Dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction tend to surge in popularity when humanity faces some form of existential threat or crisis. Examples include the post-World War II sub-genre of atomic bomb-centred apocalyptic fiction and then again in the 1980s, spurred by the escalation of the Cold War. The Covid-19 pandemic is the most recent contemporary single global event to trigger a cascade of art drawing on dystopian ideas. More recently, geopolitical ructions and climate change apprehension have picked up the mantle for doomsday inspiration.
Dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction tend to surge in popularity when humanity faces some form of existential threat or crisis. Examples include the post-World War II sub-genre of atomic bomb-centred apocalyptic fiction and then again in the 1980s, spurred by the escalation of the Cold War. The Covid-19 pandemic is the most recent contemporary single global event to trigger a cascade of art drawing on dystopian ideas. More recently, geopolitical ructions and climate change apprehension have picked up the mantle for doomsday inspiration.
