Apocalypse
Subtitle: a history of the end of time
By: John Michael Greer
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781780870403
Subjects: End of the world; Curiosities and wonders; Fin du monde; Curiosités et merveilles
Description: "The ancient Egyptians would have known it as the sixth day of Pachon. The Mayans named it 4 Ahau 3 Kankin. To us it is 21 December, 2012. On this day, it is said, the world will come to an end. This is not the first time we've been told that our time is up. And - touch wood - it probably won't be the last. Religious and secular, past and present - Apocalypse covers each and every one of our prophesized dooms: featuring asteroids, Antichrists, solar flares, Singularities, Utopias, UFOs, Zoroastrians and Zapotecs, to mention but a small few. The result is a thorough history of one the most fascinating threads of our cultural existence: spanning from the first warnings of our ancient ancestors, to the contemporary (yet equally glum) forecasts for our future."--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-222) and index.