“Long a preoccupation of science fiction and horror writing, the apocalypse, as it looms closer, has become more intriguing to writers of literary fiction, more necessary to address. The last days no longer seem like a harmless fantasy.”
At the New Statesmen, Ben Marcus posits that–and wonders why–American writers are becoming increasingly obsessed with apocalypse.
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