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jhbadger
on Sept 13, 2024
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JG Ballard's Apocalyptic Art
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
on Sept 13, 2024
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I forget where I took that term from. Certainly some of the stories from that era are darker than others.
twic
on Sept 13, 2024
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I think you're thinking of Brian Aldiss's term "cosy catastrophe":
https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cosy_catastrophe
ghaff
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After I wrote, I remembered that was probably the term I was looking for though I couldn't put my finger on the source.
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