![]() Anything else is just opera.Ĭaitlin Starling gets that. To really squirm into someone's head, sci-fi says, you gotta get 'em alone against the world. It has a streak of rugged individualism that's been around since the good old days, a vestige of its roots in the westerns, Golden Age sci-fi libertarianism and after-the-bomb freak-outs. Science fiction loves its stripped-down character list like high fantasy does the crowded dramatis personae. The lonely survivor in a ruined world - Last Man Alive. The one who wakes to the flickering light and failing systems of their underground bunker. ![]() Your purchase helps support NPR programming. ![]() Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Luminous Dead Author Caitlin Starling ![]()
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