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MEGATON.us Posts

  • Check out the Trailer for The Last Resort
    [15 May 12, 10:43pm] Ok, this one isn't really post-apocalyptic, but the story centers around a nuclear-armed submarine, and it looks awesome, so that's good enough for me.500 feet beneath the ocean's surface, the U.S. ballistic missile submarine Colorad…
  • WOOL Heading to UK Bookshelves and Possibly the Big Screen
    [14 May 12, 7:24pm] It's been a very exciting few days for Woolites.  Hugh Howey confirmed not one, but two huge deals for the WOOL series.First to be announced was that the movie rights are going to 20th Century Fox, with talk that production will be a partnersh…
  • Revolution is Looking Pretty Awesome
    [14 May 12, 7:32am] "Governments fell, and militias, and generals, and warlords rose up..."I know it's hard to tell how good a show is going to be from a four-minute clip, but my stokage level with Revolution is rising steadily.  It was just a few month…
  • Could Jericho Come Back Again on Netflix?
    [1 May 12, 10:42pm] The blogs are abuzz with news that first appeared on TVGuide.com that confirms that Netflix and CBS are in talks to possibly revive Jericho as a Netflix-original program.Of course the chances of it actually happening are slim, but fans of Arrested D…
  • Defiance - A TV/Game Project to Keep An Eye On
    [30 Apr 12, 4:58am] Syfy recently announced a slate of 28 projects that are in development for upcoming seasons, and one of them in particular seems like one to keep an eye on, not only because it sounds like a cool TV show, but because it's supposed to be a lot mo…

Mega-Ton.us

  • EA.com editor in chief rails against company's DRM
    [25 Mar 10, 7:32pm] Even EA.com's editor in chief Jeff Green doesn't like the always-connected DRM format that their own company, and several others such as Activision, are starting to utilize. Full story at Techrepublic.com

Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

  • Aldous Huxley – Ape and Essence: Review
    [] When an expeditionary ship from New Zealand lands at California a century after a nuclear war has devastated the world, the survivors find humanity degenerated to grave robbing savages, repressing and distorting sexuality, and worshiping the evil th…
  • Michael Grant – Gone: Review
    [] Michael Grant's Gone has been compared to a Lord of the Flies for the 21st century, but reads like the novelization of a middle of the road TV series. In fact, it would probably make a better TV series than it does a book, a young adult Heroes w…
  • Zombie Outbreak Modelled
    [] A rather curious paper has been published in Infectious Disease Modelling Research Papers (eds. J.M. Tchuenche and C. Chiyaka, 2009 Nova Science Publishers). The authors devise a mathematical model to analyse the spread of zombies in a population. Th…
  • Nick Harkaway – The Gone-Away World: Review
    [] Nick Harkaway's debut novel The Gone-Away World is big, funny, and clever: a post-apocalyptic romp through a world rendered largely unihabitable by fallout from the "Go Away Bombs", which have removed the information content of matter…
  • Margaret Atwood – The Handmaid’s Tale
    [] Perhaps not strictly post-apocalyptic, The Handmaid’s Tale has been included here as it is widely known and critically acclaimed.Set in a USA ruled by a Christian theocracy, The Handmaid’s Tale is the story of ‘Offred’, a concubine to an imp…
  • M P Shiel – The Purple Cloud
    [] The Purple Cloud is a bleak tale of the last man left alive after a mysterious purple cloud wipes out humanity. Adam Jeffson is left to wander the world, burning cities in his madness.Published in 1901, it’s out of copywright in most countries and…
  • George R Stewart -Earth Abides
    [] George R Stewart’s 1949 novel Earth Abides is one of the classics of post apocalyptic fiction, set in 1940s California after a plague has wiped out most of the population. Isherwood Williams is a graduate student who comes down from the mountains t…
  • Mary Shelley – The Last Man
    [] The Last Man may not be as famous as Frankenstein, but the story of a man in 21st century England struck by social disorder and plague is one of the earliest works of post-apocalyptic fiction.It’s out of copyright and available for download from P…

