false <![CDATA[Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse]]> 1705697 1 Famine, Death, War, and Pestilence: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the harbingers of Armageddon - these are our guides through the Wastelands... From the Book of Revelations to The Road Warrior; from A Canticle for Leibowitz to The Road, storytellers have long imagined the end of the world, weaving tales of catastrophe, chaos, and calamity. Gathering together the best post-apocalyptic literature of the last two decades from many of today's most renowned authors of speculative fiction, including George R.R. Martin, Gene Wolfe, Orson Scott Card, Carol Emshwiller, Jonathan Lethem, Octavia E. Butler, and Stephen King, Wastelands explores the scientific, psychological, and philosophical questions of what it means to remain human in the wake of Armageddon. 2661660 15 1 2008 Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse total:438|5:88|4:181|3:142|2:24|1:3| 438 1641 1040 117 4 9 false false Sun Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Aug 29 04:32:19 -0700 2007 Sun Feb 10 18:56:49 -0800 2008 Wastelands captures our apocalypse fears and fantasies equally well and sometimes even simultaneously.

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...]]> 5 3 false 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 3 0 false 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.

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"Still Life with Apocalypse" by Richard Kadrey - Short but not at all sweet. Will the last...more...]]> 4 0 false 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...]]> 5 0 false 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...]]> 4 0 false 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
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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...]]> 4 0 false 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...]]> 4 0 false 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...]]> 3 0 false 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...]]> 4 0 false 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...]]> 5 0 false 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...]]> 4 0 false 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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