October 2025
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    I know this is a niche request, but here goes…

    I'm looking for fiction written towards the end of the twentieth century which deals with the anxiety towards the start of the new century, with a fin de siècle feel. Think Ballard, for instance.

    The best comparison I can make is David Bowie's album Outside, with its concern with the clock of the twentieth century ticking away. He said:

    'Oh, I've got the fondest hopes for the Fin de siècle. I see it as a symbolic sacrificial rite. I see it as a deviance, a pagan wish to appease gods, so we can move on. […] We have this panic button telling us it's gonna be a colossal madness at the end of this century.'

    Basically, any books – dystopian, sci-fi, literary fiction, horror – which are concerned with this kind of Y2K/survivalist/dour or interrogative mood. Even a novel dealing with the Y2K bug would be what I'm looking for.

    Thanks!

    by TB_15

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    1. Rant by Chuck Palahniuk captures that explosive, dark energy of a society on the brink, channeling the chaotic end-of-era vibes

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