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  1. Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction. This article is about the genre of fiction dealing with cataclysm. For the genre of religious writings dealing with revelation, see Apocalyptic literature. The apocalypse is also depicted in visual art, for example in Albert Goodwin 's painting Apocalypse (1903). Joseph Pennell 's 1918 prophetic Liberty ...

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      Apocalyptic literature. The Book of Daniel is one of the...

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      Apocalypse (from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis) '...

  2. Apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization due to a potentially existential catastrophe such as nuclear warfare, pandemic, extraterrestrial attack, impact event, cybernetic revolt, technological singularity, dysgenics, supernatural phenomena, divine judgment, climate change, resource depletion or some other general disaster.

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  4. Apocalyptic literature. The Book of Daniel is one of the earliest instances of apocalyptic literature within the Abrahamic traditions. Apocalyptic literature is a genre of prophetical writing that developed in post- Exilic Jewish culture and was popular among millennialist early Christians.

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    Apocalypse (from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis) ' revelation, disclosure') is a literary genre in which a supernatural being reveals cosmic mysteries or the future to a human intermediary. [1] The means of mediation include dreams, visions and heavenly journeys, [2] and they typically feature symbolic imagery drawn from the ...

  6. This is a list of apocalyptic feature-length films. All films within this list feature either the end of the world, a prelude to such an end (such as a world taken over by a viral infection), and/or a post-apocalyptic setting.

  7. Apocalyptic literature is a literary genre that foretells supernaturally inspired cataclysmic events that will transpire at the end of the world. A product of the Judeo-Christian tradition, apocalyptic literature characteristically takes narrative form, employs esoteric language, expresses a pessimistic view of the present, and treats the final events as imminent.

  8. Apocalyptic fiction. Apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of speculative fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization, through nuclear war, plague, or some other general disaster.

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