Nightfall
Adapted for audio from the short story by Isaac Asimov about the coming of darkness to the people of a planet ordinarily illuminated at all times on all sides. Part of the Dimension X anthology series.
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Batman: No Man's Land is Fantastic
I’m about 2/3s through Batman: No Man’s Land, and I know I’ll finish this one; it’s excellent, way above what I was expecting.
Continue readingThe Star by H. G. Wells
The people of Earth awaken to the notion that a strange luminous object has erupted, into the Solar System, after much disturbing the normal orbit of the planet Neptune. Published in 1897.
Continue reading'Threads' vs 'The Day After' – an In-Depth Analysis by the Movie Moan Podcast
I came across this video on YouTube today. It’s a great compare and contrast discussion of The Day After and Threads by the folks at the Movie Moan podcast.
Continue readingThe People of the Ruins by Edward Shanks
General strike in 1924 marks the beginning of the collapse of civilization. 150 years later England is reduced to neolithical barbarism. Published in 1920.
Continue readingCloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Short review of Cloud Atlas: A Novel by David Mitchell.
Continue readingWarday: And the Journey Onward
Review of the post-apocalyptic novel, Warday: And the Journey Onward.
Continue readingA Pail of Air by Fritz Leiber
“A Pail of Air” is a science fiction short story by Fritz Leiber which appeared in the December 1951 issue of Galaxy Magazine and was dramatized on the radio show X Minus One in March 1956.
Continue readingDestructomundo 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 readingChildren of Tomorrow by Arthur Leo Zagat
They roamed the vanished world that yesterday was America. Published in 1939.
Continue readingYour Blinded Hand by Tennessee Williams
Suppose that
everything that greens and grows
should blacken in one moment, flower and branch.
I think that I would find your blinded hand.
There Will Come Soft Rains
An automated house faithfully continues its daily routines after its occupants – and the rest of humanity – have long gone. Story by Ray Bradbury. Part of the Dimension X anthology series. The BBC produced 4 versions of this story.
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