It's the End of the World: But What Are We Really Afraid Of?

Are we doomed? Is an almighty power or an earth-shattering meteor waiting for us just around the corner? In this thought-provoking book, Professor Adam Roberts explores our many different cultural visions of the end of the world - likely and unlikely, mundane and bizarre - and what they say about how we see ourselves and our societies. What is it is that we are really afraid of? An uncaring universe; an uncontrollable environment; the human capacity for destruction; or just our own, personal apocalypse - our mortality? From last man and dying earth fiction to zombies swarming on screen and the ruined landscapes of immersive gaming, via sweeping contagions, invading aliens, falling bombs and rising robots, buckle up for the end of the world.

Author: Adam Roberts
Publisher: Elliott & Thompson
Published: 11/01/2021
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781783964741
ISBN10: 178396474X
BISAC Categories:
- History | Social History
- History | World | General

About the Author
Adam Roberts is a writer, critic, and Professor of Nineteenth-Century Literature at Royal Holloway University. He is also the author of more than twenty science fiction novels, including Jack Glass, which won the BSFA Award for Best Novel. He is the author of the Palgrave History of Science Fiction and reviews regularly for the Guardian.