Portal:Apocalyptic fiction
Alien invasionEdit
The alien invasion is a common theme in science fiction stories and film, in which extraterrestrial life invades Earth either to exterminate and supplant human life, enslave it under a colonial system, harvest humans for food, steal the planet's resources, or destroy the planet altogether.Alien invasion on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
— Excerpted from- The Germ Growers, 1892 by Robert Potter
- The War of the Worlds, 1898 by Herbert George Wells
- The Thing From—Outside, 1926 edition by George Allan England, original: Science and Invention, April 1923
- The Hanging Stranger, 1953 by Philip Kindred Dick
ArmageddonEdit
Armageddon is, according to the Bible, the site of a battle during the end times, variously interpreted as either a literal or symbolic location.Armageddon on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Used here to group fiction representing a final, apocalyptic war.
— Excerpted fromCybernetic revoltEdit
- The Machine Stops, 1909 by Edward Morgan Forster
- R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), 1921 theatre play by Karel Čapek
- The Mentanicals, 1949 edition by George Henry Weiss, originally published in Amazing Stories, April 1934
- Second Variety, 1953 by Philip Kindred Dick
Dying EarthEdit
The Dying Earth subgenre is a sub-category of science fiction or science fantasy which takes place in the far future at either the end of life on Earth or the End of Time, when the laws of the universe themselves fail. Themes of world-weariness, innocence (wounded or otherwise), idealism, entropy, (permanent) exhaustion/depletion of many or all resources (such as soil nutrients), and the hope of renewal tend to pre-dominate.Dying Earth (subgenre) on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
— Excerpted from- Darkness by George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron
- The Time Machine, 1895 by Herbert George Wells
- The House on the Borderland, 1908 by William Hope Hodgson
- The Night Land, 1912 by William Hope Hodgson
- Till A' the Seas, 1935 by Howard Phillips Lovecraft and R. H. Barlow
Ecological catastropheEdit
- The Poison Belt, 1913 by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Omega, 1949 edition by Amelia Reynolds Long, originaly published in Amazing Stories, July 1932.
Impact eventEdit
An impact event is the collision of a large meteorite, asteroid, comet, or other celestial object with the Earth or another planet. Impact events have been a plot and background element in science fiction since knowledge of real impacts became established in the scientific mainstream.Impact event on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
— Excerpted from- The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion, 1839 by Edgar Allan Poe
- The Star, 1897 by Herbert George Wells
Unexplained extinctionEdit
- "The Man Who Lived," by Raymond F. O'Kelley in Weird Tales (September-October 1941, vol. 36, no. 1)
PandemicEdit
- The Last Man, 1826 by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- The Scarlet Plague, 1912 by Jack London
Post-apocalyptic fictionEdit
- After London, 1885 by Richard Jefferies
- The Purple Cloud, 1901 by Matthew Phipps Shiel
- In the Days of the Comet, 1906 by Herbert George Wells
- Valhalla, 1907 by George Long
- The Scarlet Plague, 1912 by Jack London
- After Armageddon, 1932 by George Henry Weiss
- The Defenders, 1953 by Philip Kindred Dick
- Second Variety, 1953 by Philip Kindred Dick