![]() ![]() So here are some initial observations for the uninitiated, and some Memory Lane fodder for the rest of you. Although I’m not concerned with the business of genre taxonomy here, and nor do I want to pursue the aesthetics of an academic essay, there are a few things worth noting that sets the Dying Earth genre apart, and a few key texts to explore. ![]() There are plenty of stories about the Earth being gutted, but the Dying Earth is something quite different, and it deserves more attention. So maybe because of this rise in the popularity of post-apocalyptic media, or because a younger genre audience might have little knowledge of the fictions of yesteryear, I wanted to use my first posting on Jeff’s blog to write a little more about the Dying Earth genre. These days there’s some kind of cinematographer’s fetish for destroying landmark buildings and tearing up natural monuments. If you’re in a café out there there’s probably someone writing one next to you right now. ![]() You can’t move in Hollywood for people clutching screenplays about the apocalypse. His first novel is called Nights of Villjamur, published by Pan Macmillan (Tor UK) and in June 2010 from Random House (Bantam Spectra). Mark Charan Newton was born in 1981, and has worked as an editor for imprints covering film and media tie-in fiction, and later SF and Fantasy. ![]()
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