creature Lavos collides with the earth in prehistoric times, subsequently hibernating beneath the earth. As millions of years pass, the monster feeds on the energy of the earth, eventually surfacing in 1999 to wreak complete destruction of the human race, atmosphere, and general life on the planet in the form of a rain of destruction fired from its outer shell, known as the "Day of Lavos". 1849:, also known as “singularity,” was first coined in 1993. Since then, the idea of the term has been used to produce countless major motion pictures and earn Hollywood producers millions of dollars at the box office. The "singularity" refers to a future moment in human history when science and science fiction, religion and philosophy, and hope and fear converge. The mathematician and science fiction writer 4446:, as well as supplementary materials published as comic books, is set in a fragmenting United States with rampant crime, pollution, and overpopulation. New York City has been walled off and turned into a gigantic maximum security prison after a 400% rise in crime by 1988. The same happens to Los Angeles in 2000 when a massive earthquake floods the San Fernando Valley, isolating L.A off the west coast. 2226:(SAS Sergeant Nick Stone) finds himself flung into the far-future by a nuclear blast, where the last remaining humans are led by a merciless tyrant called Leeshar and rule over the eugenically - modified animal castes known as 'Yujees'. Accompanied by catwoman Liana, bullman T-Bone and loyal wolfman Gruff, Stone is intent on ending Leeshar's dark reign by leading the slave-like Yujees in rebellion. 2906:(1999) takes place in 1999 after the United States has been almost wiped out by a deadly plague. The disease started on the East Coast, and communication with the West Coast ceased within 72 hours. The last few groups of survivors stopped broadcasting after six days, and the overwhelming majority of the country's population has been wiped out. The player leads a team of eight genetically altered 3887:, Earth has been overrun by demonic forces, wiping out most of the planet's population, under the now-corrupted Union Aerospace Corporation. What remains of humanity has either fled Earth or have joined the Armored Response Coalition, a resistance movement formed to stop the invasion, which has gone into hiding after suffering heavy losses. The Doom Slayer, having previously been betrayed and 3917:
underground habitat called Alterna and on a spacecraft called Ark Polaris, all of the attempts resulted in accidents that led to the groups dying out, in the DLC "Splatoon 2 : Octo Expansion" the character of Commander Tartar is introduced, its purpose being to pass down humanity's knowledge to the next dominant species that may rise after the devastation of Earth's biosphere.
997:" – and when it does, it will boil away Earth's seas, beginning with the hemisphere that faces the sun, and as Earth continues to rotate, it will take only 24 hours before all life is eradicated. Super-hurricanes and tornadoes are predicted. Buildings will be blown away. A race is on to build thousands of spaceships for the sole purpose of transferring evacuees on a one-way trip to 320:, who mistakenly believe that the destruction had engulfed the whole world and that they and their father were the only surviving human beings, conclude that in such a situation it would be justified - and indeed vitally needed - to have sex with their father in order to ensure the survival of humanity. Such situations and dilemmas occur in modern post-apocalyptic fiction. 4081:, depicts a post-apocalyptic future where industrial civilization was wiped out in the "Seven Days of Fire" 1,000 years before the main events. A "Toxic Jungle" threatens the last of humanity. Nausicaä is the princess of The Valley of the Wind who, rather than destroying the Toxic Jungle, decides to study the flora and fauna in the hopes of co-existing with the forest. 1740:(first aired in 2007) is an animated American science fiction television series where a network of satellites firing persistent electronic pulses, combined with a strange nanotechnology, has not only destroyed most electronic technology on the planet, but also caused the deaths of 99% of humanity, and is now causing strange mutations to occur in lower forms of life. 887:, follows a human resistance force fighting to survive after extraterrestrial aliens attempt to take over Earth by disabling most of the world's technology and destroying its armed forces in a surprise attack. It is implied that the attacking aliens are in reality former victims of an attack on their own planet and are now the slaves of an unseen controller race. 3088:(1936). In the movie, England is reduced to rubble by a prolonged conventional, chemical, and biological war. Survivors are depicted living under the rule of a local warlord who raids his neighbors in an attempt to get his fleet of rotting fighter planes in the air again. At the same time, surviving engineers create a technological utopia. 533:(1826) is a continuation of the apocalyptic theme in fiction and is generally recognized as the first major fictional post-apocalyptic story. 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 inevitably left as the last man alive. 3899:(2013) is set in a near future that follows the nuclear destruction of the Middle East. The oil-producing nations of South America form the "Federation of the Americas" in response to the ensuing global economic crisis and quickly grow into a global superpower, swiftly invading and conquering Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico. 3473:), is an early post-nuclear-war novel that follows a young man, Fors, in search of lost knowledge. Fors begins his Arthurian quest through a radiation-ravaged landscape with the aid of a telepathic mutant cat. He encounters mutated creatures called "the beast things", which are possibly mutated rats or a degenerate form of humans. 1759:(2012–2014) also revolved around a "change" after which the principles of electricity and physics are inoperable; however, the focus of the story was how a group of protagonists tried to get the power back on while opposing the efforts of a tyrannical militia leader to understand it first (so that he can take absolute power). 4187:(2003 debut) describes an earth after being hit by a big electromagnetic wave from a supernova of a nearby star, where mankind needs to rescue the earth 189 years after this impact from a second wave of matter coming towards the solar system. The anime shows a globalized society who have put together to fight this "enemy". 896:(2013–2015) is set in an Earth devastated by the "Pale Wars", a war with seven alien races referred to as the "Votan", followed by the "Arkfalls", which terraforms Earth to an almost unrecognizable state. Unlike most apocalyptic works, in this one Earth is not inhospitable, and humanity is not on the verge of extinction. 1177:(2012) tells the story of a group of children after an unspecified apocalypse from the sky, perhaps connected with solar flares or meteor impact, resulting in people and animals having been burned and the skies having filled with ash. The children survive only because they were together on a school visit to a cave. 2826:. The book is a collection of individual accounts of desperate struggle during and after a devastating global conflict against a zombie plague, narrated by an agent of the United Nations Postwar Commission. It also describes the social, political, religious, and environmental changes that result from the plague. 2211:
massive urban sprawls covering entire states created to deal with overpopulation during the 21st century. Further massive conflicts during the comics' present, such as the "Apocalypse War" against East-Meg (the government of the former Soviet territories) and the "Day Of Chaos" has caused even more destruction.
