Wastelands by John Joseph Adams
With stories from George R.R. Martin (author of Game of Thrones), Gene Wolf, Carol Emshwiller, Stephen King, and more I can't help but give this collection the highest recommendation. I think this will be a cornerstone for most reader's shelves.--SF World From the Book of Revelation to ''The Road Warrior'', from ''A Canticle for Leibowitz'' to ''The Road'', storytellers have long imagined the end of the world, weaving eschatological tales of catastrophe, chaos, and calamity. In doing so, these visionary authors have addressed one of the most challenging and enduring themes of imaginative fiction: the nature of life in the aftermath of total societal collapse. Gathering together the best postapocalyptic literature of the last two decades from many of today's most renowned authors of speculative fiction - including George R. R. Martin, Gene Wolfe, Orson Scott Card, Carol Emshwiller, Jonathan Lethem, Octavia E. Butler, and Stephen King - Wastelands explores the scientific, psychological, and philosophical questions of what it means to remain human in the wake of Armageddon. Whether the end of the world comes through nuclear war, ecological disaster, or cosmological cataclysm, these are tales of survivors, in some cases struggling to rebuild the society that was, in others, merely surviving, scrounging for food in depopulated ruins and defending themselves against monsters, mutants, and marauders. Wastelands delves into this bleak landscape, uncovering the raw human emotion and heart-pounding thrills at the genre's core.John Joseph Adams is the editor of the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy series and the bestselling editor of over thirty anthologies, including Wastelands and The Living Dead. A People's Future of the United States, Wastelands: The New Apocalypse, and the three novels in the Dystopia Triptych anthology series are among his most recent works. Barnes & Noble has dubbed John the reigning monarch of the anthology world. He is a two-time Hugo Award winner (for which he has been a nominee twelve times) and an eight-time World Fantasy Award finalist. John is also the editor and publisher of Lightspeed, a digital magazine, as well as Fantasy and Nightmare, its sibling publications. He also contributes to WIRED's The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast as a producer. He can be found at johnjosephadams.com and on Twitter as @johnjosephadams.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781597801058 |
| ISBN 10 | 1597801054 |
| Title | Wastelands |
| Author | John Joseph Adams |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Night Shade Books |
| Year published | 2008-01-17 |
| Number of pages | 348 |
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