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- adjective Occurring after an
apocalypse orcatastrophic event.
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Examples
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Sub-Ministry industrial grind is a favorite, though overdriven drum machines have never signified "postapocalyptic" to anybody but self-pitying goth kids with hyperactive imaginations.
Chicago Reader 2010
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The form of the narrative itself is a symbol—a circle beginning and ending with a postapocalyptic society in which the sexes are divided and a war has already been waged.
So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011
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Giving the subject postapocalyptic trappings promises fresh interest, but it also seems to require some sort of apposite revelation or philosophical conjecture.
Into Thin Air Alexander Theroux 2011
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There seems to be a trend these days with postapocalyptic dystopian novels.
Lisa Yee: Happy 95th Birthday, Beverly Cleary Lisa Yee 2011
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I picked up a postapocalyptic novel, one of my favorite SF subgenres.
A Progressive on the Prairie » Microreview: The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker » Print 2010
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The form of the narrative itself is a symbol—a circle beginning and ending with a postapocalyptic society in which the sexes are divided and a war has already been waged.
So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011
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The Brooklyn Bridge is as picturesque as any Romantic ruin but also right out of a postapocalyptic sci-fi film.
An Illustrative Career Depicting Dystopias Sidney Lawrence 2011
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'The Stand' in development CBS Films and Warner Bros. are co-producing Mr. King's 1978 postapocalyptic epic, and Ben Affleck is in talks to direct.
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As a new father going through a hard time, I was extraordinarily moved by McCarthy's celebration of the love between man and son in a desolated postapocalyptic world.
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I picked up a postapocalyptic novel, one of my favorite SF subgenres.
Microreview: The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker « A Progressive on the Prairie 2010
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