num_pages: 333
description: An anthology of post-apocalyptic short fiction from some of the biggest names in science fiction and speculative fiction - including Stephen King George R. R. Martin and Orson Scott Card Famine Death War and Pestilence: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse the harbingers of Armageddon - these are our guides through the Wastelands . . . From the Book of Revelations to The Road Warrior; from A Canticle for Leibowitz to The Road storytellers have long imagined the end of the world weaving tales of catastrophe chaos and calamity. Gathering together the best post-apocalyptic literature of the last two decades from many of today's most renowned authors of speculative fiction including George R.R. Martin Gene Wolfe Orson Scott Card Carol Emshwiller Jonathan Lethem Octavia E. Butler and Stephen King Wastelands explores the scientific psychological and philosophical questions of what it means to remain human in the wake of Armageddon.
language: English
title: Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse
publisher: Night Shade