The humor here leans fully into the absurd, from a newsreader broadcasting inside a broken TV to a random woman crowned queen simply because she’s the nearest living relative. The New Zealand post-apocalyptic sci-fi The Quiet Earth drew inspiration from some of the very best of the genre and brings to mind works like I Am Legend and Dawn of the Dead. Focusing on the isolation and the struggles of being alone, this was dystopian fiction at its absolute best, as it tapped into the psychological torment of a world that’s been changed irreversibly and the consequences for those left behind.
Author: Stephen Holland
Published at: 2026-04-05 20:46:20
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