What happens when the world ends and only a handful of survivors remain? Post-apocalyptic books attempt to answer that question, examining how life can go on under the most extreme conditions and ...

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Although Stephen King’s The Long Walk and The Running Man are both due to be released later in 2025, the author’s best post-apocalyptic dystopian novel is an unrelated book, The Stand. Among Stephen ...

Even though the unlikely duo will be back on our screens Sundays, the week between each episode will probably still feel as long as Joel and Ellie’s journey to Wyoming. Luckily, we’ve got plenty of ...

More than 50 years into the future, the human race is headed toward extinction, and humanity ends in Upstate New York. That’s the future chronicled in “After World,” a new science fiction novel from ...

“1533 – Dragons over Bohemia” (all images from “The Book of Miracles,” courtesy Taschen) In 1533, hundreds of dragons were reported to darken the skies over Bohemia, following a 1506 sighting of a ...

As an Amazon associate, Military.com earns from qualifying purchases. A lot of military veterans talk about preparing for a post-apocalyptic world, but author Cormac McCarthy, whose work was shaped by ...

A strong sense of place can deeply influence a story, and in some cases, the setting can even feel like a character itself — even if the world around it has changed dramatically. With that in mind, ...

The end of the world is coming — just as it was before Y2K; according to the Mayan Doomsday calendar or the calculations of Bishop Gregory of Tours, which showed it would be all over sometimes between ...