There's something on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalyptic_and_post-apocalyptic_fiction#Cosy_Catastrophe) which saves me trying to be coherent - the thing of people struggling through, getting back to a more basic way of life, hanging on to their Britishness all the while, being plucky and resourceful. Small lives, big catastrophe.
There's all the things that are derivative of Day of the Triffids, like the film 28 Days Later.
The label 'cosy' is not necessarily apt, but I was also thinking of children's lit like Peter Dickinson's The Changes Trilogy (in which the use of machines is considered witchcraft) and recently Meg Rosoff's The Way We Live Now.
Ah, there's a link worth following at the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mysciencefictionlife/A19388505), which mentions some TV that was in the back of my mind.
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There's all the things that are derivative of Day of the Triffids, like the film 28 Days Later.
The label 'cosy' is not necessarily apt, but I was also thinking of children's lit like Peter Dickinson's The Changes Trilogy (in which the use of machines is considered witchcraft) and recently Meg Rosoff's The Way We Live Now.
Ah, there's a link worth following at the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mysciencefictionlife/A19388505), which mentions some TV that was in the back of my mind.
ETA: definitely a compliment