3014:(2012-2019) deals with the mysterious disease prevalent in all currently living people to become a walker or zombie either by being bitten by one or dying with the brain intact. Hostile survivors roam the remaining living world too and the protagonist, Clementine has to deal with them and friends accordingly. 5988:
Violence Jack a certainement du influencer beaucoup d'œuvres (le manga papier étant tout de même de 1973), comme Mad Max ou encore Hokuto no Ken. Les motards, la violence, les décors détruits, le désert, les innocents, les ignobles chefs de "tribus", les petits villages abandonnés... tous les codes y
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The Story sets on Kino, a girl of 15 years who forms a link with a talking motorbike named Hermes. Together, the duo explores different places and different nations all the while, appreciating the young beauty of life. Their journey through the post-apocalyptic world and various ruins will teach them
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is set in a future Earth damaged by World War III, a nuclear war instigated by corrupt U.S. President "Bad" Bob Booth in 2070. The majority of the world was left an irradiated wasteland filled with hostile mutant lifeforms, with the surviving population being centralized in the so-called Mega-Cities,
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Since the late 20th century, a surge of popular post-apocalyptic films can be observed. Christopher Schmidt notes that, while the world "goes to waste" for future generations, we distract ourselves from disaster by passively watching it as entertainment. Some have commented on this trend, saying that
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describes a new Heaven and a new Earth, and its intended Christian audience is often enchanted and inspired, rather than terrified by visions of Judgment Day. These Christians believed themselves chosen for God's salvation, and so such apocalyptic sensibilities inspired optimism and nostalgia for the
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Eppure senza le sue opere una grossa fetta dell'immaginario popolare non sarebbe la stessa, dai robottoni (che si apprestano a invadere anche i cinema grazie a Guillermo del Toro e al suo Pacific Rim) alle maghette (i Mahō shōjo) delle quali Cutie Honey è antesignana; senza dimenticare le influenze,
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is set after a genetically modified virus wipes out the entire population except for the protagonist and a small group of humans that were also genetically modified. A series of flashbacks depicting a world dominated by biocorporations explains the events leading up to the apocalypse. This novel was
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revolves around the so-called "Resource Wars", beginning circa 2050, when oil supplies become depleted, leading to a disastrous series of wars that include Europe going to war with the Middle East before disintegrating into warring nation-states after all available oil is used up, the United Nations
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collection, on the apocalyptic end of the world and one man's survival, was one of the earliest English-language works in this genre. The sun was blotted out, leading to darkness and cold which kills off mankind through famine and ice-age conditions. The poem was influential in the emergence of "the
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explains his divine errand: "Write the things which thou hast seen, the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter" (Rev. 1:19). He takes it as his mission to convey—to reveal—to God's kingdom His promise that justice will prevail and that the suffering will be vindicated (Leigh). The
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is a story based on a post-apocalyptic world. In this world, a group of matriarchs (the "Knitting Society") impose an altruistic but oppressive society to counter the aftermath of a brutal war that brings down modern civilization; however, in time, even this new "utopian" order is ultimately called
770:(1987), Earth is destroyed in an alien attack. Just prior to this, a different group of aliens is able to save samples of the biosphere and a small number of people, resettling them on Mars. Some of these form the crew of a ship to hunt down the homeworld of the killers, as described in the sequel, 5153: 4455:
is set in a fictional post-apocalyptic world, with a medieval society. In the world, a system of magic, known as the One Power, is divided into a male half (saidin) and a female half (saidar). 3,000 years before the series, the world was a high tech utopia. When humanity tried to find a magic that
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is set on a post-apocalyptic Earth in the year 2080. Axa is a woman who, having grown sick of the regimented and stifling society inside a domed city, flees into the untamed wilderness. The strip mixed elements of science fiction and sword-swinging barbarian tales (the lead character herself bears
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first published in 1997, depicts a world after a series of resource wars that culminates in a massive nuclear exchange between the U.S and China in 2077. The games revolve around "vaults," underground bunkers for long-term survival (in reality social experiments created by the ruling elite of the
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have scorched the Earth. As a result, the governments of the world released a virus to kill off some of the world's population to save resources. The virus turned out to be highly contagious, and it made humans lose control of their mind until they were an animal inside their head. This led to it
1972:, presents a world in which oil resources have been nearly exhausted. This has resulted in constant energy shortages and a breakdown of law and order. The police do battle with criminal motorcycle gangs, with the result being the complete breakdown of modern society and nuclear war as depicted in 1477:
roleplaying game (1990) features an apocalypse caused by various natural disasters including the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano which releases a large amount of magical energy that is amplified by deaths of millions occurring during a solstice, at midnight, during a planetary alignment,
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to deal with issues that have become largely irrelevant, such as immediate physical threats. Such works depict worlds of less complexity, direct contact, and primitive needs. It is often the concept of change as much as the concept of destruction that causes public interest in apocalyptic themes.
857:(2004), it is revealed to the player the creatures encountered in the first game are merely the slaves of a much more powerful alien race, the Combine, who have taken over the Earth to drain its resources after subduing the entirety of Earth's governments and military forces in only seven hours. 2919:
series (first released in 2008) is set in the days after a pandemic outbreak of a viral strain transforms the majority of the population into zombie-like feral creatures. The games follow the adventures of four survivors attempting to reach safe houses and military rescue while fending off the
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as extrasolar aliens using Mars as a staging area). After humanity's enslavement, men not used as breeders or collaborators are trained and forced to battle gladiator-style for the Martians' amusement; women are used as breeders to supply infants, which are eaten by the Martians as a delicacy.
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Stories subject to this criticism generally involve some sort of catastrophe wherein civilization comes to an end with mass deaths, but the main characters survive relatively unscathed and are freed from the constraints of vulgar civilization in their hideaway, perhaps finding a kind of quiet
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event, deal with the impact and consequences of the event itself, or it may be post-apocalyptic, set after the event. The time may be directly after the catastrophe, focusing on the psychology of survivors, the way to keep the human race alive and together as one, or considerably later, often
4305:(1966), is set in the dystopian future of 2022, in an overpopulated, heavily polluted world, where the masses of mostly homeless and destitute people have been herded into the overcrowded cities and barely survive on government-issued food rations made from the processed corpses of the dead. 3916:
franchise takes place in a future where humans and all mammals died out due to accelerating climate change, multiple wars and the detonation of a nuclear device in the ice caps causing the ocean levels to rapidly rise. Although many groups of humans tried to survive for some time, both in an
3448:(1950) is one of the earliest post-World War II novels to deal with a post-nuclear-holocaust world. The novel recounts the ordeals of a young suburban housewife and mother of two children as she struggles to survive in a world forever changed by the horrors of a nuclear attack. Several of 2243:
is an erotic science fiction and fantasy comic book character created by Italian cartoonist Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri. Most of Druuna's adventures revolve around a post-apocalyptic future, and the plot is often a vehicle for varied scenes of hardcore pornography and softcore sexual imagery.
