Dying Earth

English

Etymology

From the name of Jack Vance's short story collection The Dying Earth.

Noun

Dying Earth (countable and uncountable, plural Dying Earths)

  1. (uncountable) A subgenre of science fantasy or science fiction 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.
    • 2023 August 17, Mara Franzen, “Dying Earth Sci-Fi Books: We Gotta Find a New Planet, and Fast!”, in bookriot.com‎[1]:
      The Dying Earth sub-genre of sci-fi is a very distinctive story that’s all about preparing for Earth’s demise. Something is going terribly wrong, and unless humanity can find a way to escape to the stars, it’s going to be over for the human race. These types of books might be a little bleak, but personally, I am obsessed with them.
  2. (countable) A work or production in this style.
    • 2021 June 28, Alex Meehan, “The Dying Earth novels have been adapted into a roleplaying game based on classic D&D”, in dicebreaker.com‎[2]:
      Explore the expansive universe of The Dying Earth novel series in the Dungeons Crawl Classics roleplaying game adaptation.

Descendants

  • → Finnish: kuoleva maapallo (calque)
  • → Italian: Terra morente (calque)
  • → Polish: umierająca Ziemia (calque)
  • → Russian: умира́ющая Земля́ (umirájuščaja Zemljá) (calque)
  • → Spanish: Tierra moribunda (calque)

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