Post apocalypse

An asteroid devastates the earth, NASA artwork

The post-apocalypse is the time after an event that destroyed large parts of humanity and the civilization it built. Old social orders no longer apply, and an archaic system of the stronger often prevails . Post-apocalyptic narratives are an - often dystopian - sub-genre of science fiction and fantasy .

How the annihilation of mankind was brought about often plays a major role in the course of the respective narrative. A distinction can be made between two categories:

• Humanity destroys itself in war, often with nuclear or biological weapons, or through a failed experiment.
• Humanity is destroyed by a natural disaster of global proportions, a virus or an alien, such as artificial or extraterrestrial intelligence.

In the destroyed world, the few that remain often fight for survival. If possible, they want to recapture the earth, make it habitable again or build a social order that is strongly oriented towards pre-apocalyptic society.

Post-apocalyptic works

Figure in a live role-playing game with an end-time scenario

Movies

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• The Last Man on Earth , American-Italian film by Ubaldo Ragona and Sidney Salkow from 1964
• Planet of the Apes , American film from 1968 directed by Franklin J. Schaffner (had several sequels and remakes )
• After that , British film directed by Richard Lester from 1969
• The Omega Man , 1971 American film by Boris Sagal based on the novel by Richard Matheson Ich bin Legende (I am Legend)
• Zardoz , British film from 1974
• A Boy and His Dog, 1975 American film by LQ Jones
• Mad Max series, Australian film tetralogy from 1979 to 2015
• Malevil , Franco-German film from 1981 based on the novel Malevil by Robert Merle
• The Day After, 1983 American film directed by Nicholas Meyer .
• Terminator , American film series (1984-2019)
• Quiet Earth - The Final Experiment , New Zealand production from 1985, is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Craig Harrison
• The Last Frontier , Finnish film by Mika Kaurismäki from 1993
• Waterworld , 1995 American film directed by Kevin Reynolds
• Postman , American film directed by and with Kevin Costner from 1997
• Matrix , 1999 American science fiction film from the Wachowskis
• 28 Days Later , 2002 British film directed by Danny Boyle
• The Day After Tomorrow , American film directed by Roland Emmerich from 2004
• Children of Men , British-American film directed by Alfonso Cuarón from 2006
• I Am Legend , 2007 US-British film directed by Francis Lawrence based on the novel by Richard Matheson
• City of Ember, American film, directed by Gil Kenan in 2008
• WALL · E - The last one cleans up the earth , American animated film directed by Andrew Stanton from 2008
• The Happening , American film directed by M. Night Shyamalan from 2008
• # 9 , 2009 American computer animation film directed by Shane Acker (based on his Oscar- nominated short and produced by Tim Burton )
• 2012 , American film directed by Roland Emmerich from 2009
• The Road , American film directed by John Hillcoat and Joe Penhall from 2009
• The Book of Eli , American film directed by Albert and Allen Hughes from 2010
• Hell , German film by Tim Fehlbaum from 2011
• The Divide , French film by Xavier Gens from 2011
• Cloud Atlas , German / American film by Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer from 2012
• Elysium , 2013 American science fiction film directed by Neill Blomkamp
• Oblivion , 2013 American film directed by Joseph Kosinski
• The Colony - Hell Freezes Over , 2013 Canadian science fiction film directed by Jeff Renfroe
• After Earth , 2013 American film directed by M. Night Shyamalan
• How I Live Now , 2013 British film directed by Kevin Macdonald
• World War Z , 2013 American film directed by Marc Forster
• Snowpiercer , South Korean film directed by Bong Joon-ho (based on the French comics Snow Cruiser (Le Transperceneige )) from 2013
• The Rover , 2014 Australian film directed by David Michôd
• Into The Forest , a 2015 Canadian film directed by Patricia Rozema
• The Survivalist , 2016 British film directed by Stephen Fingleton
• The 5th Wave , 2016 American film directed by J. Blakeson
• Pulse , American film by Tod Williams based on a 2016 novel by Stephen King
• The Girl with All the Gifts , 2017 British-American film directed by Colm McCarthy
• Mortal Engines: War of the Cities , New Zealand-American film directed by Christian Rivers based on a 2018 novel by Philip Reeve
• Io , 2019 film directed by Jonathan Helpert

TV Shows

• Jeremiah - Warriors of Thunder is an American television series by J. Michael Straczynski, based on the comic series Jeremiah by Hermann Huppen (2002-2004)
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles , American television series directed by Josh Friedman (2007-2009)
• Adventure Time - Adventure time with Finn and Jake , American animated series by Pendleton Ward (since 2010)
• Falling Skies , American television series directed by Robert Rodat (2011-2015)
• Revolution , American television series by Eric Kripke (2012-2014)
• The 100 , American TV series by Jason Rothenberg and Kass Morgan (since 2014)
• Terra Nova , American mini-TV series directed by Kelly Marcel and Craig Silverstein from 2011
• Z Nation , American television series by Karl Schaefer (2014-2018)
• The Walking Dead , American television series directed by Frank Darabont and based on the comic book by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore (since 2010)
• Fear the Walking Dead , American television series developed by Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson (since 2015). A spin-off from The Walking Dead
• Wayward Pines , American mystery series on Fox television based on an idea by Chad Hodge (2015)
• The Shannara Chronicles , American television series (2016-2017)
• The Rain , Danish TV series (since 2018)
• Black Summer , American TV series by Karl Schaefer and John Hyams (since 2019)
• Into the Night , Belgian TV series by Jason George (since 2020)