4505:(2012), America has gone through a massive cataclysm known as "the Event" that destroys most cities and areas. Due to the damage of the aftermath, many people are forced to go without resources, causing citizens to become agitated, violent, and bitter, turning them into savage hunters. 1857:
equals, and then in an intelligence explosion, far exceeds man intelligence.” In laymen's terms, technological singularity is the theoretical future moment when artificial intelligence surpasses human intelligence and becomes aware, autonomous, and potentially threatening to humans.
3269:(which began airing in 2010) takes place a thousand years in a future after a nuclear war (referred to as "The Great Mushroom War") where once existent but eventually forgotten magic is recreated and humans are nearly wiped out with all kinds of creatures that had taken their place. 571:" (1839) follows the conversation between two souls in the afterlife as they discuss the destruction of the world. The destruction was brought about by a comet that removed nitrogen from Earth's atmosphere; this left only oxygen and resulted in a worldwide inferno. Similarly, 4285:
about an Earth thrown out of its orbit around the Sun by excessive nuclear testing. It paints a picture of a society ready to believe that humans could destroy the planet, hoping that science could fix what it has broken but resigned to the possibility of irreversible doom.
2576:(2015) is a post apocalyptic American comedy TV series over 4 seasons starring Will Forte. It plays the premise for laughs. The original character is essentially a loser and then various other survivors find him and change the dynamic with hilarious and moving consequences. 2423:
who struggle to survive and adapt in a post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies (here called "walkers") and opposing groups of survivors who are often more dangerous than the walkers themselves. The popularity of the series has led to a spin-off franchise comprising an
4196:(2011 debut), the earth was devastated by an alien race, spreading a virus that transforms humans into some kind of insect. Only the major cities holding back behind big walls of some fictitious material and are under constant threat to be invaded when these walls fail. 1982:
implies that the fuel shortage was caused not just by peak oil, but also by oil reserves being destroyed during a large scale conflict in the Middle East. The remnants of society survive either through scavenging, or in one notable case, as depicted in the third sequel
4402:(2011) addresses a contemporaneous global economic crash, and focuses on the struggles of a large cast of characters who struggle to survive after what is termed "The Crunch." It covers both the lead up to the economic crash, as well as several years after the crash. 1619:
by providing for humankind's every whim. The machine deteriorates and eventually stops, ending the lives of all those dependent upon it, though one of the dying alludes to a group of humans dwelling on the surface who will carry the torch of humanity into the future.
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by instigating nuclear war between the United States and Russia, which results in the death of three billion people. Many of the survivors eventually band together to destroy Skynet and its army of robots (called "terminators"). The series follows resistance leader
2396:(2009), a disease mutates most Americans (the rest of the world is not mentioned) and turns them into animal-like creatures hungry for human flesh. The story is about a group of people who stick together and to try survive against the zombies. Another comedy film, 2544:, hence the name. The virus was created from a chemical accident, and, when it infects any animal, gives the animal heightened senses and makes humans very violent. While they do get disoriented from darkness, they are very deadly. The story follows Seo Seok-woo ( 2074:
is set in a post-apocalyptic world in which a bodily fluid-borne virus has destroyed civilization. Carriers of the virus develop a cross-shaped rash on their faces and act without inhibitions, raping, killing and torturing the few remaining uninfected humans.
2278:, focusing on the breakdown of American society in a world where the dead are re-animating as mindless, undead cannibals due to some unknown disease, implied to be extraterrestrial in origin, and anyone bitten but not eaten will soon become a zombie as well. 5145: 2568:) and Rasmus Andersen, along with their mother and father, must make it to an underground bunker. Things soon go awry when the father must leave to find a cure and the children are forced out of the bunker due to lack of food in search for their father. 1350:, an engineered strain of bacteria denitrifies almost all plants, causing a collapse of food supply. The plutocrat of the title establishes a haven in central Scotland for a chosen group of survivors, while deliberately wrecking all alternative refuges. 959:
society has collapsed in the wake of lethal attacks by extraterrestrial creatures who, having no eyesight, hunt humans and other creatures with their highly sensitive hearing; the scattered survivors live most of their lives in near-silence as a result.
553:), and this work is sometimes considered the first modern work to depict the end of the world. Published after his death in 1805, de Grainville's work follows the character of Omegarus, the titular "last man," in what is essentially a retelling of the 2111:. It was started in 2003 and concluded in 2019. The story follows a group of survivors in a post-apocalyptic landscape. The apocalypse in this series was brought about by zombies, and it is strongly suspected that the zombies are victims of a virus. 603:(1895) has the unnamed protagonist traveling to the year 802,701 A.D. after civilization has collapsed and humanity has split into two distinct species, the elfin Eloi and the brutal Morlocks. Later in the story, the time traveler moves forward to a 1684:
has seemingly disappeared. After recovering and finding other people, he realizes his experiments with energy transfers through the Earth's magnetic field are to blame, and that unless he shuts down the experiment, it will destroy the planet.
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Jonathan Raven, dubbed Killraven as his gladiatorial nom de guerre, escapes with the help of the gladiatorial "keeper", but without his brother, Deathraven. Killraven joins the Freemen, a group of freedom fighters against Martian oppression.
3997:, anarchic violence, ruined buildings, innocent civilians, tribal chiefs and small abandoned villages. This was similar to, and may have influenced, the desert wasteland settings of later post-apocalyptic franchises such as the film series 3006:(2016) takes place in a pandemic-ravaged New York City that's become overrun by escaped prisoners, gang-members and a faction of 'Cleaners' that are determined to end the epidemic by incinerating anything that might possibly be infected. 151:
including that the existence of pre-catastrophe civilization has been mythologized. Post-apocalyptic stories often take place in a non-technological future world or a world where only scattered elements of society and technology remain.
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pandemic, later revealed to be the man-made superflu "Captain Trips". It was eventually adapted for a 1994 miniseries of the same title starring Gary Sinise and Molly Ringwald. The novel was semi-inspired by King's earlier short story
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series is revealed to be set in a world where society has collapsed as a result of "The Biggest, Most Awful, Most Tragic Event in Human History" which involves constant chaos, violence, and death for the sake of spreading of despair.
790:(he attributes it to the Moon, which is why they are so attracted to it), and an invasion after an explosion on Luna sends meteoric fragments containing latent lycanthropes to Earth, who thrive in our planet's oxygen-rich atmosphere. 8491: 561:. Unlike most apocalyptic tales, de Grainville's novel approaches the end of the world not as a cautionary tale, or a tale of survival, but as both an inevitable, as well as necessary, step for the spiritual resurrection of mankind. 308:
describes the destruction of the corrupt original civilization and its replacement with a remade world. Noah is assigned the task to build the ark and save two of each animal species in order to reestablish a new post-flood world.
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he sees that the entire world has been destroyed by fire in a runaway reaction caused by the catalyst. Fatally injured in a crash landing, he crawls to the sea so that the bacteria in his body can initiate new life on Earth.
