The discreet charms of 'cosy catastrophe' fiction
The Guardian Books Blog (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... as a result, the tag "cosy catastrophe". The phrase is attributed to the British author Brian Aldiss , who mentions it in his fascinating history of science fiction, Billion Year Spree, while talking about the author of Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham . While Triffids, with its blinded populace and sinister, stalking plants, could hardly be described as "cosy",...