Wastelands : stories of the Apocalypse / edited by John Joseph Adams.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adams, John Joseph.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

End of the world--Fiction.

End of the world.

Armageddon--Fiction.

Armageddon.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

333 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Nightshade Book, [2008]

Summary:

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 eschatological tales of catastrophe, chaos, and calamity. In doing so, these visionary authors have addressed one of the most challenging and enduring themes of imaginative fiction: the nature or life in the aftermath of total societal collapse. 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. Whether the end of the world comes through nuclear war, ecological disaster, or cosmological cataclysm, these are tales of survivors, in some cases struggling to rebuild the society that was, in others, merely surviving, scrounging for food in depopulated ruins and defending themselves against monsters, mutants, and marauders. Complete with introductions and an indispensable appendix of recommendations for further reading. Wastelands delves into this bleak landscape, uncovering the raw human emotion and heart-pounding thrills at the genre's core.

Contents:

End of the whole mess / Stephen King

Salvage / Orson Scott Card

People of sand and slag / Paolo Bacigalupi

Bread and bombs / M. Rickert

How we got in town and out again / Jonathan Lethem

Dark, dark were the tunnels / George R.R. Martin

Waiting for the Zephyr / Tobias S. Buckell

Never despair / Jack McDevitt

When Sysdmins ruled the Earth / Cory Doctorow

Last of the O-forms / James Van Pelt

Still life with Apocalypse / Richard Kadrey

Artie's angels / Catherine Wells

Judgment passed / Jerry Oltion

Mute / Gene Wolfe

Inertia / Nancy Kress

And the deep blue sea / Elizabeth Bear

Speech sounds / Octavia E. Butler

Killers / Carol Emshwiller

Ginny Sweethips' flying circus / Neal Barrett, Jr.

End of the word as we know it / Dale Bailey

Song before sunset / David Grigg

Episode seven : Last stand against the pack in the kingdom of the purple flowers / John Langan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Collection of short stories by 21 American authors and one Australian author (David Grigg).

ISBN:

9781597801058

1597801054

OCLC:

166390474