Cozy Catastrophe

  • Weekly Free Apocalyptic Books (six)
    [17 May 12, 1:53pm] These are all free for now. But hop to it ... they could vanish at any time.1)  From the Fire by Kent David Kelly2 Unnatural Disasters by Daniel Pyle, Scott Nicholson, William Meikle and Robert J. Duperre3) The American Book of the Dea…
  • I can't get away from it
    [7 May 12, 4:51am] I seem to stumble on books that have an apocalyptic theme everywhere I look (even when what I was looking for was an 'ordinary' book). Now just take what happened Friday. Perfect example. I was back in a classroom that I had subbed in sever…
  • Weekly Free Apocalyptic Books (five)
    [3 May 12, 1:45am] These are all free for now. But hop to it ... they could vanish at any time.  Some real doozies too by the look of it. Also a couple of zombtastic ones this go 'round. It is May of the Dead after all.1)  Post-Apocalyptic Nomadic Warriors (A Du…
  • Weekly Free Apocalyptic Books (four)
    [28 Apr 12, 6:53pm] You know the drill: these are free for the scarfing ... but for an undetermined length of time.1) Hard Roads by Terry McDonald2) The Negatives: Selections of Strange Violence by Michael C. Thompson... very slim pickins indeed. Better lu…
  • Call Me Human by Sergei Marysh in Review
    [28 Apr 12, 3:11am] This book is written in diary form. It reads as almost a deathbed confession. From the very beginning the reader is aware that the narrator that the is dieing, slowly, painfully and with more than a couple regrets. The majority of the book is written…
  • Blackened
    [22 Apr 12, 6:54pm]
  • Weekly Free Apocalyptic Books (three)
    [22 Apr 12, 4:11am] You know the drill: these are free for the scarfing ... but for an undetermined length of time.1) Extinction Point by Paul Jones2) Lycandroids, SuperSoldiers and the Freedom War: The Saga of the Post-Apocalyptic Freedom Wars by Robert M…
  • Battle Royale: The Ballad of Noriko Nakagawa
    [22 Apr 12, 3:02am] or a decent song by Depeche Mode ... whatever.
  • Bikini Bottom Apocalypse
    [19 Apr 12, 12:17am] You know that time you thought of something crazy? You thought the no one had possibly thought it before.  Well here I am sitting and watching some cartoons. I think 'apocalyptic spongebob' no way has anyone thought of that. So I google it…
  • Fallout History 101
    [18 Apr 12, 11:56pm] Class is in session.

The Aftermath Show

  • Visit The Aftermath Show On Blogtalkradio and YouTube
    [24 Feb 10, 4:59pm] The Aftermath Show:THE END OF THE WORLD, IS JUST THE BEGINNING... Welcome to The Aftermath. This show is dedicated to the post-apocalyptic genre from everything to movies, TV programs, books, animations, comics, and video games. So, if you are fascin…
  • Survivors series 2 now be uploaded every Sunday
    [14 Feb 10, 5:12pm] Sorry guys and gals I've been lost in the wasteland and haven't updated the Aftermath blog but I'll try to update more frequently henceforth. Last night BBC America premiered its remake Survivors series here in the United States for th…
  • The Aftermath Show: The Road Reviewed
    [22 Dec 09, 4:46pm] Listen today As I give my unbiased post apocalyptic review of the 'The Road' at blogtalkradio today at 3:30 pm est- 12:30 pm pst.*************************************************************************Video of the week Survivors Episod…
  • 'The Road' Opens To Wider Release Dec. 18th
    [16 Dec 09, 4:13pm]
  • The Road Opens in More Theaters Dec. 18th
    [16 Dec 09, 3:02pm] Great news I just learned this morning that 'The Road' is opening in a theater just a few miles away in my city Columbia, S.C. Columbia wasn't on the list put out on the the original list circulating the Internet over the last few wee…
  • This Week On The Aftermath Show: 'Carriers' and Video Of The Week
    [14 Dec 09, 3:21pm] This week I'll look at the DVD release of 'Carriers' a film about a group of young adults fleeing from the post pandemic that has nearly wiped out humanity. The group are heading to an isolated beach which they believe they can find s…
  • The Aftermath Show On BlogTalkRadio
    [8 Dec 09, 9:58pm] Just got finished doing another 30 minute Aftermath Show. This week I looked at the 1999 ITV post apocalyptic mini series 'The Last Train'. Here is a link and blogtalkradio player to listen to the show...link: The Aftermath Show...
  • Video Of The Week 'Survivors' Episode 7 'Starvation'
    [6 Dec 09, 10:36pm] The saga continues with the 'Survivors' 1st series episode 7 'Starvation'Here's Pt. 1 you can find episodes 1-7 at the Aftemath YouTube Channel:http://www.youtube.com/AftermathShow...
  • The Aftermath Show on Blogtalkradio
    [1 Dec 09, 11:50pm] Just finished doing the Aftermath Show and I focused on the limited release of 'The Road' and my profound disappointment. Also, the DVD/Blue-ray release of Terminator Salvation out today Dec.1st. and my YouTube video of 'Survivors'…
  • Terminator Salvation dvd/blue-ray Release Dec. 1st and Youtube Video Of The Week 'Survivors' Epi 6 '
    [1 Dec 09, 3:28am] Terminator Salvation on dvd/ blue-ray Dec. 1st A post apocalyptic earth ruled by machines and at war with the few remaining humans holding on...************************************************************************Youtube Video Of The Week 'Su…

