Wastelands
Title:
Wastelands
Author:
Adams, John Joseph
Rickert, M.
Buckell, Tobias S.
McDevitt, Jack
Doctorow, Cory
Van Pelt, James
Kadrey, Richard
Wells, Catherine
Oltion, Jerry
Kress, Nancy
Bear, Elizabeth
King, Stephen
Emshwiller, Carol
Barrett Jr. , Neal
Bailey, Dale
Grigg, David
Langan, John
Bloom, Claire
Lethem Jonathan
Martin, George R. R.
Card, Orson Scott
Wolfe, Gene
Butler, Octavia E.
Bacigalupi, Paolo
Subject:
Short Stories |
Fiction |
Science Fiction |
Description:
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 Revelation 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 of life in the aftermath of total societal collapse.Gathering together the best postapocalyptic 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.Wastelands delves into this bleak landscape, uncovering the raw human emotion and heart-pounding thrills at the genre's core.
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Skyboat Media
Date:
2014/05/06
Digital Format:
LIBBY AUDIOBOOK
MP3
Language:
English