The World Set Free by H. G. Wells
The World Set Free is a novel published in 1914 by H. G. Wells. The book is considered a prophetical novel foretelling the advent of nuclear weapons.
The World Set Free is a novel published in 1914 by H. G. Wells. The book is considered a prophetical novel foretelling the advent of nuclear weapons.
Duck and Cover is a civil defense film produced in 1951 by the United States federal government’s civil defense branch shortly after the Soviet Union began nuclear testing.
In this post-apocalyptic fable, Owen and Topsie cross the near-endless Desert of Glass, staying one step ahead of the radio-active glowwinds. Produced by Seeing Ear Theater.
Mankind has retreated underground to escape the horrors of a surface decimated by World War Three, leaving the machines to continue the fighting. Story by Philip Dick.
Aftermath follows several groups of survivors after a limited nuclear attack on Great Britain.
Wow, yeah, ok… that was… um… that was something alrght. I’m not sure what it was, but it was sure something; something very wierd and very strange.
Now that the final book in the trilogy, Mockingjay, is about to be released, I figured it was time to start the series and see if it lived up to all the hype.
The basic plot of the movie follows one family in a small California town after a nuclear war of some sort silences most of the rest of the country.
A military-engineered virus, released during a plane crash, kills the entire human population. The only survivors are scientists in Antarctica, who desperately try to find a cure and save what is left of the planet from further destruction.
Even though The Long Loud Silence wasn’t exactly what I was expecting, I’m still happy to have read it, and to be able to cross it off my list. If you happen to come across a copy for a good price, I would definitely suggest you pick it up.
Review of 28 Days Later – The Rage, a fan-made short film that takes place in the 28 Days Later universe.
The Last Man is an early post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Mary Shelley, which was first published in 1826.