Life in Ruins – A Lecture by Dr Robert Macfarlane
This is one for all you fans of ruins, or post-apocalytic imagery – A lecture entitled Life in Ruins by Dr Robert Macfarlane.
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Destructomundo Podcast on Archive.org
I started this blog, called Doomorama back then, in October of 2005. One of my inspirations for starting a post-apocalyptic blog was a new podcast that had started just a few months before, covering most of the same topics that I was interested in, called Destructomundo.
Continue readingHow it All Started: Welcome to Doomorama.com!
Welcome to the inaugural post on Doomorama.com. I’d be surprised if anyone other than me ever reads this, but that’s all according to plan.
Continue readingThreads (1984) – The GOAT
If you call yourself a fan of the post-apocalyptic genre and you haven’t seen Threads, then something is wrong with you. Luckily, I can help with that.
Continue readingPost-Apocalyptic YouTube Channel
I’ve been spending some time putting together a Post-Apocalyptic YouTube channel by gathering all of the public domain, creative commons, or just really old post-apocalyptic short films and movies that I can find.
Continue readingOn the 8th Day – Nuclear Winter Documentary from 1984
On a recent episode of Podcast at Ground Zero, Jarred mentioned that he was on the lookout for a British documentary called On the 8th Day, that had been shown in the US after the airing of Threads on TBS in 1984.
Continue readingPost-Apocalyptic Depictions of 80’s Nuclear Paranoia
This post originally appeared on the Socks blog at Socks-Studio.com.
Continue readingNuclear Blast Fired; Glow Bathes Isles – Honolulu Advertiser, 1962
Our local paper ran an article (sorry they have a paywall) noting the fact that 50 years ago today, the project codenamed Starfish Prime turned the Pacific night into day, at least for a few minutes.
Continue readingA Brief History of Russian Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
I am very excited to present this special guest post by Irene W. Galaktionova, a Russian freelance writer and journalist specializing in the subjects of Russian literature, history and culture.
Continue readingReturn to the Planet of the Apes Animated Series
I was cruising the used DVD/book store at the mall today, and I found what I thought was quite a score, Return to the Planet of the Apes, the complete animated series.
Continue readingDuck, and Die Anyway – A Brilliantly Parodical Mashup
“Duck, and Die Anyway” blends the audio from early Civil Defense films with clips from about 30 different movies and TV shows, each used at just the right spot to put a spin on the commentary that is just about the opposite of what was intended.
Continue readingQuiet Earth Radio and The Aftermath Show – Preserved for Posterity
Running for 20 episodes in mid to late 2007, Quiet Earth Radio paired QuietEarth.us founder, Quiet Earth, and PA aficionado, Wilcoy, as they discussed various aspects of the genre.
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