Tag: Apocalyptic literature
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay (2018) If countless horror movies haven’t convinced you that it’s never a good idea to vacation in a remote cabin in the woods, this book surely will. Married couple Eric…
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: The Three by Sarah Lotz
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. The Three by Sarah Lotz (2015) Four planes crash simultaneously in different parts of the world, three children survive and behave strangely afterward, and conspiracy theories run rampant, including a cult of Christians who believe this signals the End Times.…
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
This is a series of book reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. The Water Knife by Paolo Backigalupi (2015) In the near future, climate change has brought about drought and constant dust storms in the American Southwest, resulting in the collapse of several cities as well as the state of Texas, and…
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins
This is a series of book reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins (2015) In the near future, drought has rendered the Southwestern United States nearly uninhabitable. A mountain-high sea dune called the Amargosa has spread over large portions of the Mojave Desert in southern California.…
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: Quick Takes of 2014 Novels
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. These are shorter reviews of good reads published in 2014. Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes (2014) In Detroit, a young boy is murdered and the top half of his body attached to the legs of a fawn, kicking off a hunt…
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Favorite Books of 2010s: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (2014) An aging actor drops dead of a heart attack on stage, an omen for a sweeping flu pandemic that will decimate the world’s population within weeks. Station Eleven does something that I…
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: The Twelve by Justin Cronin
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. The Twelve (Book 2 of The Passage Trilogy) by Justin Cronin (2012) This was a terrific read, if you like scary-as-hell, on-the-edge-of-your-seat, big-ass vampire books. And I do. I enjoyed going back to the beginning of the story introduced in The Passage and…
Shannon Turlington 