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Surviving the End of the World
I’m not a big fan of reality tv, but I’ll admit I’m hooked on the Discovery channel’s The Colony. It’s about a group of ten people trying to survive a catastrophic event.
I’ve loved this kind of what if since I read The Stand as a teenager. What if there was no water, no power, no communication? Who would you trust? How would you eat? How do you rebuild civilization and in what form? What we have now or something different? I’ll admit I find the idea of a simpler life appealing, but I’d like it to include electricity, modern transportation and medicine, and the internet. g
None of that negates my love for disaster scenarios and books, however. Especially books. Some of my favorites are Califia’s Daughters (Leigh Richards), The Marked Man (Charles Ingrid), A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter Miller), and Alas, Babylon (Pat Frank). Movies just don’t seem to cut it in this genre, but I loved the tv shows Jericho and Jeremiah.
Anyone else fascinated by these stories? Why? Or why not if you don’t like them?
I love apocalyptic scenarios. I too was totally hooked on The Stand and love tales of a handful of people struggling through a disaster. I think my favorite part is the mix of people who would never normally have contact with one another, and I love a reluctant anti-hero leading them. In fact, i’m currently writing such a tale.