The End: 50 Apocalyptic Visions from Pop Culture, by Laura Barcella (nonfiction)

Global warming.Mutant diseases.Alien attacks. Seems like humans have been trying to figure out how the world will end almost since its beginning. Fifty apocalyptic visions from pop culture are analyzed in this new book (published today) which has many of the usual (Welles’s “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast and Dr. Strangelove) and several lesser-known … Continue reading The End: 50 Apocalyptic Visions from Pop Culture, by Laura Barcella (nonfiction)