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No. 138
The Road and Ever Since the World Ended would be interesting to compare and contrast. The Road is essentially about the end of humanity. I haven't read the novel or seen the film, but what little I've learned about it seems to make very clear there is no way for life to continue. It's really a story about people trying to die later rather than sooner.
Ever Since the World Ended, which I've not seen either, seems to make it clear that survivability is possible. 186 people is not really enough to restart the population, unless the woman to man ratio is very high, but there does seem the possibility of continuing on with a little luck.
Maybe a third contrast would be Children of Men (the novel) which basically just gives a description of what would happen if people were no longer able to procreate or multiply in any way and population just aged to death. The novel just plays out the scenario, but I believe the film (again, didn't see it), offers the possibility of re-starting the procreation process.
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