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Wastelands
Stories of the ApocalypseBy John Joseph Adams, Stephen King, Jonathan Lethem, George R. R. Martin, Orson Scott Card, Gene Wolfe, Octavia E. ButlerNarrated by various narrators, Paul Boehmer, Gabrielle de Cuir, Harlan Ellison, Hillary Huber, Alex Hyde-White, Arthur Morey, Lisa Reneé Pitts, Emily Janice Card, Stefan Rudnicki, Judy Young, othersLength16h 57m
About this audiobook
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.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.9 (12.2K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, LibraryThing, StoryGraph
GenreScience Fiction, General Fiction
Length16 hrs 57 mins
Narrated byvarious narrators, Paul Boehmer, Gabrielle de Cuir, Harlan Ellison, Hillary Huber, Alex Hyde-White, Arthur Morey, Lisa Reneé Pitts, Emily Janice Card, Stefan Rudnicki, Judy Young, others
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMay 6, 2014
LanguageEnglish
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