So here's a little secret about me. I am a huge sci-fi (science fiction) nerd. What some may not know is that there are dozens of "sub-genres" that make up science fiction. A personal favorite of mine, is one that I'm happy to see has risen in popularity over the last few years. This genre is called "post-apocalyptic." In the most general of terms, post-apocalyptic is a world that has been devastated by some sort of disaster (either an act of god type scenario or something man made), and humanity struggles to survive in the new harsh environment it resides in.
Quick examples? Think of that movie The Book of Eli that was made last year.
So what makes this genre so appealing? It's the amount of imagination that can be thrown in. An author can think of brilliant ways for the world to collapse, as macabre as that may sound. And since most of these worlds are set in the future, creative liberties abound about what resides in it, like zombies, mutants, and hell even aliens have showed up in more than one book. But on top of all this goofy fiction, the audience can stay anchored to the reality of it all because the people in the stories are still human. They are still guided by emotions that we've all dealt with, and there's numerous societies (like communists or authoritarians) that we are more than familiar with. Yeah there's fantasy settings like Lord of the Rings that bases elves and dwarves under similar terms, but they're made-up races, which I feel makes them harder to identify with.
So yeah, there's the opening piece. On here I'll be discussing things from almost all types of media, from movies to books to video games. Enjoy!
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