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post-apocalyptic - definition and meaning
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adjective Of or pertaining to the events after the apocalypse .
adjective Of or pertaining to the post-apocalyptic genre .
noun The genre of fiction taking place after the apocalypse .
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His most recent graphic novel was From the Ashes, a “speculative memoir” set in the post-apocalyptic ruins of New York City.
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J L BOURNE: Born in a small town in the rural south, J.L. Bourne balances his time as an active duty military officer with writing fiction based in a post-apocalyptic world overrun with the dead.
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Adding to the cast of characters are the last remaining clones of three previous world leaders: Chester A. Arthur XVII, William H. Taft XLII, and Queen Victoria XXX, all of whom now find themselves adrift in something of a post-apocalyptic road trip across an increasingly mad America.
Book Review: Exponential Apocalypse | Fandomania 2009
The post-apocalyptic autobiographical comic is due next week from IDW.
Straight for the art | From the Ashes preview | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009
I want to see a post-apocalyptic Toy Story! mangoshakes i'm still pretty sure they're managing to hide the overall plot of this movie. no way is it just them trying to escape the day care. didn't they once call this one "epic"? so i guess kudos to them.
30-Second Preview of the New Toy Story 3 Trailer - First Look At Some of the New Toys | /Film 2010
The story is post-apocalyptic and in some ways absolutely frightening.
Book Review: The Man Who Melted | Fandomania 2009
The flats are called the Bitter Plain now, a name that fits our post-apocalyptic generation's desire for truth without varnish.
William Dirk Eshleman 2010
This is the opening sequence to the game, which sets the stage of the post-apocalyptic world the game depicts.
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Kind of a post-apocalyptic dystopia theme, or maybe that's just my imagination.
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Earlier this week I reported that his post-apocalyptic heist screenplay The Vault was making circles in Hollywood and would probably be purchased in the next week.
Louis Leterrier in talks to Direct Y: The Last Man? | /Film 2010
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