Post Apocalyptic Club

  • Rising ocean temperatures near worst-case predictions
    [19 Jun 09, 4:24am] The ocean is warming about 50 per cent faster than reported two years ago, according to an update of the latest climate science. Areport compiling research presented at a science congress in Copenhagenin March says recent…
  • Global crisis 'to strike by 2030'
    [20 Mar 09, 4:29am] Growing world population will cause a "perfect storm" of food, energy and water shortages by 2030, the UK government chief scientist has warned. By 2030 the demand for resources will create a crisis with dire consequences, Prof John Bedding…
  • Abandon all hope once you enter deflation
    [14 Nov 08, 5:42am] The price of white truffles has fallen 84%. Fine wines have dropped 65%. Lobsters are off 52%. Deflation has reached the City. It has engulfed housing and now threatens to spread through the broader economy, lodging like a virus in the British and gl…
  • Tent cities rising across the U.S.A.
    [19 Sep 08, 10:41am] RENO, Nev. —  A fewtents cropped up hard by the railroad tracks, pitched by men left withnowhere to go once the emergency winter shelter closed for the summer. Then others appeared —people who had lost their jobs to the ailing economy, or ne…
  • Russia may cut off oil flow to the West
    [30 Aug 08, 2:59pm] Fears are mounting that Russia may restrict oil deliveries to WesternEurope over coming days, in response to the threat of EU sanctions andNato naval actions in the Black Sea. Any such move would be a dramatic escalation of the Georgia crisis and p…
  • Deflation rears its ugly head
    [3 Aug 08, 4:34pm] The lifeblood of countries' economies is draining away - with grim consequences for us all, writes Ambrose Evans-Pritchard The money supply data from the US, Britain, and now Europe, has begun to flash warning signals of a p…
  • Who is behind climate change deniers?
    [1 Aug 08, 3:22pm] WHEN the tobacco industry was feeling the heat from scientists who showed that smoking caused cancer, it took decisive action. Itengaged in a decades-long public relations campaign to undermine themedical research and discredit the scientists.…
  • Major airlines heading for bankruptcy
    [25 Jul 08, 7:04am] $130-a-barrel oil won't save the airlines — travelers must save themselves Even as the nation's network carriers beganreporting billions in second-quarter losses last week, a furious rallydrove share prices up by 45 to 60 percent. The m…
  • Alarming situation: Country facing oil stock shortage, 16 days’ stock left
    [8 Jul 08, 9:47am] ISLAMABAD:The country is again facing problems of shortfall in oil stocks as thestock of two major petroleum products, including motor spirit and lightdiesel oil (LDO), has plummeted to 7 to 8 days use only, officialsources told Daily Times. The…
  • Tenfold increase in heat waves predicted for Australia
    [6 Jul 08, 11:53am] Federal Agriculture Minister Tony Burke has likened a scientificstudy into links between climate change and drought to the finalchapters of a disaster novel. Mr Burke today released ajoint assessment by the Bureau of Meteorology and the CSIRO,…

