Run From the Coming Apocalypse
By Emma HospelhornApocalyptic. Post Apocalyptic. Does it really matter? These brilliant books and movies chronicle the terror-and beauty-that occurs after humans have blasted the world halfway to hell.
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 The RoadBook Cormac McCarthyA mesmerizing post-apocalyptic novel that compels you to keep reading even as it saps your will to live. >> |
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 Children of MenFeature Film Alfonso CuarónAn intense and expertly filmed vision of civilized society near its end. >> |
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 Black RainBook Masuji Ibuse |
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 Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the WorldBook Hayao Miyazaki |
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 A Boy and His DogBook Harlan Ellison |
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 Cat’s CradleBook Kurt Vonnegut |
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 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BombFeature Film Stanley Kubrick |
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 DelicatessenFeature Film Jean-Pierre JeunetJeunet and Caro’s gleefully bizarre concoction is an unforgettable treat. >> |
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 A Canticle for LeibowitzBook Walter Miller |
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 Planet of the ApesFeature Film Franklin J. Schaffner |
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