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series focus on a group of British survivors in the aftermath of a genetically engineered virus that has killed over 90% of the world's population. The first series of both versions examine the immediate after-effects of a
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is a surreal take on the genre, revolving around a post-apocalyptic future England where a warrior caste called Exterminators worship a giant, floating stone head known as Zardoz, which gives them weapons and ammunition.
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was set in the area around New York City, now known as "N'Yark", in an Earth devastated by a nuclear war. The series featured Samson, a barbarian adventurer, and was created by writer Otto Binder and artist Frank Thorne.
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The "cozy catastrophe" is not an intentional style of post-apocalyptic science fiction, but rather a criticism of certain apocalyptic works considered as not believably harsh enough for the critic's stated preferences.
4236:(2018 debut) the story describes the downfall of human race due to paranoia towards anyone after Ryo Asuka, the main villain , spreads false information that anyone can be a demon due to dissatisfaction with society. 3128:, but it was considered too graphic and disturbing to broadcast at the time; it was only in 1985 that it was shown. It portrays a nuclear attack on Great Britain and its after-effects, particularly the efforts of the 3458:
take place before, during, and after a nuclear war on Earth. The people flee Earth and settle on Mars but have constant conflicts with the native Martians. Several of these stories have been adapted to other media.
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Such works often feature the loss of a global perspective as protagonists are on their own, often with little or no knowledge of the outside world. Furthermore, they often explore a world without modern technology
3109:(1962) deals with a time traveler sent back in time to help the people of the post-apocalyptic future rebuild civilization after nuclear war destroys most of the world. It was partially remade in 1996 in the film 2631:
is the story of a man who finds most of civilization has been destroyed by a disease. Slowly, a small community forms around him as he struggles to start a new civilization and to preserve knowledge and learning.
1798:(2019) is set in a fundamentalist agrarian society several centuries after the collapse of global civilisation, which is inferred to be the result of a sudden breakdown of the internet, possibly as the result of 3498:(1953), with the outcasts, who had fled an unidentified American city to escape a despotic government which burned books in order to control the public by limiting knowledge, left alive to re-establish society. 365:, informed the King Manu of an all-destructive deluge which would be coming very soon. The King was advised to build a huge boat (ark) which housed his family, nine types of seeds, pairs of all animals and the 1664:(1983, sub-titled "A Book of the Change") also has all technology—including electricity, gunpowder, and some physics principles—ceasing to function, while magic becomes real. He also contributed to the 1986 520:
had erupted in the Dutch East Indies in 1815 that emitted sulphur into the atmosphere which lowered the temperature and altered weather patterns throughout the world. This was the source for Byron's poem.
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o quanto meno l'anticipazione di certe tematiche, come l'ambientazione post-olocausto di Violence Jack (1973), che precede di diversi anni film come Mad Max (1979) o fumetti come Ken il Guerriero (1983).
1615:" (1909), humanity has been forced underground due to inhospitable conditions on Earth's surface, and is entirely dependent on "the machine," a god-like mechanical entity which has supplanted almost all 4145:
apocalypse. In it there is a battle over the end of the world between the "Dragons of Heaven" who wish to save humanity, and the "Dragons of Earth" who wish to wipe out humanity. The central character,
1654:, sometime after the "Change" (with sincere nods from Boyett and Stirling), in which a defense designed to temporarily make nukes inoperative, permanently changes some of the laws of science for magic. 4204:(2009 debut) showcases a similar story, but this time the society have fallen back into a medieval state, with humanity having taken refuge behind three massive stone walls that protect them from the 4150:, has to choose which side to fight for. The manga began in 1992 and has been on hiatus since 2003. It has been adapted as an anime film in 1996 and an anime television series between 2001 and 2002. 1453:(1985) takes place long after worldwide disasters—apparently largely environmental though nuclear war may also be involved—have drastically reduced the population. It paints an admiring picture of a 2698:
has molecular biologist John Roe O'Neill exploring vengeance on a global scale when his wife is killed in an IRA car bombing. He creates a pandemic that kills only women. Written in 1984, the novel
1093:(1998), both of which involved efforts to save the Earth from, respectively, a rogue comet and an asteroid, by landing crews upon them to detonate nuclear weapons there in hopes of destroying them. 3485:(1952) posits a post-nuclear holocaust America in which the eastern half of the country has been largely destroyed and its surviving inhabitants infected with a plague and barred from crossing the 3332:(1987) is a study that examines atomic war in short stories, novels, and films between 1895 and 1984. Since this measure of destruction was no longer imaginary, some of these new works, such as 5700: 4269:" (1953), the universe ends when Tibetan monks (making use of a specially-written computer program) finish writing all of the nine billion possible names of God. The story won a retrospective 1245:(1951), whose protagonists did not suffer enough associated hardship from the collapse of society for Aldiss's taste, as well as other British books in the era following the Second World War. 3812:
1950s sci-fi, and the setting combines elements of mid-20th century technology, such as vacuum tubes and monochrome screens, with highly advanced artificial intelligences and energy weapons.
3989:, is set in a post-apocalyptic world with corruption and psychotic gangs. It is credited with creating the post-apocalyptic manga and anime genre, depicting its post-apocalyptic world as a 1634: 3152:(1973) is a turn of the 21st century turn of the third millennium post apocalyptic last entry of this series. The other two films between "Beneath..." and "Battle..." were pre-apocalyptic 1150:. The depressed protagonist reverses roles with her relatives as the crisis unfolds, as she turns out to be the only family member capable of calmly accepting the imminent impact event. 3662:(1980), set in the English county of Kent around two thousand years after a nuclear war, also has religious or mystical themes and is written in a fictional future version of English. 1018:, which then causes a massive bombardment of Moon fragments. Due to this, a multinational effort is put in place to construct an ark for the preservation of Humanity, built around the 1680:, a 1985 New Zealand movie notable for its visually stunning ending, follows a scientist's descent into madness after he wakes up to a world where every single member of the kingdom 2198:, featured the adventures of Hercules in a post-apocalyptic future. It made use of characters and concepts, such as the Atomic Knights and the intelligent animals from Jack Kirby's 2091:
deals with the lives of Yorick Brown and his monkey Ampersand, after a plague wipes out all but three male mammals on the Earth, leaving the whole planet to be controlled by women.
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The relics of a technological past "protruding into a more primitive... landscape", a theme known as the "ruined Earth", have been described as "among the most potent of 's icons".
