![]() ![]() ![]() The central metaphor in these narratives tends to be that humanity is really quite an awful, violent species that wars with itself constantly, and that our boundless curiosity and hubris - whether that involves scientific research gone awry or meddling with forces beyond our ken - ultimately lead to our own near-complete destruction. Plague, virus, and zombie apocalypse narratives tend to share a few common threads: Often, humanity brings such terrors upon itself usually, survivors or those with immunity come together in ragtag groups and attempt to find a cure and/or fight their way through to where the other healthy people are and, almost always, humanity survives - perhaps in drastically reduced numbers, sans modern technology - and must learn to rebuild itself anew. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Hollow Kingdom Author Kira Jane Buxton ![]()
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