apocalyptic fiction English (Q3919251)
genre of speculative fiction usually describing the end of human civilization English
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Apocalyptic fiction
Doomsday fiction
End-of-the-world fiction
Post-apocalyptic fiction
Post-disaster fiction
Post-holocaust fiction
Postapocalyptic fiction
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Fiction set in a world or civilization after a catastrophic event (e.g., nuclear war, an alien invasion), sometimes also including the period immediately preceding the event. For fiction set in an uncertain future, in a society ruled by an ineffectual, corrupt, or oppressive regime or by aliens, robots, etc., see Dystopian fiction. (English)
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