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series of 16 novels published between 1995 and 2007, and four film adaptations produced between 2000 and 2014, posits a world in which the righteous believers have suddenly been
4330:(1979) takes place perhaps a thousand years after "the Storm" (not described) destroyed industrial civilization. Surviving cultures seem to be influenced by the 1960s and 1970s 3647:(1970) is set years after the Third World War. The weapons used were not nuclear, but ultra-magnetic that tore and submerged the continents. The story was adapted in the anime 2329:(1995) is a science fiction film which depicts the remains of human civilization after an uncontrollable pandemic wipes out 99% of the human population. It is a semi-remake of 8396: 5864: 3683:(1984), human civilization is destroyed after a war known as the "Seven Days of Fire", which results in the Earth's surface becoming polluted and the seas turning poisonous. 1637:, a future France is devastated by the sudden failure of electricity, causing chaos, disease, and famine, with a small band of survivors desperately struggling for survival. 4318:
s (1977) key theme is the figure of the Anarch, the inwardly-free individual who lives quietly and dispassionately within but not of society and the post apocalyptic world.
4217:(2012 debut) the world is destroyed by a virus created by humans who kill all humans except under 13 years old and vampires have taken over the Earth using humans for food. 4208:, massive naked humanoid creatures, who feed on humans. The main plot revolves around the mysterious origin of the Titans, and uncovering the forgotten history of humanity. 2942:(2012) focuses not on the survival of humanity after or during an apocalypse, but rather on controlling the disease or creature responsible for the destruction of humanity. 2621:(1941) describes a world with 6 suns, in constant daylight, except for an eclipse-based night every 2000 years, leading to mass hysteria and destruction. Written in 1949 by 4475:, the reason for apocalypse varies depending on the edition, going from nuclear war to alien invasion to technology gone rampant to the merging of realities caused by the 1248:
The genre has been defended though as being a valid take on more low-key catastrophes of an ecological sort, and other books have been questioned if they qualify at all -
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originated, meaning "revelation of secrets"), which is filled with prophecies of destruction, as well as luminous visions. In the first chapter of Revelation, the writer
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details the creation, coming doom, and rebirth of the world. The world's destruction includes fire and flood consuming the earth while mythic beasts do battle with the
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in May 2015. The award committee highlighted the novel's focus on the survival of human culture after an apocalypse, as opposed to the survival of humanity itself.
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wrote a series of books between 1983 and 2003 (35 books all containing the word "Ashes" in the title) about the aftermath of worldwide nuclear and biological war.
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Hollywood—which previously had explored the idea of the Earth and its population being potentially endangered by a collision with another heavenly body with the
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is set in a world where a man-made plague destroys the vast majority of the world's population. The novel was nominated for several awards and won the 1985
6501: 4523:(1977) boardgame, the board depicts an area called the Plaines of Prax, that have been blasted by titanic battles between two gods making it uninhabitable. 3767:(1988) and its sequels, nuclear war occurred in 1998 leaving a wasteland in its wake. The game centers around a player-controlled party of Desert Rangers. 2974:(2015) takes place in the city of Harran, quaratined due to a virus that has turned many of its citizens into zombie-like antagonists. An expansion titled 1081:
about the U.S. government trying to prevent an asteroid from colliding with the Earth. The following year saw dueling big-budget summer blockbuster movies
579:" (1824) features a world without the presence of the human beings, most likely because they "violate the laws of nature, and contrary to their welfare". 5071: 8802: 6366: 1034:(1961) occurs in a distant future where the Sun is much hotter and stronger, and the human population has been reduced to a fifth of what it had been. 5692: 870:, Earth has been destroyed by the Drej, due to a human experimental discovery called Project Titan, which made them fear “what humanity will become”. 3571:" takes place after a cataclysmic war. Both show the interactions among various kinds of societies that have developed in the centuries of recovery. 5581: 7629: 5895: 4693: 3022:(2019) is set in a post apocalyptic United States. The country is full of monsters and rain that can speed up the age of anything that it touches. 5815: 3891:
away by Dr. Samuel Hayden, returns with a satellite fortress controlled by the AI VEGA to quell the demonic invasion by killing the Hell Priests.
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outbreak of the flu, while the subsequent series concentrate on the survivors' attempts to build communities and make contacts with other groups.
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collapsing, the U.S annexing Mexico and Canada, and finally total nuclear war between the U.S and China in 2077 after over 25 years of war.
1527:(2017) depicts survival in the wilderness of northern Canada during winter after a geomagnetic disaster has disabled all modern technology. 1071:(1951), a film treatment of the aforementioned 1933 novel – revisited the theme in the late 1990s with a trio of similarly themed projects. 1062:(1977), is about a cataclysmic comet hitting Earth and various groups of people struggling to survive the aftermath in southern California. 617:. The aliens systematically destroy Victorian England with advanced weaponry mounted on nearly indestructible vehicles. Due to the infamous 5499: 3204: 1776:
killed one-third of the population, leading to a breakdown in order and the lack or shortage of electricity and other modern conveniences.
4074: 3679: 1724:, and most forms of high-energy-density technology no longer work. Civilization collapses, and two competing groups struggle to re-create 980:(1934), the survivors start a new life on the planet's companion Bronson Beta, which has taken over the orbit formerly occupied by Earth. 8782: 6580: 6005: 2402:(2013), adds a romantic twist to its story, as a zombie falls in love with an uninfected woman and protects her from his fellow zombies. 17: 4383:(2006) takes place several years after an unspecified cataclysm that forces a father and son to perpetually search for survival. It was 164:, written c. 2000–1500 BCE. Recognizable modern apocalyptic novels had existed since at least the first third of the 19th century, when 9380: 6683: 335:; however, unlike the Biblical story, the Quranic account explicitly claims that the deluge was only sent to the tribe of the Prophet 7857: 3328: 2928:(2012) takes place years after an artificial virus, called Radical-6, was released, exterminating almost all of humanity. The sequel 2769:
deals with the life of Robert Neville, the only unaffected survivor of a global pandemic that has turned the world's population into
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tells the story of a city or country in which a mass epidemic of blindness destroys the social fabric. It was adapted into the film
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This article is about the genre of fiction dealing with cataclysm. For the genre of religious writings dealing with revelation, see
9414: 8960: 8461: 8115: 7686: 3903: 3409: 2617: 1883:) before the Terminator can get to her. What follows is a massive chase that will eventually end in victory for mankind. Co-writer 827:, they are determined to destroy the human race in a preemptive strike, as they are considered, after watching several episodes of 5390: 6359: 4678: 4057:(1983 debut) is a story about Kenshiro, the successor of the deadly ancient martial art, Hokuto Shinken, in a world destroyed by 3701:(1985) takes place in an America where some are trying to rebuild civilization after the "Doomwar". It was adapted into the film 720:
series (1979–2009) is a humorous take on alien invasion stories. Multiple Earths are repeatedly "demolished" by the bureaucratic
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about an adolescent boy who survives a plague which has killed most of the world's population. Originally published in 1978,
1046:(1962) occurs after a rise in solar radiation that causes worldwide flooding and accelerated mutation of plants and animals. 6214: 5622:
Van Der Put, V., & Huijs, M. (2012, January 12). The Terminator. The Terminator Files. Retrieved October 18, 2021, from
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apocalyptist provides a beatific vision of Judgement Day, revealing God's promise for redemption from suffering and strife.