An Empty Earth

  • The End
    [28 Jul 11, 2:57pm] While I have enjoyed writing the occasional article for this blog, it’s time for me to admit that I don’t have the adequate time or attention span to devote to it right now. I’ll leave up what I have written but won’t be adding any new posts…
  • Apocalypse as Revelation: Will You Look Away?
    [13 Jul 11, 7:41pm] Author Junot Díaz has a powerful essay in Boston Review: Apocalypse (Haiti, Japan, earthquake, tsunami). Díaz analyzes “mini-apocalypses,” in particular, the Haitian earthquake, which was certainly apocalyptic for the country of Haiti. He seiz…
  • This Is How the World Ends
    [21 Jun 11, 7:26pm] Previously, I highlighted a site that had collected predictions for when the world ends. Consider Exit Mundi a companion site, which collects all the different ways that end might come about. It’s divided into four sections, according to the source…
  • Judgement Day Happened; You Just Couldn’t See It Happening
    [24 May 11, 7:10pm] For all those who were disappointed when Judgment Day did not come last Saturday, Harold Camping – the 89-year-old Christian-radio broadcaster who has predicted for years that May 21, 2011, was the exact date that the rapture would occur — has c…
  • A Brief Definition of Apocalypse
    [21 Apr 11, 6:28pm] The word apocalypse means “lifting of the veil.” It is intended to refer to a revelation or disclosure of something hidden from the majority of mankind. The Book of Revelation is also referred to as the apocalypse of John; it describes the prophe…
  • A Plethora of Apocalyptic Predictions
    [6 Apr 11, 7:23pm] Lately, I haven’t had a lot of time to research and write the in-depth articles I’d like to post on this, unfortunately. But I do like to feature good research when I find it elsewhere on the web. A site called Pick a Year is particularly enterta…
  • 2012: The Next Doomsday?
    [11 Mar 11, 10:06pm] A recent re-watching of the movie 2012 left me wanting to delve more into this propitious date. Next year — specifically December 21, 2012 — has been named as the next date of the apocalypse, or perhaps a worldwide spiritual awakening. NASA and C…
  • A Poem for 2012 (the Movie)
    [8 Mar 11, 9:07pm] I’m sorry it’s been so quiet around this blog lately. It feels downright post-apocalyptic around here (ha ha). I don’t get a lot of time in the day for researching and writing, and I’ve been spending that time on other projects lately. But I…
  • Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley
    [21 Jan 11, 8:46pm] I met a traveller from an antique land Who said:—Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand, Half sunk, a shatter’d visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor we…
  • Apocalypse vs. Dystopia: Some Definitions
    [14 Dec 10, 8:02pm] In doing research for this blog, I have noticed that two sub-genres frequently get confused: the dystopian story and the post-apocalyptic story. While these two areas of future storytelling may overlap, they don’t mean the same thing at all. So let…

Survive the Apocalypse

  • Apocalyptic Fire Starters
    [22 Mar 10, 4:02pm] Your survival depends on your ability to create a fire easily and repeatedly. Those words are important. If it takes you a half hour to find kindling and combustibles, you don’t want to spend another cold and hungry half hour trying to bang rocks t…
  • “Medical Aspects of Nuclear Radiation” 1950 Propaganda Film
    [15 Mar 10, 3:58pm] Surviving post-nuclear radiation poisoning will be a real challenge. Understanding alpha, gamma and beta particles will be key to your survival. This film clears some of those questions up, and thankfully, also dispels some rumors about the post-apoc…
  • Apocalypse Living: In a Lagoon
    [5 Mar 10, 9:52pm] I live in Melbourne, Florida, a smallish community which has become more of a small town for Orlando. We are located right on the shores of the Indian River, which is actually the worlds largest lagoon. Catfish, shrimp, shark, turtles, crabs, the riv…
  • Twitter is lame…but follow me anyway.
    [1 Mar 10, 5:29pm] Follow me on Twitter for more insight into the apocalypse! http://twitter.com/ApocalypseGuide
  • Survive the Apocalypse Just Got a Dress Code
    [1 Mar 10, 5:00pm] Though these costumes are terribly impractical, I thought I would mention this site. Apocalypse Live Action Roll Play!
  • Lifesaver 4000
    [22 Feb 10, 9:31pm] Thanks to PineTree for asking about the Lifesaver 4000. Though I haven’t used it, it does appear to be a more efficient water purifier. Keep in mind that it only has a shelf life of 3 years. Check out the promo video for it. HERE (Skip the self imp…
  • Water Purification
    [16 Feb 10, 6:03pm] Our bodies run on water. Like an auto low on oil, our bodies are greatly affected when we become dehydrated. If you notice you’re acting like a little bitch, you probably just need a glass a water – or an ass kicking. Signs of more severe dehydra…
  • Staying Warm Without A Thermostat Part I
    [9 Feb 10, 5:59pm] For thousands of years, humans have kept warm in cold climates with fires or hearths in their homes. In the last 50 years we’ve began to build homes without fireplaces because “they are just so sooty,” and have become totally reliant on central…
  • Escape from Las Vegas
    [8 Jan 10, 5:29pm] Dear Apocalyptic Grand Master Savior to the stars, I live in shithole Las Vegas. Sure there are bigger, more “targetable” cities in the US, but let’s be honest. If you were a terrorist who hates everything that America stands for, why wouldn…
  • Solar Powered Survival Gear
    [4 Jan 10, 8:01pm] Anything that takes power to run is not a necessity. People have survived without power for 4000 years, so going without electricity after the apocalypse should not be a death-blow to your survival. However, even I’ll admit, it would be nice. (Cont…

