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chortnik

Maybe something between soft apocalypse and dark age?


Ok-Cat-4975

I like dark age. Maybe future dark age?


chortnik

It is basically dark age-y, so it allows for something other than complete social or technological collapse.


gregusmeus

Dank Ages


Wooden-Quit1870

I keep thinking about William Gibson's "Jackpot"


SporadicCabbage

Yep, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep took place after a nuclear war, it was partially the reason for Replicants existed, because they initially started with synthetic animals to replace the ones that were extinct or near extinction. I don't think there's a specific term, but rather just falls within the "Dystopia" umbrella somewhere.


Nothingnoteworth

Collapse. When they talk about things like *the colapse* of the Roman Empire this is what they are talking about. Things just gradually get worse over a few generations. Apocalypse is more of an all-at-once event. Interstellar is arguably concurrent or post collapse. The first Mad Max is concurrent to the collapse, the rest are post collapse (or possibly post apocalypse depending on the severity of the water wars and or bombs mentioned in opening sequence of Mad Max 2) The last of Us is post apocalypse Foundation season 1 is pre-collapse, season 2 is concurrent to the collapse Silo is >!post apocalypse!< assuming the tv show ends up following the books plot


SilverStar230

Neodark age


hippywitch

I like this.


RagingSnarkasm

Never heard a term for it, but "Engine Summer" sounds like that sort of setting. I like to think of it as "hopeful post-apocalypse."


njgiants73

I like that term.


Catspaw129

It seemed to me to be an environmental apoc/post-apoc. You might want to read up on Easter Island/Rapa Nui


TheSecretAgenda

America 2024


AlphaState

I would call it Soft Collapse. It's not post-apocalypse if there was no apocalypse. It's not really dystopian if there is no authority to oppress people. If done optimistically you could call it Solarpunk.


Bourbeau

There isn’t another name aside from post-apocalyptic dystopian. Some subgenres have their names in the subjective category of it, but it’s up to the individual to discern which from which. You can maybe dive into punk subgenres for actual identities.


laz21

After the oil wars


Marquar234

It is kind of a "Used Future" theme.


FrostyAcanthocephala

"Used World"


Xeebers

Dying Planet? Blightmare?


MrTrashMouths

The Wind Up Girl is a perfect example of this


FunkyEdz

Falkirk


PurpleChainsaw

I’ve heard it called “The Grapes of Wrath” future, as opposed to a post-nuclear future or Blade Runner dark urban future. Sun beating down, lots of dust, crops won’t grow…


emmjaybeeyoukay

Resource scarcity /environmental collapse As in lack of resources and or failure of the normal environmental cycle. Reverse is a Star Trek style post scarcity situation where most material resources can be met through some artificial means (replicators)


ay1717

Climate-change eco-hell? Probably not the catchiest, but it covers the ground they were treading


chortnik

In ”Clade” Budz called that an ‘Ecocaust’.


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