What happens when the world ends and only a handful of survivors remain? Post-apocalyptic books attempt to answer that question, examining how life can go on under the most extreme conditions and ...

pt. 1. New worlds for old: The apocalyptic imagination, science fiction, and American literature: Science fiction ; A prophecy of America, the moon, and Mars -- pt. 2. Other worlds: Other worlds out ...

More than 50 years into the future, the human race is headed toward extinction, and humanity ends in Upstate New York. That’s the future chronicled in “After World,” a new science fiction novel from ...