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Dying Earth

Dying Earth noun: 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.

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.
    • 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...2023 August 17, Mara Franzen, “Dying Earth Sci-Fi Books: We Gotta Find a New Planet, and Fast!”, in bookriot.com
  2. (countable) A work or production in this style.
    • Explore the expansive universe of The Dying Earth novel series in the Dungeons Crawl Classics roleplaying game adaptation.2021 June 28, Alex Meehan, “The Dying Earth novels have been adapted into a roleplaying game based on classic D&D”, in dicebreaker.com

Forms of Dying Earth

pluralDying Earths

Origin of Dying Earth

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

Questions about Dying Earth

What does Dying Earth mean?
Dying Earth means 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.
What part of speech is Dying Earth?
Dying Earth is a noun.
What is the plural of Dying Earth?
The plural of Dying Earth is Dying Earths.

Words near Dying Earth in the dictionary

  1. dying breed
  2. dying breeds
  3. dying declaration
  4. dying declarations
  5. dying down
  6. Dying Earth
  7. Dying Earths
  8. dying gasp
  9. dying gasps
  10. dying hard
  11. dying how one lived

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