Tag: Apocalypse

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Kathryn Adams

Review: Alternative Apocalypse

For all of human existence, mankind has been dancing on the edge of eternity. We’ve courted the Grim Reaper – against our own interest, even – for the entire duration. Every year we come closer to finally tipping the balance and tumbling over that edge. It feels like the governments of Earth are in a

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Review: Sea of Rust

The one truth you need to know about the end of a machine is that the closer they are to death, the more they act like people. And you could never trust people. The long-feared robot uprising finally happened, and humanity lost. More than lost actually; it’s been wiped out. The last human left was

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Anthony Silva

Comic Issues #246 – Quarantined

This week’s podcast is coming to you from deep within the quarantine zone as Anthony has come down with the plague. So in the best interests of Elizabeth, who’s happy with her wellness and not interested in Anthony’s germ warfare, Comic Issues is brought you via the Skype machine! This week is still packed with

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Review: The End Has Come

People tossed around words like “collapse of civilization” and “post-apocalyptic,” but really everything was the same mess as always. John Joseph Adams and Hugh Howey wrap up their Apocalypse Triptych with 22 tales of the people who survive the destruction of civilization. And if you thought the lead-up to the end of the world was dark, this collection

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Comic Issues
Anthony Silva

Comic Issues #232 – One Rainy Day

On a dark and stormy day, two podcasters gathered to bring forth the latest news from the comic book kingdom, and some of their favorite books from last week. Aided by the background music of the heavy rain Anthony and Elizabeth talk about the recent rise of cosplayers charging money for photos, and the overwhelmingly

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Review: The End is Now

John Joseph Adams and Hugh Howey’s The Apocalypse Triptych is a trilogy of short-story collections, each one set at a different stage of the end of the world. In the second book in the series, The End is Now, we take you to Doomsday already in progress. Twenty stories telling all the different ways that everything is coming

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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: The End Is Nigh

Post-apocalyptic fiction is about worlds that have already burned. Apocalyptic fiction is about worlds that are burning. The End is Nigh is about the match. I love short story collections – eat them up like candy, actually, so expect to see me review one every few weeks – but sometimes it’s hard to find one with

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