Tag Archives: apocalypse

N.K. Jemisin’s Super Strange Urban Apocalypse in The City We Became: Part 1: The Allegory That is Born (Blogging the Hugos 2021)

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

I first encountered N.K. Jemisin’s “Great City” series in her bracing, breakneck-speed short story, “The City Born Great,” which (in an edited form) is the prologue to The City We Became. Jemisin is one of this generation’s great speculative fiction … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging the Hugos, Fictional Worlds, News & Links, Reviews | Tagged allegory, apocalypse, apocalyptic literature, Hugo Awards, N.K. Jemisin, New York City, Postcolonial literature, racism, Science Fiction, speculative fiction, The City Born Great, The City We Became, urban fantasy | 8 Comments

Charles Williams’ Arthurian Apocalypse: Thoughts on “The Son of Lancelot” (Throwback Thursday, republished from The Oddest Inkling)

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

At A Pilgrim in Narnia we have an occasional feature called “Throwback Thursday.” This is where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either my own blog-hoard or someone else’s–and throw it back out into the digital world. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Throwback Thursdays | Tagged apocalypse, Apocalypse of Abraham, Arthuriana, Bird Box, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Harry Potter, intertextuality, Jewish Apocalypse, Milton, Paradise Lost, Sorina Higgins, The Book of Revelation | 23 Comments

“Unveiling Bird Box” ICRF Conference Talk Resources

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

I’m pleased to announce that I will be presenting a paper today at the 2019 International Conference on Religion & Film in Halifax, Nova Scotia. My talk title is “Unveiling Bird Box: Thinking about Genres of Apocalypse and Contemporary Culture.” … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links, Original Research | Tagged apocalypse, Bird Box, film adaptation, film criticism, Halifax, ICRF, Josh Malerman, post-apocalyptic, postapocalyptic film, research, Zombieland | 2 Comments

Unveiling Bird Box: My Conference Talk on Apocalypse and Contemporary Culture at the International Conference on Religion & Film, Halifax, NS

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

I’m pleased to announce that I will be presenting a paper this week at the 2019 International Conference on Religion & Film in Halifax, Nova Scotia. My talk title is “Unveiling Bird Box: Thinking about Genres of Apocalypse and Contemporary … Continue reading →

A Beautiful Night for an Apocalypse

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

Last night was the Supermoon, that time in the moon’s elliptical orbit when it is at its closest to earth and looks about 14% bigger. Last night was also a full lunar eclipse, which happened within 3 minutes of a … Continue reading →