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Alarmism

Wasps: The nightmare is upon us.

anninyn · August 28, 2012

So, I think wasps are going to cause the apocalypse. Not even the kind with the weird parasite that turns them into zombies, just - regular wasps. It's probably because…

Fiction Reviews

This is the New Plan giveaway

char · August 27, 2012

Today the review for John Xero's book, This is the New Plan, went up (link here). Well, I'm excited to say that John Xero has been generous enough to offer…

Fiction Reviews

This is the New Plan by John Xero

char · August 27, 2012

This is the New Plan by John Xero (available now) Review copy provided by the author.  Amazon blurb: This is the New Plan. Thirty three genre-blending works of fiction. Thirty…

Debris

Why minorities will survive the apocalypse

tavia. · August 23, 2012

In most popular media about the apocalypse minorities are pretty much Red Shirts-- there because someone needs to die so it might as well be them. This was highlighted in a PinkRayGun…

Fiction Reviews

Osiris by E. J. Swift

anninyn · August 22, 2012

“Nobody leaves Osiris. Osiris is a lost city. She has lost the world and world has lost her . . .” Rising high above the frigid waters, the ocean city…

Basic Survival

Blisters.

anninyn · August 21, 2012

By now you probably know that we like to talk about the odd stuff. The things that other survivalists ignore, or don't think of, the weird concepts our strange little…

Fiction Reviews

The Sacrifice Game by Brian D'Amato

char · August 20, 2012

The Sacrifice Game by Brian D'Amato Release date: July 2012 Review copy provided by Penguin/Dutton Amazon blurb: The mind-bending, stunningly inventive sequel to Brian D'Amato's In Courts of the Sun, in…

Fiction Reviews

vN by Madeline Ashby

anninyn · August 15, 2012

Amy Peterson is a von Neumann machine, a self-replicating humanoid robot. For the past five years, she has been grown slowly as part of a mixed organic/synthetic family. She knows…