![]() ![]() ![]() Prepper fiction is an exercise in imagination. Doomsday possibilities include: solar flares, EMP attacks, financial collapse, nuclear warfare, invasion, pandemic, ecological disasters, and the list goes on. Pat Frank’s “Alas Babylon” written in the 1950’s, dealing with the aftermath of a nuclear war and set in Florida was a national best seller and is a classic example of the genre. Prepper fiction is a realistic, what-if, survival story. ![]() It’s a kind of speculative writing but without the zombies. It’s a category of action adventure with a futuristic theme but without the space aliens. It’s a sub genre of fiction falling under science fiction but without the ray guns. ![]() I grew up thinking about fallout shelters and mutant monsters.Īnd now I write “Prepper” fiction, among other genres. Not to mention, he made a few bucks in the movies. Godzilla wasn’t just a big lizard he was also a metaphor for rampaging, worldwide destruction. My generation invented dystopian, futuristic, end-of-times storytelling. Those movies gave my bad dreams and ignited my imagination. In the meantime, I prepared for the cold war to go hot by hiding under my desk at school and every Saturday watching movies filled with mutants, fallout, and radiated wastelands. There were some tense moments when Castro invited the Russians to his island with their atomic bombs, and President Kennedy said, “Go home.” They went. I grew up waiting for the cold war to heat up. ![]()
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