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Justin Cronin Discusses The Passage
Justin Cronin discusses certain aspects of his novel The Passage, and visits some of the locations in the books.
Continue readingOnce Was Paradise – A Post-Apocalyptic Short Film from Hawaii
I was excited to come across the post-apocalyptic short film Once Was Paradise by Rising Sons Productions. It was shot in Hawaii and won first place in the Showdown In Chinatown 21 Day Film Challenge.
Continue readingStephen King's The Stand – Theatrical Screenplay
I can hear you now, “The Stand? Theatrical screenplay? But The Stand wasn’t ever made into a movie!” And you’re absolutely right about that, but it turns out that it almost was, and that movie was going to be directed by George Romero.
Continue readingNeed A Recommendation: Cold War-Era Nuclear War Story
It’s been a while since I’ve read a good old-fashioned 1980s-style World War III apocalypse story, something along the lines of Threads or The Day After in book form. I figure that if you’re reading this, then you’re probably a fan of the genre, so might have some recommendations for me.
Continue readingMy Guest Appearance on Through The Aftermath Episode 40
Since I didn’t record a podcast this week, I thought I’d throw this up instead. Shawn and Jonathan of Through the Aftermath invited me on their show, and through the magic of Shawn’s editing, it actually came out alright.
Continue readingRe-Blog: A Post-Apocalyptic Primer
Guest post by Fear Death by Water of the Cosy Catastrophe blog.
Continue readingChernobyl Control Room Two Hours Before the Accident
Control Room Two Hours Before Chernobyl
Continue readingTripods Trilogy Serialized Comics from Boy's Life Magazine in the 80s
Probably the first post-apocalyptic fiction I ever read.
Continue readingA Father and His Child Waiting to Die…
A great piece of post-apocalyptic art featuring a father and his child awaiting their fate.
Continue readingI Own a Copy of The Quiet Earth (the book, not the movie)
I’m sure most of you reading this have seen the movie The Quiet Earth, but I’d be surprised if more than just a few of you have ever read the book that it was based on.
Continue readingDon't Let the Cries of Doomsday Panic You
1962 Popular Mechanics article on the effects of a hypothetical nuclear war on the United States.
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