The New York Times Review by Gopnik recognizes a new genre of biohorror/biothriller

Adam Gopnik, fantasy author in his own right, reviewed Chris Weitz's new children's book, "A Young World," in this Sunday's New York Times Book Review section.  The book is about a pandemic that leaves the teens in charge of the world.  But of most interest is that Gopnik begins to see an emerging genre when he writes,

"What is the deep appeal of this kind of fantasy right now? That it is a well-developed — even an overdeveloped — genre is disarmingly acknowledged by Donna: “Even when it was happening, all I could think was, this is just like ‘Contagion.’"

I recommend The Things That Keep Us Up At Night --Reel Biohorror --the first book to identify and explore biohorror and biothriller as a new subgenre.