Novels

• Verney, the Last Man , 1826 novel by the British writer Mary Shelley
• Schwarze Spiegel , a short story by the German writer Arno Schmidt published in 1951
• The Triffids , 1951 novel by the British author John Wyndham
• I am a legend , 1954 novel by the American writer Richard Matheson
• In Praise of Leibowitz , a 1960 novel by the American writer Walter M. Miller, Jr.
• After the bomb , 1965 novel by the American writer Philip K. Dick
• The Three Legged Rulers (1967–1988), book series by the British writer John Christopher
• Malevil , 1972 novel by the French writer Robert Merle
• The Stand , 1978 novel by the American writer Stephen King
• The Last Children of Schewenborn , a 1983 novel by Gudrun Pausewang
• The Dark Tower , a saga by the American writer Stephen King , published between 1978 and 2004
• The golden saints or Columbus discovers Europe , the 1992 novel by the German writer Herbert Rosendorfer
• The Road , a 2006 novel by the American author Cormac McCarthy
• Metro 2033 , 2007, 2009 and 2015 series of novels by Russian writer Dmitry Glukhovsky
• The transition , 2010 novel by the American author Justin Cronin
• Silo series , since 2011, novel series by US author Hugh Howey
• Penryn & the End of Days, since 2012, novel trilogy by US author Susan Ee

comics

• Jeremiah , comic series by Hermann Huppen published from 1979
• Alexander Nikopol , from 1980 published comic trilogy by Enki Bilal
• V for Vendetta , comic series by the British author Alan Moore published from 1982
• Akira , manga by Katsuhiro Otomo begun in 1982 and completed in 1990
• Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken), manga begun in 1983 and completed in 1988 by the Japanese illustrator Tetsuo Hara and the author Buronson
• Tank Girl , comic series by Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin published from 1988
• The Walking Dead , published since October 2003 comic series by the author Robert Kirkman and the illustrator Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard
• Gone with the Blastwave , web comic by Kimmo Lemetti published since 2005

Computer games

• Wasteland (1987) and Wasteland 2 (2014)
• Fountain of Dreams (1990)
• The Terminator series of the 1990s and 2000s with u. a. The Terminator: Future Shock (1995), 7 parts in total
• Creep (1996) and the successors Aquanox (2001) and Aquanox 2: Revelation (2003)
• Krush, Kill 'n' Destroy (1997) and KKND 2: Krossfire (1998)
• 7th Legion (1997)
• Carmageddon series (since 1997)
• Fallout series (since 1997), consisting of 4 parts plus offshoots Fallout: New Vegas and Fallout 76
• Neocron series (since 2002)
• The Fall: Last Days of Gaia (2004)
• Stalker series (from 2007), consisting of 3 parts
• Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (2010)
• The Fall: Mutant City (2011)
• Rage (2011) and Rage 2 (2019)
• Deponia series (from 2012), consisting of 4 parts
• I am Alive (2012)
• DayZ (2013)
• Metro 2033 (2010), Metro: Last Light (2013) and Metro Exodus (2019), based on the novels of the Metro 2033 universe
• State of Decay (2013) and State of Decay 2 (2018)
• The Walking Dead (2012) and The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct (2013)
• The Last of Us (2013) and The Last of Us Part II (2020)
• Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (2013)
• Destiny (computer game) (2014)
• The Long Dark (2014)
• H1Z1 (2015)
• Mad Max (2015)
• Survival: Postapocalypse Now (2015)
• ELEX (2017)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (2017)
• Frostpunk (2018)
• Far Cry New Dawn (2019)
• Days Gone (2019)
• Death Stranding (2019)

Role play

• Angel (2002)
• Degenesis (2004)
• Heredium (2008)
• Toxic Dust (2001)
• NoReturn (2016)

Board games

• Outlive (2018)

literature

• Veronika Wieser, Christian Zolles, Catherine Feik, Martin Zolles, Leopold Schlöndorff (eds.): Abendländische Apokalyptik. End times genealogy compendium. Akademie, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-05-005797-2 ( limited preview in Google book search).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Veronika Wieser, Christian Zolles, Catherine Feik, Martin Zolles, Leopold Schlöndorff (eds.): Abendländische Apokalyptik. End times genealogy compendium. Akademie, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-05-005797-2 , pp. 300 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
2. ↑ SPIELKULT.de - Board games in the test - Outlive. Retrieved May 9, 2020 .