Wastelands : the new apocalypse / edited by John Joseph Adams.
What will life be like after the end of the world? Master anthologist John Joseph Adams curates his finest collection yet of post-apocalyptic short fiction. Whether the disaster comes via nuclear war, pandemic, climate change, or cosmological disaster, these are the extraordinary trials and tribulations of those who survive.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781785658976 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 718 pages ; 18 cm
- Publisher: London : Titan Books, 2019.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Bullet point by Elizabeth Bear -- The red thread by Sofia Samatar -- Expedition 83 by Wendy N. Wagner -- The last to matter by Adam-Troy Castro -- Not this war, not this world by Jonathan Maberry -- Where would you be now by Carrie Vaughn -- The elephants' crematorium by Timothy Mudie -- Bones of gossamer by Hugh Howey -- As good as new by Charlie Jane Anders -- One day only by Tananarive Due -- Black, their regalia by Darcie Little Badger -- The plague by Ken Liu -- Four kittens by Jeremiah Tolbert -- The eyes of the flood by Susan Jane Bigelow -- The last garden by Jack Skillingstead -- Through sparks in morning's dawn by Tobias S. Buckell -- Cannibal acts by Maureen F. McHugh -- Echo by Veronica Roth -- Shooting the apocalypse by Paolo Bacigalupi -- The hungry earth by Carmen Maria Machado -- Last chance by Nicole Kornher-Stace -- A series of images from a ruined city at the end of the world by Violet Adam -- Come on down by Meg Elison -- Don't pack hope by Emma Osborne -- Polly wanna cracker? by Greg van Eekhout -- Otherwise by Nisi Shawl -- And the rest of us wait by Corinne Duyvis -- The last child by Scott Sigler -- So sharp, so bright, so final by Seanan McGuire -- Burn 3 by Kami Garcia -- Snow by Dale Bailey -- The air is chalk by Richard Kadrey -- The future is blue by Catherynne M. Valente -- Francisca Montoya's almanac of things that can kill you by Shaenon K. Garrity. |
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Subject: | End of the world > Fiction. Armageddon > Fiction. Science fiction, American. |
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- 7 of 7 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.
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The brilliant new post-apocalyptic collection by master anthologist John Joseph Adams, for the first time including new stories by the edgiest modern writers.
WASTELANDS, the unsurpassed collection of thrilling and mind-bending post-apocalyptic short fiction, is breaking new ground. For the first time, volume three--THE NEW APOCALYPSE--will feature ALL-NEW stories by some of the most acclaimed authors today, including New York Times bestsellers Veronica Roth (Divergent), Richard Kadrey (Devil Said Bang), Scott Sigler (Alive), Seanan McGuire (The Winter Long), Tananarive Due (The Good House), and many more!
Continuing the tradition that made the earlier volumes definitive, this collection also will feature reprints of the best post-apocalyptic works of recent times. The who's who of short fiction will include Catherynne M. Valente, Ken Liu, Carrie Vaughn, Nisi Shawl, Timothy Mudie, Sofia Samatar, and Shaenon K. Garrity. Representing a diverse range of philosophies and points of view, WASTELANDS: THE NEW APOCALYPSE will be as essential as the original anthologies.