In the Ruins

  • Rosa
    [25 Nov 11, 6:44pm] Spanish film maker Jesús Orellana's neatly contained and unsettling world in the short film Rosa is littered with the remains of humanity and populated by creepy butterflies, cyborgs that bleed and roses that grow, stop-motion fast, from that b…

PostApocalypse.co.uk

  • The Road
    [15 May 09, 3:22pm] The new trailer for The Road is looking rather special. Enjoy!Comments?
  • Things go on
    [20 Apr 09, 3:24pm] Things have been quiet here for a while now - mostly my fault for being too busy at work. Nevertheless things move on. 28 Months Later has just been green lit, Mad Max 4 looks like it might be an animated film and The Road should be out soon. Cirio…
  • Cirio H. Santiago
    [30 Sep 08, 8:53am] Sad news for all PA fans. Legendary PA director Cirio H. Santiago has passed away. All the details can be found here:http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080928-163369/Cult-films-producer-Cirio-Santiago-dies-at-72Without doubt…
  • Waterworld Extended Cut
    [29 Aug 08, 2:16pm] Quiet Earth is reporting that the often mentioned but rarely seen extended cut of Waterworld is finally coming to DVD.Check out the Quiet Earth post here:http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2008/08/28/Extended-Cut-of-Waterworld-out-in-NovemberDetails o…
  • 2012 (2009)
    [19 Jul 08, 7:36pm] This is a new PA type film set to release in 2009. It will be directed by Roland Emmerich. It is going to have a few big name stars also. This idea of the year 2012 has had a lot of research and there are some theories out there that state this ma…
  • Santiago's back!
    [14 Jun 08, 10:06am] In possibly the happiest news of the year it's confirmed that post-apocalyptic maestro Cirio H. Santiago is working on a new PA film! Stryker, Wheels of Fire, Equalizer 2000 and Dune Warriors are stone cold PA classics that this website is all a…
  • More T4 details
    [23 May 08, 10:36am] Warner Bros have released a few more details about the Terminator 4 plot. This film gets more and more post-apocalyptic every day!"In the highly anticipated new installment of The Terminator film franchise, set in post-apocalyptic 2018, Christia…
  • The Andromeda Strain (2008) mini series
    [22 May 08, 11:47pm] This is a new remake set to air on A/E here in the U.S. This was directed by Ridley Scott of Aliens fame and from the trailer it looks apocalyptic. If you don't know the story, here is a very brief synopsis... A satellite from space crashes in…
  • First Picture from The Road
    [22 May 08, 11:21am] Shocktillyoudrop.com have posted the first picture from The Road, an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's book starring Viggo Mortensen. Not quite as grey as I imagined...Comments?
  • A Red Dwan redux?
    [20 May 08, 8:44am] Guest Rant provided By: Kester Pelagius (Mise-en-scene Crypt)If there was ever any doubt that mindless radioactive zombies have taken over Hollywood then the fact rumors coming out of Cannes about a re-make of Red Dawn being considered should be proo…

