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To: Vendome
Brainless crap.

This article examines post-1945 depictions of the death of U.S. cities in films, short stories, and novels from the “thriller,” “future war,” and science fiction genres since 1945...
I guess that beats zombies, chain saws, and lunatic dolls. Just barely.

Cities are conspicuous by their absence from fictions of future war and its impacts, often disappearing offstage to allow the plot to follow survivors in small-town and rural settings.
Just maybe because anyone with a brain understands that the odds of survival in today's "diverse" urban environment is near zero for anyone within range.

This pattern spans depictions of the immediate days after atomic bombing (or a surrogate disaster such as a stray meteor or plague) and stories set decades or centuries after the Big Blowup.
As soon as the grocery store shelves have been emptied someone will be coming after your 'fridge or that earthquake kit you are so proud of.

Cities are often depicted as sources of danger even in their death throes and after...
Particularly after dark, most days of the week.

7 posted on 05/01/2012 7:01:55 PM PDT by norton
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To: norton

What? You actually read that?

LOL, I didn’t read any of it.

Thanks for the commentary


9 posted on 05/01/2012 7:22:55 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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