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For 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 t
by jhbadger 2y ago
For 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.