Kaidi

I don't know what it is about apocalypses that appeal to me but for as long as I can remember I've always enjoyed a good end of the world. I prefer a during or post-apocalypse to a dystopian - but I definitely did not enjoy living in the world of COVID.

I enjoy all kind of apocalypses: climatic, such as runaway climate change; natural, such as an impact event; man-made, such as nuclear holocaust; medical, such as a plague or virus, whether natural or man-made; or imaginative, such as zombie apocalypse or alien invasion.

I don't mind if the story involves attempts to prevent an apocalypse event, or if it's about dealing with the impact and consequences of the event itself. I also ones that are post-apocalyptic, and set after the event - either immediately after the catastrophe, focusing on the travails or psychology of survivors, the way to maintain the human race alive and together as one, or considerably later, often including the theme that the existence of pre-catastrophe civilization has been forgotten (or mythologized)

There's something about society collapsing slowly that grabs me and pulls me in. It's usually characterized by the decline of technology, abandoned cities full of wildlife. The surviving humans would be focused on food, shelter, and having to work together as a community rather than fighting or having to deal with whichever world ending event may be occurring.

One of my favourite TV scenes will always that scene in the first episode of The Walking Dead of Rick on horseback going down the highway - there's no movement, no sound other than the horses hooves. That scene is close to perfection.

Are you a post/apocalypse fan? Do you have any favourite scenes/s from books, movies or tv?