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"Wisdom is perishable. Unlike information or knowledge, it cannot be stored in a computer or recorded in a book. It expires with each passing generation."

—Sid Taylor

The Apocalypse

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When you just need a book about the end of the world. These books show the fears and concerns about the time they were written better than most history books.

These are a few titles to get you started in your exploration of end times and how fiction reflects the concerns of society:

The Last War: a World Set Free - H. G. Wells (1914)
On the Beach - Nevil Shute (1957)
Alas Babylon - Pat Frank (1959)
A Canticle for Liebowitz - Walter Miller (1971)
Gate to Women's Country - Sheri Tepper (1988)
Life as We Knew It - Susan Beth Pfeffer (2006)
Wasteland: Cities in Dust V. 1 - Antony Johnston (graphic novel) (2006)
The Road - Cormac McCarthy (2006)

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