[New post] Why do we crave the awful futures of apocalyptic fiction?

Analyzing Trends posted: " In the first two decades of the new millennium, stories of the post-apocalypse have permeated pop culture, from books such as Cormac McCarthy's The Road (2006), Paolo Bacigalupi's The Windup Girl (2009) and Emily St John Mandel's Station Eleven (2014) t" Analyzing Trends with Tim Stock Why do we crave the awful futures of apocalyptic fiction? Analyzing Trends Aug 30 In the first two decades of the new millennium, stories of the post-apocalypse have permeated pop culture, from books such as Cormac McCarthy's The Road (2006), Paolo Bacigalupi's The Windup Girl (2009) and Emily St John Mandel's Station Eleven (2014) to films and TV programmes such as The Walking Dead (2010-), the Hunger Games series (2012-15) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). While post-apocalyptic fictions of previous eras largely served as cautionary tales – against nuclear brinksmanship in On the Beach (1959) or weaponised biology in The Stand (1978) – today's versions of these tales depict less alterable, more oblique and diffuse visions of our doom. So why can't we seem to get enough of humanity's unavoidable collapse and its bleak aftermath? https://aeon.co/videos/why-do-we-crave-the-awful-futures-of-apocalyptic-fiction Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Analyzing Trends with Tim Stock. Change your email settings at manage subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://analyzingtrends.com/2022/08/30/why-do-we-crave-the-awful-futures-of-apocalyptic-fiction/ Powered by WordPress.com