Causes of Apocalypse in Apocalyptic Fiction
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Aliens | Alien invasion
War with alien species |
| Impact event | Impact with celestial bodies (meteorites, asteroids, planets, etc.)
Near-impact knocks earth out of orbit |
| Disease | Pandemic (plague) |
| Eco | Ecological catastrophe
Global climate change (causing a new ice age) Global warming (melting of icecaps, global flooding) Global pollution |
| Future Collapse | After the fall or collapse of some future space-based civilization |
| Human Decline | The decline and fall of the human race |
| Monsters | Monsters
Zombies Vampires Lovecraftian Horror Biologically altered humans |
| Sun | Expanding or dying sun |
| Social Collapse | Social collapse
Economic collapse Over-population |
| Supernatural | Religious and supernatural apocalypse
Demons Eschatological fiction |
| Technology | Apocalyptic wars between humans and technology
Cybernetic revolt—war with, or revolution, by robots, computers, etc. |
| War | World war III
Global nuclear holocaust Other apocalyptic wars between humans |
| Unspecified | After some apocalypse whose nature is not specified |
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