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Hands-down the best anthology of post-apocalypse stories I've ever read, INCLUDING zombie anthologies, which says a lot coming from me.
I usually don't enjoy short story collections very much because it seems like the stories end right when I'm really starting to like the characters and get into the setting. This book wasn't disappointing at all, though - there are 22 tales and only one of them was a flop (Mute, by Gene Wolfe). If you like abstract art, though, you may enjoy that story as well.
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I usually don't enjoy short story collections very much because it seems like the stories end right when I'm really starting to like the characters and get into the setting. This book wasn't disappointing at all, though - there are 22 tales and only one of them was a flop (Mute, by Gene Wolfe). If you like abstract art, though, you may enjoy that story as well.
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A great collection of stories from some authors I've heard of and some brand new to me. If you like stories of life after the "Big One", or the horrors of a life surrounded by pestilence and disease, pick this up. If you think you could be one of the survivors or one of the mutants that are left, read through this and see what else could happen. There are a few scenarios for "The End" that never occurred to me and have given me quite a bit to think about.
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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 End of the Hole Mess" first published in 1986 by Steven King; "When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth" published in 2006 by Cory Doctorow; and "Mute" published in 2002 by Gene Wolfe. John Joseph Adams, editor, has
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A good collection of stories - it introduced me to several authors whose works I will now seek out.
Some of the stories were really good, some were off the wall, and some I didn't bother to read.
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I'm writing my senior thesis on apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic writing, and this was my kick-off book. The stories are variable, but a lot of them are really, really good. "People of Sand and Slag" was absolutely devastating, and I don't say that in a melodramatic way. I literally couldn't do anything for about a half an hour afterward but sit and stare at the ceiling.
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It was nice to have a collection of various writers focusing on a central theme of the end of the world as we know it. There are only a couple stories that really stand out from the rest, most are just hovering at mediocre.
on another of my post apocalyptic kicks and the reviews from Amazon are pretty much dead on. I finished it some time ago, so I'd have to review it and come back and redo this review.
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Loved all the stories. this is my genre and I couldn't have asked for any better compilation. My prayers were answered with this book.
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