“On The 8th Day” is chilling, a result entirely consistent with its aim. The one-hour documentary explores the possible ecological and atmospheric consequences of nuclear war, particularly as they would be expressed in a ”nuclear winter.” Darkness would shroud the Northern Hemisphere; temperatures would fall. The planet would survive, but not as a hospitable place.
The trilogy, Darkness and Dawn (published in 1912, 13, 14 as “The Vacant World”, “Beyond the Great Oblivion” and “Afterglow”) tells the story of 2 modern people who awake a thousand years after the earth was devastated by a meteor.
Originally published as Los Caminantes in 2009, The Wanderers is one of Spain’s top selling apocalyptic novels, and is now available for the first time in an English translation.
Darkness is a poem written by Lord Byron in July 1816 telling the apocalyptic story of the last man on earth.
Another early poem with a “modern” post-apocalyptic feel to it, The Last Man by Thomas Hood from 1824.
I just finished the audiobook of Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer, and really enjoyed it.
A trio of time travelers goes back in time to try to prevent the nuclear apocalypse that has ravaged the planet, which they believe can be achieved by assassinating just one man – Albert Einstein.
Thundarr the Barbarian – Matical Mystery Treasure is the second of two fan fiction stories by Sheila Shillingburg.
I’ve been doing a lot of digging around for early examples of post-apocalyptic media, and just came across this A Short Vision on YouTube.
The book’s protagonist is an amateur inventor or scientist living in London who is never named; he is identified simply as The Time Traveller. Published in 1895
Short review of Cloud Atlas: A Novel by David Mitchell.