Dying Earth

The Dying Earth subgenre is a sub-category of science fiction or science fantasy which takes place in the far future at either the end of life on Earth or the End of Time, when the laws of the universe themselves fail. Themes of world-weariness, innocence (wounded or otherwise), idealism, entropy, (permanent) exhaustion/depletion of many or all resources (such as soil nutrients), and the hope of renewal tend to pre-dominate.

The apocalyptic sub-genre is nearly as old as literature itself. The Dying Earth genre differs in that it deals not with catastrophic destruction, but with entropic exhaust
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The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1)
The Shadow of the Torturer
Tales of the Dying Earth
The Eyes of the Overworld (The Dying Earth, #2)
Shadow & Claw
The Claw of the Conciliator
Hothouse
Sword & Citadel
Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance
Cugel's Saga (The Dying Earth, #3)
A Quest for Simbilis
The Sword of the Lictor
Zothique
The Pastel City (Viriconium #1)
Cage of Souls
La terra morente by Jack VanceZothique by Clark Ashton SmithL'ombra del torturatore by Gene WolfeThe Night Land by William Hope HodgsonLa saga di Cugel by Jack Vance
All Dying Earth Books
56 books — 12 voters
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin1984 by George OrwellSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
SFF: Best Themes
18 books — 11 voters

Outpassage by Janet E. MorrisShadow Over Avalon by C.N. LesleyThe IX by Andrew P. WestonThe Secret of Excalibur by Sahara FoleyExile's Gate by C.J. Cherryh
Best Science Fantasy Books
46 books — 77 voters

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. BeagleThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakStardust by Neil GaimanThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
SFF: Best Prose
35 books — 14 voters
The Cyclops by Emerson LittlefieldThe Quest for Freedom by Matthew D. Devitt1984 by George OrwellGood Omens by Terry PratchettIt by Stephen  King
SFF: Best Plot
31 books — 29 voters


Carolina Cody Aldaz
I love the machines and I cannot allow them and the humans of Twinmortal to suffer.-Hanshin
Carolina Cody Aldaz, The Guardians of the Earth Type Planets

Carolina Cody Aldaz
There are only a few planets with life. It is an oddity. It is really difficult to have the necessary conditions not only to support life but also to maintain the life inside a planet.-Loto
Carolina Cody Aldaz, The Guardians of the Earth Type Planets

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