But even with that we like to assume that humanity would find a way to endure and build itself back up. Indeed many works of the post-apocalyptic genre assume that it is our wonderful brains that bring about our own doom, unleashing genies of nuclear warfare, bioweapons, and nanotechnology. We managed to survive ice ages and a lack of natural weapons by using our wonderful brains. However there is still the sense of fascination. (And I use "dreadful" not in the sense of a bad movie but rather an experience that can fill one with actual dread.) There were films set after the End, ranging from the "Mad Max" series to absolutely dreadful movies like "Threads" and "The Day After". I remember playing the Gamma World Role Playing Game with our primitive mutants exploring the ruins of Pitz Burke. Born in the early 70s I became aware of my world in the era of "Ronnie Rambo" and the Cold War heating up one final time. 30th Amendment of the United States ConstitutionĪs I've mentioned in my blog a few times, the post-apocalyptic genre is one that filled me with feelings of both dread and fascination as I grew up. "No city, no town, no community of more than one thousand people or two hundred buildings to the square mile, shall be built or permitted to exist anywhere in the United States of America."
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