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The Apocalypse Beneath Our Feet

06 Thursday Nov 2014

Posted by dtkrippene in Future Trends, Sci-Fi Themes

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Anders Sandberg, Apocalypse, Caldera, EarthSky Org, Extreme Science Blog, Joel Archenbach, Ken Jorgustin, Ker Than, Lake Toba Caldera, Mount St. Helens, National Geographic, Supervolcano, volcanic eruptions, Writing Science Fiction, Yellowstone Caldera, Yellowstone National Park

National Geographic - Aug 2009

National Geographic – Aug 2009

For those of us who write dystopian/apocalyptic fiction, doesn’t seem to be any shortage of theories on what could steer humanity (and other life forms) toward the extinction exit ramp. Current scare of the year is pandemic disease, aka Ebola, and any evil progeny that mutates. Modern NASA satellite tracking hardware has made us more aware of the many PHAs (Potentially Hazardous Asteroids) with our name on it. Anders Sandberg has an “existential list” compiled of Five Biggest Threats to Human Existence, number one being the ever-popular nuclear war jitters.  I found his fifth candidate interesting, if not thought provoking; – unknown unknowns – or something deadly out there that we have no clue about.

I have my own list, which includes that which bubbles beneath our feet; – millions of tons of molten Mother Earth, looking for an exit. No finer example of it is right here in North America, a super-caldera beneath Yellowstone National Park.

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Lori Nix – My 8 X 10 Life

16 Monday Jun 2014

Posted by dtkrippene in Dystopian Subjects, On Writing

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Apocalypse, Author Brand, Dioramas, Dioramas of Disaster Scenes, Dystopia, Lori Nix, My 8X10 Life, Photo Artist, Photography, Photos of Urban Apocalypse, Website Graphics, Writing

Lori Nix - The Living Room

Lori Nix – The Living Room

I became a fan of photographer, Lori Nix, while researching the graphic to represent my website, Searching for Light in the Darkness.  Every author wants to find that perfect header graphic that best captures the brand.  No shortage of candidates for apocalyptic and dystopian settings, Lori had a unique presentation of forsaken places.  I settled on The Library, where a tree stretches to the broken roof of a derelict library in search of better light.

Lori Nix, is a self-described, non-traditional photographer who constructs her subjects (rather than look for them). Her lifelike photographs begin as dioramas—some as small as 50×60 centimeters—that she builds with her creative partner, Kathleen Gerber, who adds aging and deteriorating effects. “We have a great symbiotic relationship—I build them, and she helps destroy them,” Nix says. The scenes recall the 1970s disaster movies she grew up watching, images of crumbling buildings and abandoned subways, with nature overgrowing the built environment.

Lori working on set

Lori working on set

Her collection, The City, is an imagined city of our future, where something either natural or as the result of mankind, has emptied the city of its human inhabitants. The walls are deteriorating, the ceilings are falling in, the structures barely stand, yet Mother Nature is slowly taking them over. Insects, Flora, and fauna fill dilapidated spaces, reclaiming what was theirs before man’s encroachment.

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Guest Blogging This Week with Tanisha Jones

01 Saturday Feb 2014

Posted by dtkrippene in Writing Dystopian Themes

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Apocalypse, Dark Romance, Dystopia, Guest Blogging, Post Apocalyptic Stories, Science Fiction plots, Tanisha D. Jones, Writing Science Fiction

Konradbak - Depositphotos.com

Konradbak – Depositphotos.com

This week, I’m guest blogging at author Tanisha Jones site, with an article on, A Fascination with Post Apocalyptic Stories.   Click the linked title and get beamed directly to the article on her site.  

“There is no safety this side of the grave.”

Robert A. Heinlein – Stranger in a Strange Land

Whether you write divinely dark romance like Tanisha, or dark dystopian tales like me, Heinlein’s quote relates to us both.  If you haven’t read Serenity, Tanisha’s short story posted on her site, be prepared for the forebodingly exotic.

Stop on by at Tanisha D. Jones, Author of Divinely Dark Romance. Tell me what fascinates you in a post-apocalyptic tale.  Then check out Serenity …… if you dare.

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Has Dystopia become a Comfortable Cliché?

25 Friday Jan 2013

Posted by dtkrippene in Dystopian Subjects, Writing Dystopian Themes

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Apocalypse, Barbara Kingsolver, Book Reviews, Cliche Subjects, Dystopian

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Leonid Tit – DepositPhoto.com

On my short list of authors that I must read, if for no other reason than it is writing at its finest, is Barbara Kingsolver.  Her novels are the kind that has me set the book down on occasion to catch my breath and sigh.  Her newest offering, Flight Behavior, surprised me with a subtle apocalyptic theme, based on a potential calamity from environmental change.  A twofer, my favorite author and my favorite genre.

In a recent book review of Flight Behavior, by Kevin Nance of the Tribune Newspapers, he has mostly praise for the book, but had some interesting observations about dystopian genres.

“The impending apocalypse is an almost comfortable cliché of sci-fi and fantasy fiction. The possibility of a dire future for the planet is so routinely entertained — and usually averted, through sometimes not — that it’s almost ho-hum. The unthinkable has been endlessly thought and re-thought, albeit in generally farfetched contexts, to a point at which we can barely bestir ourselves to care.”

Mr. Nance continues in his favorable review by giving Kingsolver high marks for not being … cliché.   I sort of feel today’s overabundance of zombie and vampire themes have become cliché, but dystopia?  Please.

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We’re Still Here

21 Friday Dec 2012

Posted by dtkrippene in Dystopian Subjects

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Apocalypse, Dystopia, Humor, Mayan Calender, Nostradamus, Survivalists

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Depositphoto.com

If you’re reading this note, it would appear the Mayan’s have messed up the date
for the apocalypse.  So much for the sacrifice of young maidens who gave their lives to bring you the world’s end.  My heart goes out to them … no pun intended.  And what’s with the poor Mayan with the big schnozzle?

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Maslow and the Apocalypse

28 Wednesday Nov 2012

Posted by dtkrippene in Writing Dystopian Themes

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Apocalypse, Dystopian, Environment, Global Stage, Maslow, Science Fiction plots, Writing Science Fiction, Young Adult Literature

From: wikipedia.com

An author friend, Hope Ramsey, asked an interesting question last week on her blog post: What Happened to My Modern World.  She wanted to know if the younger generation’s interest in dark, scary, post-apocalyptic fiction was a rebellion against us Baby Boomers who have over-consumed our way into climate change.  Well … given my writer’s interest in the genre, I felt compelled to put some thought into it.

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dtkrippene

dtkrippene

A native of Wisconsin and Connecticut, DT deserted aspirations of being a biologist to live the corporate dream and raise a family. After seven homes, a ten-year stint working in Asia, and an imagination that never slept, his muse refused to be hobbled as a mere dream. A member of the Bethlehem Writers Group and Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group, DT writes apocalyptic science fiction, paranormal, and parallel universe science fantasy. DT has published several short stories. “Hell of a Deal”, in the paranormal collection, Untethered, and most recently, “Man’s Best Friend”, in the 2021 Best Indie Book for Fiction, Fur, Feathers, and Scales. He also appeared in the Write Here – Write Now short story collection with his middle-grade paranormal, “Locker 33C”. An active member of the Bethlehem Writers Group, he’s been a featured author in the BWG Writers Roundtable Magazine, and will appear in the July 2021 Summer Issue with “Hot as Sin”. His latest project is an apocalyptic tale of humans on the edge extinction, and a young man born years after surviving humans had been rendered sterile. You can find D.T. on his website, Searching for Light in the Darkness, and his social media links on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.

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