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narrate the fall of British civilization after a war in the Middle East eradicates the majority of the Earth's oil supply.
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Catholic Church, pseudo-medieval society, and rediscovery of the knowledge of the pre-holocaust world are central themes.
851:(1998), hostile alien creatures arrive on Earth through a portal after a scientific experiment goes wrong. In its sequel, 8797: 8436: 8320: 7258: 6698: 6597: 6334: 1530: 823:(1995) describes a devastating attack on a late-21st-century Earth by an alien civilization. Using missiles traveling at 618: 2118: 1412:
in 1965), pollution in the oceans creates a surface layer that resists evaporation, bringing about a worldwide drought.
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Baker, Stephen; McLaughlin, Greg (1 January 2015). "From Belfast to Bamako: Cinema in the Era of Capitalist Realism".
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in 2006–2008, which focused on the survival of the town after 23 American cities were destroyed by nuclear weapons.
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videogame (2014), the world has been turned into a desert wasteland by a mysterious event called the "White Flash".
3055: 2902: 2560:(2018) is a Danish post-apocalyptic web-television series. After a rain-borne virus is released over the region of 1729: 974:(1933), Earth is destroyed by the rogue planet Bronson Alpha. A selected few escape on a spaceship. In the sequel, 3583:
follows the story of a group of people that have survived a nuclear explosion. The group survives the attack in a
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has wreaked havoc on the US economy, and people and society are forced to adjust to daily life without cheap oil.
1424:(1972) describes an environmentally-degraded world rapidly collapsing into social chaos, revolution, and anarchy. 10126: 10121: 9143: 9026: 8880: 8824: 8571: 8416: 7959: 7892: 7882: 7290: 6787: 6760: 6391: 4492:, the setting is five years after World War III began, a conventional war followed by a limited nuclear exchange. 1067: 9990: 9326: 9199: 8838: 8733: 8690: 8685: 8551: 7887: 6648: 5061: 4359:, arises to despotically rule over those unfortunate enough to have been "left behind". He is opposed by newly 3142: 2930: 2883: 2454: 1927: 1812: 1572: 1533:(2002) features a world where a magic flood destroyed all settlements that were not located on mountain peaks. 1295: 1014:, The Moon is destroyed by an unknown agent, forming a massive debris cloud. This cloud threatens to produce a 829: 627: 5613:
Green, M. (2019). The Replicant Singularity in Blade Runner 2049. Film International (16516826), 17(1), 33–39.
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state after a new government forbids any kind of individual thought, even forbidding the words "I" and "me".
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contagion that devours all warm-blooded life below 10,000 feet (3,000 m) in elevation. Its two sequels,
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creating the titular rifts that bring forth various beings and monstrosities from throughout the Megaverse.
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is a novel in which most of humanity has been killed by a poisonous cloud issuing from volcanic eruptions.
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Kantner had presaged this post-apocalyptic colonization idea on "Wooden Ships" on the last Airplane album
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to repopulate Earth, after the deluge would end and the oceans and seas would recede. At the time of the
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wipes out over 80% of the world's population, the crew (consisting of 218 people) of a lone unaffected
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fungus spreading to humans, resulting in the deterioration of society within the United States. DLC
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directs this science-fiction thriller about a futuristic killing machine called the Terminator (
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family's fight to survive the violence and chaos that ensue in the aftermath of a nuclear war.
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causes a sea-level rise that kills most of the population (though this may be redemptive, like
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pre-war United States), and exploring the outside wasteland, in locations such as California,
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to defeat an infestation of a global genetic plague which slowly turns into a superorganism.
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in which the Earth's (or another planet's) civilization is collapsing or has collapsed. The
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technologies and skills, as well as master magic. Like Boyett's novel, Stirling's features
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Writing the Apocalypse: Historical Vision in Contemporary U.S. and Latin American Fiction
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has led to a catastrophic rise in sea level. Most of it takes place two millennia later.
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on any location of the map. The game map uses 3D alteration of real Earth map data from
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last man" theme which appeared in the works of several poets, such as "The Last Man" by
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Many musicians have post-apocalyptic themes and imagery in their lyrics. For example,
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members as favorably disposed survivors, and a hang glider attack against a building.
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poster calls up the pictorial image of a bombed New York City, totally engulfed in a
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depicts life before, during, and after the detonation of a Soviet nuclear bomb over
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and others, moving through Europe as a plague kills most of the world's population.
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and mythology which dealt with the end of the world and human society, such as the
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may overwhelm people as human brains are not adapted to contemporary society, but
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fastened the boat to the horn of the fish. Variants of this story also appear in
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Wollstonecraft Shelley, Mary (2004). "Introduction". In Bickley, Pamela (ed.).
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Nuclear apocalypse followed by a demon invasion is a recurring staple of the
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after a sudden mysterious "change" alters physical laws so that electricity,
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that cripples Western infrastructure, resulting in the collapse of society.
1229:(1973). Aldiss was directing his remarks mainly at novels of English author 37: 9919: 9740: 9651: 9577: 9557: 9515: 9113: 8903: 8860: 8591: 8511: 8451: 8426: 8363: 7788: 7722: 7454: 7440: 7295: 7105: 7073: 7063: 6966: 6812: 6710: 6656: 6565: 6424: 6006:"Interview: Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes' Suda 51 at PAX East 2018" 5693:"Infection Free Zone Review – Finally, An Interesting Strategy Zombie Game" 5647: 5558: 5524: 5094: 4776:"Themes : Ruined Earth : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia" 4659: 4587: 4192: 4142: 3877: 3543: 3501: 3462: 3449: 3124: 2966:(2020) continues the story of Joel and Ellie 5 years after the first game. 2907: 2671:, tells the story of a mutated (and incurable as well as fatal) version of 2645: 2627: 2612: 2584: 2430: 2215: 2181: 2162: 2025: 1850: 1799: 1657: 1230: 1222: 1147: 1025: 929: 909: 880: 701: 685: 622: 587: 558: 524: 419: 350: 208: 175: 165: 92: 61: 5669: 5623: 1514:
invoke mass destruction across the planet, and eventually result in a new
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A nuclear war occurs at the end of Bradbury's dystopian futuristic novel
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is a 1983 drama film based on a three-page story "The Last Testament" by
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Various ancient societies, including the Babylonian and Judaic, produced
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television series is based on the comic books. They have also spawned a
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universe. This mod has been praised for its effective portrayal of the
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also takes a swipe at the inconstant-physical-constants field with the
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to make way for a hyperspace bypass, to the chagrin of the protagonist
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slowly falls apart after a nuclear war destroys outside civilization.
