Forstchen who are wondering what would happen should we be suddenly deprived of it, an idea he explores in tremendous depth in his John Matherson series, with this third and last book being The Final Day. Virtually everything runs on it, and there are more and more authors like William R. Our fears in regards to the apocalypse unquestionably reflect the things we rely on for collective survival, and today it’s harder to think of something that fulfills that role better than electricity. Complexity is often a double-edged sword: complicated systems have greater potential, but are generally easier to sabotage… and that’s a concept which can be applied to our visions of the apocalypse.We’ve come a long in way in our depictions of the end of the world, going from rampant disease and fire from the sky to total nuclear and biological warfare. Forstchen’s Vision of an Obscure FutureĪs our lives become increasingly complicated due to the development of various technologies we come to rely on an ever-rising number of crutches that allow us to maintain our daily routine.
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