| Title |
The end : 50 apocalyptic visions from pop culture that you should know about --before it's too late / Laura Barcella. |
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| Publication Info. |
San Francisco, CA : Zest Books, 2012. |
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| Description |
157 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
Examines fifty films, books, songs, artworks, and plays that have been created about the apocalypse, and includes information about each apocalyptic theory and an explanation about why each work is important in popular culture. |
| Contents |
12 monkeys (movie) -- 28 days later (movie) -- 99 luftballons -- (song) -- 2012 (movie) -- Angels in America (play) -- Battlestar Galactica (TV series) -- The big swallow (visual art) -- Blindness (book) -- A canticle for Leibowitz (book) -- Cat's cradle (book) -- Children of men (movie) -- The colony (TV series) -- The course of empire : destruction of empire (visual art) -- The day after tomorrow (movie) -- Day of the Triffids (TV series) -- Deep impact (movie) -- Dog act (play) -- Dr. Strangelove (movie) -- Earth abides (book) -- Endgame (play) -- Eve of destruction (song) -- The four horsemen of the apocalypse (visual art) -- Gimme shelter (song) -- I am legend (book) -- Invasion of the body snatchers (movie) -- |
| Subject |
Popular culture -- United States.
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End of the world in literature.
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End of the world -- In motion pictures.
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| ISBN |
9780982732250 (pbk.) : $12.99 |
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0982732252 (pbk.) |
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9780329918484 (hbk. : Follettbound) |
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0329918486 (hbk. : Follettbound) |
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| ISBN |
9780982732250 (pbk.) : $12.99 |
|
0982732252 (pbk.) |
|
9780329918484 (hbk. : Follettbound) |
|
0329918486 (hbk. : Follettbound) |
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