The time frame may be immediately after the catastrophe, focusing on the travails or psychology of survivors, or considerably later, often including the theme that the existence of pre-catastrophe civilization has been forgotten (or mythologized).Īpocalypse is a Greek word referring to the end of the world. Post-apocalyptic fiction is set in a world or civilization after such a disaster. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: 'List of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction' – news
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