Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse

Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse is an anthology of post-apocalyptic fiction published by Night Shade Books in January 2008, edited by John Joseph Adams.[1]

Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse

First edition cover art to Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse, edited by John Joseph Adams

First edition cover art
Editor John Joseph Adams
Subject Apocalypse, End of the world (fiction)
Genre Science fiction, dystopia
Published San Francisco: Nightshade Book, 2008
Media type Book
ISBN 9781597801058
OCLC 166390474

The anthology includes 22 stories,[2] plus an introduction by the editor. According to the anthology's official web site, "Wastelands explores the scientific, psychological, and philosophical questions of what it means to remain human in the wake of Armageddon." It received very positive reviews, with critics describing it as "belong[ing] in most sf or short fiction collections"[3] and "a well-chosen selection of well-crafted stories, offering something to please nearly every postapocalyptic palate."[4]

Contents

  1. Introduction by John Joseph Adams
  2. "The End of the Whole Mess" by Stephen King
  3. "Salvage" by Orson Scott Card
  4. "The People of Sand and Slag" by Paolo Bacigalupi
  5. "Bread and Bombs" by M. Rickert
  6. "How We Got In Town and Out Again" by Jonathan Lethem
  7. "Dark, Dark Were the Tunnels" by George R. R. Martin
  8. "Waiting for the Zephyr" by Tobias S. Buckell
  9. "Never Despair" by Jack McDevitt
  10. "When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth" by Cory Doctorow
  11. "The Last of the O-Forms" by James Van Pelt
  12. "Still Life With Apocalypse" by Richard Kadrey
  13. "Artie’s Angels" by Catherine Wells
  14. "Judgment Passed" by Jerry Oltion
  15. "Mute" by Gene Wolfe
  16. "Inertia" by Nancy Kress
  17. "And the Deep Blue Sea" by Elizabeth Bear
  18. "Speech Sounds" by Octavia E. Butler
  19. "Killers" by Carol Emshwiller
  20. "Ginny Sweethips’ Flying Circus" by Neal Barrett, Jr.
  21. "The End of the World as We Know It" by Dale Bailey
  22. "A Song Before Sunset" by David Grigg
  23. "Episode Seven: Last Stand Against the Pack in the Kingdom of the Purple Flowers" by John Langan
  24. "Appendix: For Further Reading" by John Joseph Adams

References

  1. ↑ "Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse". Publisher's Weekly (254.47). 26 November 2007.
  2. ↑ "Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse". OCLC Worldcat. OCLC. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Cassada, Jackie (1 January 2008). "Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse". Library Journal. 133.1: 89.
  4. ↑ Schroeder, Regina (1 February 2008). "Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse". Booklist 104 (11): 35.

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