The novels are:
The Sword of the Lady
(2009)Friday, September 10, 2010
Novels of the Change series by S.M. Stirling
The Novels of the Change series by S.M. Stirling are set in the 2020s (for example, Change Year 22) of North America, part of a brilliantly imagined post-apocalyptic world.
The novels are:
The Sword of the Lady (2009)
The novels are:
The Sword of the Lady
(2009)
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Daybreakers (2010) movie
The 2010 movie Daybreakers movie starring Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Isabel Lucas and Sam Neill asks the burning question: what if almost the whole human population had turned into vampires? We find out in all the bloody details as we look at the world in 2019 through Hawke's vampire character who works for a company that both farms humans for their blood supply and which is also working on a blood substitute because there is simply not enough human blood around for all the vampires to survive. Naturally, there is a cure, but it is a very painful one for any vampire to endure and for many vampires, the virus that gave them immortality is no longer seen as a disease but a blessing if only those last humans would cooperate.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Blind Faith (2007) novel
According to the Amazon description of Ben Elton's 2007 novel Blind Faith
, he "imagines a post-apocalyptic society where religious intolerance combines
with a confessional sex-obsessed, self-centric culture to create a
world where nakedness is modesty, ignorance is wisdom and privacy is a
dangerous perversion."
, he "imagines a post-apocalyptic society where religious intolerance combines
with a confessional sex-obsessed, self-centric culture to create a
world where nakedness is modesty, ignorance is wisdom and privacy is a
dangerous perversion."Saturday, August 28, 2010
The Walking Dead (2010) TV series
America overrun by zombies?! A TV series!? Talk about an original doomsday scenario. But zombies are hot right now in 2010, so watch for this new TV show The Walking Dead
set to premiere on ... Halloween (October 31) 2010 on AMC. The series is based on Robert Kirkman's comic book series of the same name.
February 24, 2015 Update: The show is still in production and is one of the most watched shows on TV. As I tell people, it's not about the zombies, as gruesome as they are and the endless re-deaths they go through at the hands of the survivors, rather the show is about a small band of survivors led by a sheriff named Rick Grimes. At the time of this writing his wife, who had survived, is long dead and he, along with his group whom he calls his family, and his young son are caring for their baby girl.
set to premiere on ... Halloween (October 31) 2010 on AMC. The series is based on Robert Kirkman's comic book series of the same name.February 24, 2015 Update: The show is still in production and is one of the most watched shows on TV. As I tell people, it's not about the zombies, as gruesome as they are and the endless re-deaths they go through at the hands of the survivors, rather the show is about a small band of survivors led by a sheriff named Rick Grimes. At the time of this writing his wife, who had survived, is long dead and he, along with his group whom he calls his family, and his young son are caring for their baby girl.
The Quiet Earth (1985) movie
The 1985 New Zealand movie The Quiet Earth 
is based on Craig Harrison's 1981 novel The Quiet Earth
. As with the 2009-2010 TV adaptation of Robert Sawyer's 1999 novel Flash Forward
, which begins with the premise of a science experiment gone wrong, in The Quiet Earth its experiment causes nearly everyone who had not been on the verge of death to disappear from the world. Three survivors, possibly the last humans in their part of New Zealand, including a Maori man, emerge and try to make sense of what has happened. In the end, one of the scientists involved in the experiment sacrifices himself to try and turn the world back to its previous state. Only the consequences for him are literally out of this world.
is based on Craig Harrison's 1981 novel The Quiet Earth. As with the 2009-2010 TV adaptation of Robert Sawyer's 1999 novel Flash Forward, which begins with the premise of a science experiment gone wrong, in The Quiet Earth its experiment causes nearly everyone who had not been on the verge of death to disappear from the world. Three survivors, possibly the last humans in their part of New Zealand, including a Maori man, emerge and try to make sense of what has happened. In the end, one of the scientists involved in the experiment sacrifices himself to try and turn the world back to its previous state. Only the consequences for him are literally out of this world.Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The Year of the Flood (2009) novel
The Year of the Flood
in Margaret Atwood's 2009 sequel to her Oryx and Crake
(2003) novel refers to a manmade pandemic that destroys most of our species.
in Margaret Atwood's 2009 sequel to her Oryx and Crake (2003) novel refers to a manmade pandemic that destroys most of our species.Oryx and Crake (2003) novel
Margaret Atwood's 2003 novel Oryx and Crake was shortlisted for the Booker Prize that year. It's an end-of-the-world tale caused by a manmade pandemic and she continued the story from a different perspective in The Year of the Flood (2009).
was shortlisted for the Booker Prize that year. It's an end-of-the-world tale caused by a manmade pandemic and she continued the story from a different perspective in The Year of the Flood (2009).
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