Here is an article with the same title as my thread title. It reports surges of interest in works of fiction and non-fiction regarding apocalyptic subjects. Much of the renewed interest has followed the November election of President Donald Trump, which publishers and scholars say is no coincidence.
No surprise to me. There are ideas which would have seemed unthinkable to me (like breakaway states of the United States such as Texas) which now seem less crazy than the idea that citizens of the USA actually elected a totally unqualified circus clown as President.
We are in uncharted territory here. Is there really any fiction crazier than our reality?
I expect we will see lots more apocalyptic fiction in the near future for the simple reason that it is now much more believable.
No surprise to me. There are ideas which would have seemed unthinkable to me (like breakaway states of the United States such as Texas) which now seem less crazy than the idea that citizens of the USA actually elected a totally unqualified circus clown as President.
We are in uncharted territory here. Is there really any fiction crazier than our reality?
I expect we will see lots more apocalyptic fiction in the near future for the simple reason that it is now much more believable.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
