by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
Something occurred to me recently that has begun to consume the massive scenario-making part of my mind — there is a fatal flaw in all the post-apocalyptic fiction out there today.
It’s very First World-centric. So much so, it’s kind of ridiculous. Add to that that humans are far more resilient than they’re given credit for and the world of books like Station 11 are difficult to read for me. (That, of course, and how young the author of that book is, which makes me feel bad that I’m a late bloomer when it comes to writing a novel.)
Anyway, I don’t want to go into too much detail I like flipping the script on any well hone trope and this might make an interesting novel or screenplay. But, needless to say — unless you are using an extinction-level event as the basis of your scenario, civilization would probably bounce back far, far sooner than we give it credit for.
