Exit Mundi
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| Exit Mundi | |
|---|---|
| URL | Exit Mundi |
| Type of site | Collection of End-of-World Scenarios |
| Registration | Optional (required for forum) |
| Available language(s) | English |
| Owner | Maarten Keulemans |
| Launched | 2001 |
| Current status | Active |
Exit Mundi is a website with a collection of end of the world articles. The writing mixes scientific analyses and theories of apocalyptic scenarios with dark humour relating to the end of times.[1] Theories presented cover a range of possible sources of human demise.[2] The site is based in the Netherlands.[3] Disease, nuclear war, asteroids, even fictional scenarios like zombies are laid out in detailed and thoroughly researched descriptions .[3][4]
In may 2008, a rewritten selection of 50 end-of-world scenarios was published as a book in the Netherlands: Exit Mundi, het einde van de wereld. De beste 50 scenarios. Translations are in the works.
[edit] References
- ^ Blamer, Craig. "Exit Mundi", Chico News & Review, 2006-11-16. Retrieved on 2008-02-08. "Has the constant threat of heightened security warnings, bird flu, global warming or dirty bombs lost the ability to keep you unblinkingly awake until the disquieting calm of dawn’s early light? How about a side trip to the darkened corners of the Internet cafe for a virtual smorgasbord of we’re all gonna die!? This Dutch Web site takes an almost demented glee in the various infinitely disturbing ways in which this fragile orb on which we reside could become barren, waterlogged, cracked or just flat-out cosmic debris. Along the way we meet bad dates with black holes; mass sterility; comet, meteor or asteroid strikes; hothouse effects; nano-carnivores, and even a zombiegeddon. Aim for the head! But wait, there’s more! With a lively, tongue-in-cheek patter that annotates each calamity with links to more source material and conveniently categorized by type of cataclysm, the site offers hours upon end on the end of all we hold so dear, and dearly love to abuse."
- ^ Casimir, Jon. "Prophets of Doom.", The Age, 2002-11-29. Retrieved on 2008-02-08. "Exit Mundi has a similar intent, examining the various ways the word "human" could become past tense, from the very big bang (large object crashes into Earth) to the very little bang (mankind suffers slow anticlimax of sperm death). It's a fascinating and often funny site but, again, it's short on the sort of information you can set your watch by. Let's be realistic - the "why" of the end of the world is less important than the "when"."
- ^ a b "Monk-E-Mail, Armageddon & More.", Falls Church News-Press, February 16, 2006. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. "Exit Mundi, literally meaning Exit World, is a somewhat morbid, yet highly entertaining site based in the Netherlands dedicated to possible apocalyptic end-of-days events. With close to 50 different scenarios, the countdown to Armageddon site goes so far as to categorize the events, including ones that might occur “Any Day Now,” in the “Near Future,” or in the “Distant Future.”"
- ^ "From prime time to our own times, it's a scary world.", Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2008-04-15. "It is called "Exit Mundi" and offers a list of extinction-level events that can blink us out of existence even before Bush or Bin Laden get around to doing the job. It goes on to mention Earth tilt, moon smash, sun shift, air poison, temperature reversal, cosmic mastication, quantum energy blasts, simultaneous volcanic eruptions, global flooding, rampant insanity (we may already be in the first stages), killer storms and all sorts of sneaky little diseases that could almost instantaneously eat us from the inside out. This is not a happy website."
