Post-apocalyptic essaying

madrobins on why she loves the end of the world.

This rang especially true:

In near-event post-apocalyptic settings, your characters are dealing with the disaster itself, and their own survival. Just as intriguingly, in a long-past post-apocalyptic setting, the characters deal as much with the meaning of the old world and its demise, and that can make for really interesting fiction.

I’m finding there can be something strangely comforting about some end-of-the-world fiction, too. It’s like we’re saying, okay, let’s pretend the worst things have already happened; now, here’s what survives.

Of course, in real life, I’d still rather avoid end-times entirely if we can, thank you very much.

(But speaking of the end of the world, it looks like the answer to “What will I read at WFC?” is “None of the above,” mostly because “the part with the mulberry trees” runs just a little too long. So it’ll be “the part with the tree shadows” instead.)

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