Hello All,
This post will be an on-going list of readings from around the internet that have relevance for our discussions of The End of the World. Read these at your leisure and interest; you will not be tested on them for class
"The Stalkers: Inside the bizarre subculture that lives to explore Chernobyl’s Dead Zone" is about tourists and interested witnesses traveling to the Exclusion Zone surrounding the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl.
"The Dystopian City and Urban Policy" argues how city planners can learn from depictions of dystopian cities in science fiction novels describing the end of the world.
"How to Raise Your Zombie Baby: An Illustrated Guide" is exactly what it sounds like.
"The ABCs of the Sudden Departure" is an illustrated ABC book tie-in with the HBO show "The Leftovers."
"The Ebola Story: How Our Minds Build Narratives out of Disaster" is about how our visions of reality has been shaped by the fictions that entertain and frighten us.
"How Will the Universe End" is a question-and-answer interview with a cosmologist about the end of the universe.
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