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follows the odyssey of a small number of survivors of a world-ending
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to try to find refuge in the unscathed western part of the country.
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return in 2001 for another attempt at conquering the planet (later
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An overview of the subgenre at Internet Review of Science Fiction.
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also involves an apocalyptic event caused by a man-made pandemic.
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series (1959–1983) also takes place after a nuclear war, and his
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being nicknamed, "The Flare". The series was made into movies by
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airport bar while a series of cataclysmic events occurs outside.
2019: 1768:(2012-2013) depicts in part, the aftermath of a world in which a 1515: 1376: 613:(1898) depicts an invasion of Earth by inhabitants of the planet 353:, an apocalyptic deluge plays a prominent part. According to the 6156:"Muse Took Inspiration From 'World War Z' To Make 'The 2nd Law'" 5582:"The Forgotten Sci-Fi Classic That Reads Like a Prequel to E.T." 9896: 9866: 9807: 9616: 8025: 7742: 7668: 4578:
Post-Apocalyptic scenarios were a common theme in the music of
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and his family being saved through the intervention of the god
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which tells the story of how one small suburban town near the
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that will not repeat the mistakes of civilization. It won the
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The apocalypse is also depicted in visual art, for example in
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Capitalist Superheroes: Caped Crusaders in the Neoliberal Age
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A Sense of an Ending: Take Shelter's Inconclusive Apocalypse
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in 2020, both continuing the story of the Desert Rangers.
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series as an attempt to tie in some of the future series.
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wrote a trilogy of novels beginning with his 2007 debut,
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wrote several novels that have a post-apocalyptic theme.
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Apocalyptic Fever: End-Time Prophecies in Modern America
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which shows human domination in space, a future threat.
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featured a dystopian view of the future reminisent of
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into question by the inhabitants of the new society.
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something useful about life and its unknown depths.
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It was later adapted into the 3756: 3056:World War III in popular culture 2903:Abomination: The Nemesis Project 1900: 1887:has a cameo as a police officer. 1730:Society for Creative Anachronism 1545: 1268: 1218:happiness in the changed world. 7291:Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 6788:Land surface effects on climate 6761:Human impact on the environment 6392:Future of an expanding universe 6206: 6187: 6166: 6147: 6097: 6079: 6054: 6023: 5962: 5936: 5879: 5848: 5836:Moriarty, Colin (13 May 2013). 5830: 5798: 5772: 5744: 5715: 5684: 5629: 5616: 5607: 5598: 5573: 5545: 5517: 5491: 5442: 5417: 5389:Morton D. Paley (Autumn 1989). 5335: 5308: 5281: 5254: 5221: 5137: 5086: 4929:Zamora, Lois Parkinson (1993). 4922: 1650:which starts, in the 1968 book 1531:The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker 963: 536:Shelley's novel is predated by 512:, as well as "The Last Man" by 377:appeared as a rope, with which 9327:Science and technology studies 5845:. 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Wipf and Stock Publishers. 5093:Yeates, Robert (2021-11-15). 4732: 4278:The Day the Earth Caught Fire 4267:The Nine Billion Names of God 3214:The 1984 BBC television film 3140:(1968) and its first sequel, 1892:Fossil fuel supply scarcities 442: 7692:Future of Humanity Institute 7089:Potentially hazardous object 6989:Interplanetary contamination 6065:. Virgin Books. p. 27. 6004:Romano, Sal (9 April 2018). 5855:Ryan, Denis (May 18, 2018). 5315:Hassler-Forest, Dan (2012). 5062:"The Neverending Apocalypse" 4799:Zimbaro, Valerie P. (1996). 4751:The Science Fiction Handbook 3097:(1962) tells the story of a 2980:(2016) followed. The sequel 2449:The Walking Dead: Season Two 1855:artificial intelligence (AI) 1821:—the idea that some kind of 1537:Failure of modern technology 1507:The Coming Global Superstorm 1439:anthropogenic global warming 1369:In John Christopher's novel 660:Extraterrestrials in fiction 7: 8871:Space stations and habitats 7572:Nemesis (hypothetical star) 6721:Global terrestrial stilling 5838:"Metro: Last Light Review." 4803:. US: ABC-CLIO. p. 9. 4626: 4396:James Wesley Rawles' novel 4295:(1973), loosely based upon 4084:The manga and anime series 3719:(1989) deals with American 3310:released in 2010. Starring 3263:The Cartoon Network series 3254:CBS produced the TV series 3079:The Shape of Things to Come 2957:The Last of Us: Left Behind 2663:". Also published in 1977, 2548:) and his daughter, Su-an ( 2502:1988 novel of the same name 2049: 1635:German occupation of France 1459:Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize 1096:Characters in the six-part 1020:International Space Station 904:is a 2013 British-American 757:, rather than a disaster). 607:beneath a swollen red sun. 466:Such fiction is studied by 18:Apocalyptic science fiction 10: 10168: 7084:Asteroid impact prediction 7059:Heat death of the universe 6469:Mutual assured destruction 5978:(in French). June 30, 2011 5806:"Metro: Last Light review" 5424:Leopardi, Giacomo (1882). 