I’m talking about fictional worlds where unpredictability is status quo, god even. Whether there be monsters, dangerous environments, some viral outbreak gone wrong, or even if society has finally collapsed and criminals are running around, going outside to take a single breathe of air or going in front of your front yard or backyard is a serious matter of surviving to see tomorrow.
Do you know any famous fiction novels with worlds like that? I will accept television shows, movies, comics, animation, anime, manga, manhwa, and video games. Are you writing a story like that? If not then answer the first question. What do you think about fictional world that are that dangerous in any light?
Haven’t read the book but Zixin Liu’s The Three Body Problem halfway revolves around predicting periods of chaos. My understanding is that this scientist gets transported to another world where this planet orbits three stars, and each of the stars has an associated period, including a chaos period which involves droughts and fires. The MC has to solve the age-old physics problem and predict the next chaos period, iirc.
Earth is suffering under a toxic cloud that moves with the wind… Ships have already headed out to the Moon of IO… Last transport leaves within a few weeks… Rush to get there on time, and other stuff (no spoilers for those who have not watched)…
Sounds like America right now if you’re trans, female or non-white. Not writing something like that, but there are plenty of movies that take place on Mars and other hostile planets. Total Recall, for example. Also the book Station Eleven by Emilly St. John Mandel, which might have had a movie or tv series adaptation, I can’t remember. It was about Earth after a plague wipes out 99% of the population, and the survivors have to avoid this dangerous religious cult that’s taken over the US. Good book! Definitely recommend it. (*＾-‘) 乃
Not a fictional world but Ireland. There’s too much industry in my part and idiots have bonfires every year to celebrate their literal colonisation. That doesn’t help either.
Oooh yeah, Ireland during the troubles was especially hellish, I’ve heard. Little kids getting blown up just picking up the morning paper from the front step, people getting shot in the kneecaps…argh. ヽ(ﾟДﾟ)ﾉ
