[Steven Lake]

One of the rising trends I've seen of late in literature, and even more so in the movies and TV, is what's known as "Apocalyptic" or "Survival" fiction, and even to some degree, non-fiction. IE, topics that cover end of the world themes such as zombies, alien invasion, nuclear war, asteroid impact, societal collapse, super plague, 2012 Mayan prophesy, etc. I find this trend to be rather interesting, and even more fun to write in than my old standby of Sci-fi. In fact, I have 3 books and counting I'm working on in the "Survival" fiction genre that are due out in the next 2 years. Yeah, that's how much I enjoy this particular genre. And it seems that I'm not alone if you look at the numbers.

So what do you guys think about the explosion in this genre? Is it anything you'll be writing in? Are you working on any books in this genre? What do you see as the major themes? Maybe, what are the topic focuses, or the areas of most common interest among writers and fans? Which are the most entertaining to you, and which are the most thrilling? (yes, there is a difference. lol) What about other things in this field that you know of that I haven't mentioned?

Note: MR says you can't list specific names or give links to *your* websites or books (it doesn't say anything about books or sites from other authors unrelated or associated with you, fyi) in this forum as that's considered promoting which can only be done in a very specific and tightly controlled area. But you can at least mention if you're doing anything, what theme (zombie, 2012, etc), maybe how many titles, but no specific details, m'kay? Wouldn't want the thread to get locked because of something silly like that which would break the rules, as I think this is a great topic to discuss. Plus I don't want to tick off the mods if I can at all help it. ^_^;;