GLOSSARYSUBGENRE
Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
IN PLAIN ENGLISH
In plain English
Fiction set after civilization collapses, whether from war, plague, disaster, or something stranger, focused on survival and on what people rebuild.
WORKS
See it in the wild.
ON THE SHOW
On the show.
- Ep 3 — Science Fiction isn’t about the future (15:43–16:16): Rob separates a book's setting from its subject: The Water Knife is set in a "post climate change, post-apocalyptic society," but that isn't what it's about, while 1984 is squarely about its subject.
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