Dystopia Press Blog

  • April 2011 ARC Giveaways: 20 Years Later
    [16 Apr 11, 2:10pm] These days it’s all 20 Years Later all the time as we ramp up to the ebook release in May followed by the hardback in July. As anyone who follows 20YL author Emma Newman’s blog knows, she just had her collection of short stories From Dark Places…
  • #17 with a Bullet: 20 Years Later Author Emma Newman
    [25 Mar 11, 2:33am] When I was a kid, my mom was a reporter at the local daily paper in the small Central Texas town where I grew up. Back then, they were still using hot lead to set the type of the newspaper. So, given the fact that the vast majority of printing today…
  • Weekly Links Roundup (3/7-3/13/2011)
    [13 Mar 11, 8:58pm] Once again, the post-apocalyptic elves have been working furiously at the Dystopia Press home office/compound. While much of our time has been spent closing out the final pre-press work on Emma Newman‘s 20 Years Later, we did find time to upload a…
  • Writers for the Red Cross Auction 2011
    [12 Mar 11, 3:53pm] I came across the Writers for the Red Cross 2011 Auction a little late—it goes on for five weeks and I discovered it in the middle of of week 2 thanks to a tweet by Steve Tiano that he’s auctioning off the layout of a book in week 3—but for any…
  • Weekly Links Roundup (2/28-3/6/2011)
    [6 Mar 11, 4:45pm] It’s been another busy week at the Dystopia Press home office. Pre-press work on Emma Newman‘s 20 Years Later is just about done and the marketing efforts continue to ramp up. (In the very near future we’ll be posting the first five chapters fo…
  • The PipClock: A Post-Apocalyptic App You Can Use
    [5 Mar 11, 7:55pm] I will be the first to admit that when it comes to technology and gadgets I am a late adopter. We had dial-up at the DP home office until about three years ago and I had a pay-as-you go $15 a month cell phone for the last two years—after never havi…
  • Weekly Links Roundup (2/21-2/27/2011)
    [27 Feb 11, 4:48pm] After several weeks of furious, sustained activity, the Dystopia Press home office is buzzing these days. The pre-publication push for Emma Newman’s 20 Years Later is in full swing along with the final pre-press work so that the printing and bindin…
  • Support Your Local Bookstore: Plotz Used Books (Waco, Texas)
    [26 Feb 11, 10:45am] Support Your Local Bookstore: Plotz Used Books (Waco, Texas) On January 3, 2011, Waco welcomed another bookstore to town: Plotz Used Books. Located at 1300 Lake Air Drive, Plotz features a healthy selection of high quality used books at half price as…
  • Weekly Links Roundup (2/14-2/19/2011)
    [19 Feb 11, 1:23pm] There are two basic types of books: books as tools (dictionaries, textbooks, guides) and books as entertainment (fiction, trade non-fiction, coffee table books). Sure, there’s some overlap between those two categories—cookbooks come to mind—but…
  • How Trade Books Get Sold
    [12 Feb 11, 8:04pm] As I’ve noted before, there is a long production chain for a book to get published: manuscript acquisition, (copy)editing, layout and design, printing, and marketing. However, even if you do all of those things right—right meaning highest quality…

