an apocalypse is a catastrophic event that ends or changes the world as we know it. Post apocalyptic scenerios are a staple of science fiction and fantasy.
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When I was in elementary school, I read a series of books that I can't seem to find anywhere
The series is about a group of kids being woken up one by one throughout the series after an apocalypse and each kid can do something special (I can't remember if it was magical, but it could have ...
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In Resident Evil film series, why does Umbrella continue doing experiments?
When you kill (or infect) about 95% (or more) of the world's population, and the same virus can infect animals, well, you are doing something wrong. Now, why do you need more powerful monster?
Why ...
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Book identification: Story about a vampire that awakens just as the Nukes hit
Vampire wakes up in a city where the bombs have dropped and the sun never rises. I think this book was written around 1980.
I just can't remember the title. I want to say it's something akin to ...
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Seeking story about time slowing, couple in stasis, end of the world
I remember reading this in an anthology over 15 years ago:
A married couple lives in an automated house/citadel that satisfies their every need. Somehow, it also preserves them; life is so stable and ...
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How can the contradiction between the beginning and end of Miracle Mile be resolved?
In the 1988 apocalyptic thriller, Miracle Mile, the movie opens with Harry playing the trombone
Here's what he says in that scene:
I never really saw the big picture before today - love can ...
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Movie/series about a surreal post-apocalyptic world
First, a word about the format - I don't know whether this was a movie or a TV series, b/c I saw it aired in pieces on PBS back in the 1980s. I don't even recall if it was originally voiced in ...
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A girl who transcends time
I remember quite a bit, but can't seem to find the title or (female) author.
A girl accompanies her father as he captains a mission to travel at near-light speed in order to experience the effects ...
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What film/TV program was set on a spaceship and…? (I can only remember the ending so have kept the title uninformative!)
Like the title says, I only remember the end of this. I think it was a film, but may have been an episode of something like The Outer Limits. I saw it on TV around 1999 (ish), and I think it was quite ...
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In the original Mad Max movie, is there actually any reference to an apocalypse?
While the Wikipedia article on Mad Max says:
The film opens "a few years from now"
in Australia, in a dystopian future
where law & order has begun to break
down at the end of the 'Oil ...
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What was the catastrophe that happened in “The Road”?
My googling says that the catastrophe in "The Road" is unexplained.
Given what we can see on screen, can anyone come up with a better explanation for how the world got that way?
