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Dying Earths

Dying Earths is the plural of Dying Earth.

Meaning of 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.
    • 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

Questions about Dying Earths

What is Dying Earths the plural of?
Dying Earths is the plural of Dying Earth.

Words near Dying Earths in the dictionary

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

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