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Adams wisely chooses Stephen King's "The End of the Whole Mess" as an opener and moves into all manner of exciting territory from t...more...]]> 15457224 119318 1705697 1597801054 9781597801058 122 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1705697.Wastelands_Stories_of_the_Apocalypse 3.74 457 2008 5 3 false Wed Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 18:45:05 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 17:35:49 -0800 2008 68164542 428808 1705697 1597801054 9781597801058 122 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1705697.Wastelands_Stories_of_the_Apocalypse 3.74 457 2008 3 1 false Thu Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Aug 20 06:22:01 -0700 2009 Fri Dec 11 06:33:39 -0800 2009
The End of the Whole Mess by Stephen King: Reviewers keep talking about what a great story this was to open the collection. Nope. It's crap.

Waiting for the Zephyr by Tobias S. Buckell: This was a really short and seemingly inoffensive story about a girl trying to es...more...]]> 43192142 563877 1705697 1597801054 9781597801058 122 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1705697.Wastelands_Stories_of_the_Apocalypse 3.74 457 2008 3 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 15 18:39:39 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 20:54:31 -0800 2009 The Stand is an all time favorite of mine. Other books, including The World Without Us, are interesting and blend a touch of realism to the genre.

So I picked up Wastelan...more...]]> 47058933 1443926 1705697 1597801054 9781597801058 122 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1705697.Wastelands_Stories_of_the_Apocalypse 3.74 457 2008 4 0 false Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 11:15:01 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 08:38:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 72460679 1569537 1705697 1597801054 9781597801058 122 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1705697.Wastelands_Stories_of_the_Apocalypse 3.74 457 2008 5 0 false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 10:51:58 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 15:31:54 -0700 2009 1
john joseph adams did a ...more...]]> 41226398 1472897 1705697 1597801054 9781597801058 122 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1705697.Wastelands_Stories_of_the_Apocalypse 3.74 457 2008 4 0 false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 29 16:29:29 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 13 12:26:20 -0800 2009 The Road that post...more...]]> 46274789 1968105 1705697 1597801054 9781597801058 122 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1705697.Wastelands_Stories_of_the_Apocalypse 3.74 457 2008 4 0 false Sun Mar 08 10:20:15 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 13 17:00:28 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 10:20:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 38759163 1728738 1705697 1597801054 9781597801058 122 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1705697.Wastelands_Stories_of_the_Apocalypse 3.74 457 2008 3 0 false Tue Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 10:59:13 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 11:20:05 -0800 2008
"Still Life with Apocalypse" by Richard Kadrey - Short but not at all sweet. Will the last...more...]]> 39546585 1737316 1705697 1597801054 9781597801058 122 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1705697.Wastelands_Stories_of_the_Apocalypse 3.74 457 2008 4 0 false Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 07 17:09:06 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 07 17:56:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 60402074 1321040 1705697 1597801054 9781597801058 122 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1705697.Wastelands_Stories_of_the_Apocalypse 3.74 457 2008 5 0 false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 07:23:13 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 08:13:21 -0700 2009 Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse is a collection of 22 short stories with a common theme of what life is like for those that survive the apocalypse. Most of the stories were originally published during this decade. However, a few are from the 70s and 80s. My favorite stories include: "The ...more...]]> 73852611 2205083 1705697 1597801054 9781597801058 122 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1705697.Wastelands_Stories_of_the_Apocalypse 3.74 457 2008 4 0 false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 08 08:19:34 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 07:25:30 -0800 2009
"The End of the World as ...more...]]> 62427383 2495253 1705697 1597801054 9781597801058 122 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1705697.Wastelands_Stories_of_the_Apocalypse 3.74 457 2008 5 0 false Mon Jul 06 20:38:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 20:38:20 -0700 2009
I started reading editor John Joseph Adams’ definitive collection of end-of-the-world tales from the last 20 years while on vacation in Cambodia, and that’s where things started getting weird. WASTELANDS...more...]]> 67940847 1481887 1705697 1597801054 9781597801058 122 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1705697.Wastelands_Stories_of_the_Apocalypse 3.74 457 2008 4 0 false Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Aug 18 15:38:38 -0700 2009 Mon Dec 14 23:35:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 52373358 1053637 1705697 1597801054 9781597801058 122 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1705697.Wastelands_Stories_of_the_Apocalypse 3.74 457 2008 4 0 false Tue Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 05:49:36 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 14:23:54 -0700 2009
My favorites were:

- Salvage by Orson Scott Card - About Mormons on living on the Great Salt Lake that has flooded Salt Lake City. I have always found Scott Card stories easy to visualize....more...]]> 36453841 595788 1705697 1597801054 9781597801058 122 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1705697.Wastelands_Stories_of_the_Apocalypse 3.74 457 2008 4 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 28 22:50:18 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 19 00:02:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 30694568 839479 1705697 1597801054 9781597801058 122 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1705697.Wastelands_Stories_of_the_Apocalypse 3.74 457 2008 3 0 false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 20 13:08:57 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 08 07:23:32 -0700 2009
Ov...more...]]> 21173822 1008237 1705697 1597801054 9781597801058 122 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1705697.Wastelands_Stories_of_the_Apocalypse 3.74 457 2008 4 0 false Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 10:14:27 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 10:42:35 -0700 2008 Usually there is a reluctant hero trying to survive among the savage hoardes of a post apocalyptic landscape. Sometimes its a small group of people assembling the pieces for a ...more...]]> 14940203 735627 1705697 1597801054 9781597801058 122 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1705697.Wastelands_Stories_of_the_Apocalypse 3.74 457 2008 5 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 08 16:09:45 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 13 11:06:38 -0700 2008 2
If you are a big fan of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, or even fantasy/sci-fi you'll recognize most of these authors. You may even be familiar with some of the stories. That said, this isn't just a random collection of ...more...]]> 67427591 321053 1705697 1597801054 9781597801058 122 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1705697.Wastelands_Stories_of_the_Apocalypse 3.74 457 2008 4 0 false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 16:36:25 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 23:03:05 -0700 2009 1 * Speech Sounds - Octavia E. Butler
* And the Deep Blue Sea - Elizabeth Bear
* Judgment Passed - Jerry Oltion
* When Sysadmins Ruled the World - Cory Doctorow
* Dark, Dark were the Tunnels - George R.R. Martin
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