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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 03 August 2013 04:37:44AM 0 points [-]

When was the last time you saw a movie about humankind suddenly going extinct (without warning and without being replaced by some other civilization)?

There's a short story-- "Murphy's Hall" by Poul Anderson-- that's pretty close. It hasn't been reprinted much.