After the End: Recent Apocalypses - Couverture souple

Bacigalupi, Paolo; Doctorow, Cory; Lanagan, Margo; Okorafor, Nnedi; Sterling, Bruce; Vaughn, Carrie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1607013908 ISBN 13 : 9781607013907

Editeur : Prime Books, 2013

Synopsis

• From the Sumerian epic of Gilgamesh to Norse prophecies of Ragnarok to theRevelations of Saint John to Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, and anynumber of fictional zombie Armageddons and the dystopic world of The HungerGames, we have always wondered what will happen after the world as we knowit ends. No matter what the doomsday scenario ― cataclysmic climatechange, political chaos, societal collapse, nuclear war, pestilence, or so manyother dreaded variations ― we inevitably believe that even though theworld perishes, some portion of humankind will live on. Such stories involvedeath and disaster, but they are also tales of rebirth and survival. Grim ortriumphant, these outstanding, post-apocalyptic stories selected from the bestof those published in the tumultuous last decade allow us to consider what lifewill be like after the end.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

• From the Sumerian epic of Gilgamesh to Norse prophecies of Ragnarok to the Revelations of Saint John to Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, and any number of fictional zombie Armageddons and the dystopic world of The Hunger Games, we have always wondered what will happen after the world as we know it ends. No matter what the doomsday scenario — cataclysmic climate change, political chaos, societal collapse, nuclear war, pestilence, or so many other dreaded variations — we inevitably believe that even though the world perishes, some portion of humankind will live on. Such stories involve death and disaster, but they are also tales of rebirth and survival. Grim or triumphant, these outstanding, post-apocalyptic stories selected from the best of those published in the tumultuous last decade allow us to consider what life will be like after the end.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Prime Books
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1607013908
• ISBN 13: 9781607013907
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Éditeur: Guran Paula
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible