The 20th century —fragile, fractured and corroded as it has been— emerges from the depths of human idiosyncrasy with the banner of freedom in hand. Corruption, oppression, disease and death have given way to a completely alienated society —in most…
THE WARNING FUNCTION OF POST-APOCALYPTIC SCIENCE FICTION – Kateřina Houfková
In 1974, the board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists created the Doomsday clock, using the imagery of apocalypse (symbolised by midnight) and a nuclear explosion (countdown to zero) to demonstrate how close we are to destroying our civilization…