Apocalyptic Post

  • Geiger Counter for your Mobile Phone
    [3 May 12, 8:10am] Yep there seems to be an app for everything these days and you can even find a few to help you prepare for the apocalypse.www.Hotray-Info.de/ have an android app that can detect radioactivity. How does it do it? Read a bit more below:The app uses th…
  • Understanding Radiation Dosage
    [12 Jul 11, 8:40am] Nuclear meltdowns/attacks have always been part of post apocalyptic yore, but now we have a nifty chart explaining radiation poisoning to the average bloke. Here's a bit of perspective on radiation poisoning from iapptive.com (via mashable)We e…
  • Apocalyptic Firesale - Get your bunkers on the cheap!
    [9 Jul 11, 1:28am] A few months ago, I posted about bunkers sales up by 1000%. Well, according to business insider they decided to let the common man in on their gig selling an economy model for only $9,950 USD (premium models start at $25,000).Its guaranteed to keep y…
  • The Accidental Sea - History of Salton Sea
    [9 Jul 11, 12:51am] This is a great video about the harsh desert landscape of the Salton Sea and it thrived and then died off - leaving ghost towns and a haunting vista of a post apocalyptic world:By Ransom Riggs, you can see his youtube channel and his Amazon page here…
  • Vacationlanders - Post Apocalyptic Maine
    [8 Jul 11, 11:55pm] I reckon Maine is a pretty good place to have a post apocalyptic setting. The home state of horror writer Stephen King is now featured on webisodes called Vacationlanders (Vacationland is the motto on Maine 's registration plate). From their h…
  • Fathoms, a Post Apocalyptic Animation with heart
    [8 Jul 11, 11:37pm] Fathoms is an up and coming animation project about post apocalyptic Brooklyn:The ice caps have melted. The air is filled with a poisonous smog. No land. No safety. Sam and Evan, along with their rescued cat, Hippo, pilot the scavenger Arken, a salva…
  • New Guangzhou, it's just not the same as the old Guangzhou (China Ghost Cities)
    [8 Jul 11, 11:10pm] I get the newsletter from Sovereign Man (it's sort of an investors opportunity guide for the coming economic collapse) and there was interesting article about New Guangzhou - one of several Chinese cities built from scratch to showcase China…
  • Post Apocalyptic Theme Parties (USA, Russia and NZ)
    [8 Jul 11, 10:13pm] I've recently found out about a Mad Max theme party that takes place in the Southern California dubbed the 'Wasteland Weekend' - so I thought it would be an excellent way break a dry spell in my blogging. So what exactly is the Wastela…
  • Counting Down To Zero Nuclear Weapons [Documentary]
    [22 Jun 11, 8:20am] Is nuclear anihilation still in the cards for the human race? Lucy Walker seems to think so. In her movie, Countdown to Zero, she expresses her opinion that mankind is more at risk from nuclear weapons than ever before.For Lucy, fear of nuclear war h…
  • Apocalypse Revelation TV Series
    [29 May 11, 11:20am] For those of you more religiously inclined, you can watch the 'Apocalypse Revelation' featuring Richard Harris. The production seems slick for the genre and it is based on 'John of Patmos' vision of the Apocalypse. Taking place in…

Post-Apocalypse Now

  • Updates on The Walking Dead TV series
    [7 Apr 10, 10:49pm] I’ve been eagerly anticipating the forthcoming tv adaptation of one of my favourite graphic novels, the zombie apocalypse serial The Walking Dead, ever since I heard in August last year that AMC were going to produce a tv series based on the comics…
  • Analysis: Night of the Comet (1984)
    [6 Apr 10, 4:48pm] Why don’t people realise that the sky is evil? The Day of the Triffids has a meteor shower that blinds anyone who sees it, thereby allowing man-eating plants to herald in the end of civilisation; Where have all the people gone? has solar flares tha…
  • Analysis: Smoke ‘Em If You’ve Got ‘Em (1988)
    [6 Apr 10, 9:20am] The 80s obsession with World War III produced a number of excellent movies that illustrated the horrors of living in a post-nuclear world. From the UK came When the Wind Blows (1986) and the BBC’s Threads (1985), while two US television stations (P…
  • Twitter 2009-08-18
    [18 Aug 09, 3:40pm] Academics prove that a zombie outbreak would mean the end of the world http://tinyurl.com/lvx3mo #
  • Twitter 2009-06-01
    [1 Jun 09, 3:40pm] Guardian article: March of the zombie http://tinyurl.com/mwlmjx #
  • Twitter 2009-04-27
    [27 Apr 09, 3:40pm] Huffington Post article: Journalism versus the zombies http://tinyurl.com/ctr7r5 #
  • Twitter 2009-04-26
    [26 Apr 09, 3:40pm] British Airways cabin crew member from Mexico City to London taken ill with ‘flu-like’ symptoms. http://tinyurl.com/cq2wjg #swineflu #RT: @pandemicwatch WHO Warns Swine Flu Outbreak Could become Worldwide #Pandemic #swineflu http://tinyurl.com/d…
  • Twitter 2009-04-19
    [19 Apr 09, 3:40pm] Post-Apocalypse Now: http://www.postapocalypse.co.uk #Why are zombies everywhere at the moment? (http://tinyurl.com/dmx567 #When Economy Ebbs Zombies Emerge: http://tinyurl.com/cfnxqy #
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    [18 Apr 09, 8:28pm] Yet another article has been published about the prominance of zombies in popular culture: ‘Zombies emerge when the economy ebbs‘. I was pretty excited when I saw this as I thought it would have something new to say about zombies and linking the…
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