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Ballard was definitely part of the British gentle apocalypse school. Se also Wyndham etc. He also had a lot of other science fiction and experimental work in ad
by ghaff 2y ago
Ballard was definitely part of the British gentle apocalypse school. Se also Wyndham etc. He also had a lot of other science fiction and experimental work in addition to Empire of the Sun.
- jhbadger 2y agoFor some value of "gentle". Typically people mean by that stories (mostly British in origin) where the apocalypse isn't too bad and even a bit of fun. I don't think the characters in The Drowned World, The Burning World, etc. are having a fun time.
- ghaff 2y agoI forget where I took that term from. Certainly some of the stories from that era are darker than others.
- twic 2y agoI think you're thinking of Brian Aldiss's term "cosy catastrophe": https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cosy_catastrophe https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cosy_catastrophe
- ghaff 2y agoAfter I wrote, I remembered that was probably the term I was looking for though I couldn't put my finger on the source.