What can literature tell us about the post-coronavirus world that lies beyond the cold river and dark mountains

           

Pandemic Could Be An Opportunity To Rethink How Cities Work

We’re using cities differently while we’re under lockdown, but urbanists see this as an opportunity to maybe challenge the ways we have constructed and use urban areas. Cars, for example – do they have to be so dominant? – Wired

Is This A Good Time To Launch A Book Titled ‘Notes From An Apocalypse’?

Well, perhaps it’s the perfecttime. “Readers, for their part, will emerge feeling doomed—yet oddly uplifted.” –The Economist

  At Scroll.in Rajat Chaudhuri considers: What can literature tell us about the post-coronavirus world that lies beyond the dark mountains? 



 At The Conversation Bart Beaty recently reported thatComics vs. coronavirus: Comics industry shut down for the first time in almost a century and now in The New York TimesDave Itzkoff covers similar ground in considering Can Comic Books Survive the Coronavirus Era ? 
       It doesn't look good:

But now, neither the people who make comic books nor the veteran observers of this industry see a quick solution; they cannot predict whether the current calamity will eradicate only some stores and publishers or an entire, decades-old model of doing business.

       With major distributor Diamond not distributing and stores closed, the disruption is considerable, and it remains to be seen whether the old system can be revived.