4871:Matsya Purana, Ch.II, 1–19 3617:1975 film of the same name 3181:The ABC made-for-TV movie 3045: 2977:Dying Light: The Following 2838:(2014) takes place in the 2525:USS Nathan James (DDG-151) 2053: 2003:declining world oil supply 1986:Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 1810: 1461:and was a runner-up for a 1124:'s 2001–2003 book series, 657: 651: 449:Dystopia § In fiction 446: 327:narrative is found in the 29: 10067: 10036: 9978: 9912: 9761: 9503: 9443: 9430: 9360: 9317:Museum of Science Fiction 9274: 9262:Christian science fiction 9254: 9226:Self-replicating machines 9187: 9101: 9070: 8974: 8889: 8846: 8837: 8773: 8752: 8716: 8671: 8664: 8615: 8372: 8351: 8344: 8238: 8185: 8178: 8124: 7945: 7938: 7873: 7776: 7710: 7702:Nuclear Threat Initiative 7679: 7635:List of apocalyptic films 7612: 7478:2011 end times prediction 7470: 7210:Prophecy of Seventy Weeks 7205:Abomination of desolation 7141: 7079:Asteroid impact avoidance 7016: 6927: 6909:List of extinction events 6884: 6877: 6843: 6751:Environmental degradation 6647: 6638: 6553: 6538:Technological singularity 6407: 6382: 6376:Global catastrophic risks 6240:. Bloomsbury Publishing. 5730:. Yale University Press. 5175:Kyle, Richard G. (2012). 4689:List of apocalyptic films 4634:American militia movement 4586:, most notably the song " 4490:tabletop roleplaying game 4473:tabletop roleplaying game 4414:. It is a feature-length 4299:'s science fiction novel 4096:(2015 debut), sequels to 3773:was produced in 2015 and 3003:Tom Clancy's The Division 2842:region after a fictional 2741:also shortlisted for the 2145:Cadillacs & Dinosaurs 2060: 1847:technological singularity 1435:The White Bird of Kinship 797:s tone is reminiscent of 647: 256:technological singularity 185: 133:technological singularity 87:may be climatic, such as 10117:Post-apocalyptic fiction 7697:Future of Life Institute 7599:Resurrection of the dead 7592:Post-tribulation rapture 6974:Colony collapse disorder 5461:Square Co (1995-08-22). 5399:Keats-Shelley Review, #4 5321:. John Hunt Publishing. 5267:. 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Clarke Award 2486:novel of the same name 2366:(2002) and its sequel 1765:H+: The Digital Series 1713:A Meeting at Corvallis 1497:The Day After Tomorrow 1260:Environmental disaster 957:A Quiet Place: Day One 890:The television series 275:apocalyptic literature 252:supernatural phenomena 207:; natural, such as an 205:runaway climate change 200: 156:apocalyptic literature 89:runaway climate change 69: 50: 32:Apocalyptic literature 9701:Organ transplantation 8946:Organ transplantation 8205:Libraries and museums 8126:Cyberpunk derivatives 8080:Utopian and dystopian 7034:Coronal mass ejection 6496:Electromagnetic pulse 6457:Kinetic energy weapon 6234:Tate, Andrew (2017). 6131:"The Dragon's Augury" 6129:Ward, J. (May 1978). 6032:"40 anni di Devilman" 5918:"My Time at Sandrock" 5722:Murakami, T. (2005). 5264:Post Cinematic Affect 4965:Palgrave Macmillan US 4709:Speculative evolution 4477:Large Hadron Collider 4337:The Christian-themed 4302:Make Room! 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Pellegrino 706:The Screwfly Solution 633:reproduced or adapted 610:The War of the Worlds 514:Thomas Lovell Beddoes 472:public administration 396:(from which the word 193: 56: 40: 9297:Fictional technology 9292:Fictional astronauts 9149:Frankenstein complex 7436:War of Gog and Magog 7113:Near-Earth supernova 6863:Human overpopulation 6667:Mass mortality event 6561:Anthropogenic hazard 5861:Rock, Paper, Shotgun 5427:Essays and dialogues 5105:10.2307/j.ctv1txdfvf 5067:The Princeton Buffer 4617:The Sisters of Mercy 4437:Escape From New York 4281:(1961) is a film by 4240:Films and literature 4131:The anime and manga 3896:Call of Duty: Ghosts 3823:at a Comic Con in a 3729:'s children's novel 3687:William W. Johnstone 3629:films, particularly 3519:Walter M. 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Le Guin 1421:The Sheep Look Up 1405:The Burning World 1328: 1327: 1320: 1189:In the 2020 film 1183:These Final Hours 1043:The Drowned World 908:film directed by 804:War of the Worlds 637:radio programming 583:Richard Jefferies 480:end of capitalism 283:Epic of Gilgamesh 228:cybernetic revolt 217:zombie apocalypse 213:nuclear holocaust 161:Epic of Gilgamesh 129:cybernetic revolt 125:zombie apocalypse 97:nuclear holocaust 16:(Redirected from 10159: 10087: 10075: 10074: 10028:Vulgar auteurism 9696:Occult detective 9637:Southern Ontario 9563:Dark Romanticism 9417: 9410: 9403: 9394: 9393: 9379: 9369: 9368: 9207:Astroengineering 9139:Evil corporation 8866:Matrioshka brain 8844: 8843: 8783:List of TV shows 8669: 8668: 8349: 8348: 8183: 8182: 8053:Sword and planet 7943: 7942: 7860: 7853: 7846: 7837: 7836: 7798: 7797: 7789:World portal 7787: 7786: 7748:Financial crisis 7577:Nibiru cataclysm 7555:Premillennialism 7399:Dhul-Suwayqatayn 7367:Son of perdition 7355:Olivet Discourse 7331:Whore of Babylon 6957:Biological agent 6904:Human extinction 6894:Extinction event 6882: 6881: 6853:Overexploitation 6783:Land consumption 6778:Land degradation 6645: 6644: 6507:Micro black hole 6415:Chemical warfare 6369: 6362: 6355: 6346: 6345: 6314: 6312: 6311: 6302:. 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4370: 4366: 4362: 4358: 4354: 4350: 4346: 4342: 4341: 4335: 4333: 4329: 4328: 4327:Engine Summer 4323: 4319: 4317: 4315: 4310: 4306: 4304: 4303: 4298: 4294: 4293: 4292:Soylent Green 4287: 4284: 4280: 4279: 4274: 4272: 4268: 4264: 4259: 4257: 4253: 4252: 4247: 4237: 4235: 4234: 4228: 4225: 4224: 4218: 4216: 4215: 4209: 4207: 4203: 4202: 4197: 4195: 4194: 4188: 4186: 4185: 4180: 4178: 4174: 4170: 4166: 4162: 4161:Second Impact 4158: 4157: 4151: 4149: 4144: 4140: 4136: 4135: 4129: 4127: 4126: 4121: 4120:James Cameron 4117: 4113: 4112: 4107: 4105: 4104: 4099: 4095: 4094: 4089: 4088: 4087:Dragon Ball Z 4082: 4080: 4079:Studio Ghibli 4076: 4072: 4071: 4066: 4062: 4060: 4056: 4055: 4050: 4046: 4045: 4040: 4036: 4034: 4033:Hokuto no Ken 4030: 4029:Violence Jack 4026: 4025: 4020: 4019:Violence Jack 4016: 4012: 4011:Hokuto no Ken 4008: 4007: 4002: 4001: 3996: 3992: 3988: 3984: 3980: 3976: 3975: 3974:Violence Jack 3960: 3958: 3954: 3950: 3949: 3944: 3943: 3938: 3936: 3932: 3931: 3926: 3922: 3918: 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Index

Apocalyptic science fiction
Apocalyptic literature

Albert Goodwin

Joseph Pennell
Liberty bond
firestorm
subgenre
science fiction
apocalypse event
runaway climate change
impact event
nuclear holocaust
resource depletion
pandemic
end time
Last Judgment
Second Coming
Ragnarök
zombie apocalypse
cybernetic revolt
technological singularity
dysgenics
alien invasion
apocalypse
apocalyptic literature
Epic of Gilgamesh
Mary Shelley
The Last Man

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