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Well, here it is! 2012 and all that happy nonsense. The Mayan calendar says the world is going to end this December, though it is decidedly vague as to how exactly the planet-engulfing calamity will occur. From all of the publicity given to radio host Harold Camping’s big prediction that Judgment Day and the Rapture [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Entertainment, Literature · Tagged Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Charlie Huston, Cormac McCarthy, earth abides, george stewart, Harold Camping, I Am Legend, insomnia, Jack Womack, James van Pelt, john wyndham, Max Brooks, Nevil Shute, On The Beach, Random Acts Of Senseless Violence, Richard Matheson, Sleepless, Stephen King, Summer Of The Apocalypse, Superflu epidemic, The Day of the Triffids, The Road, The Stand, The Walking Dead, Vincent Price, Will Smith, William Hicks, World War Z
Stephen King is quite prolific, having penned over 40 novels and 166 works of short fiction. Therefore, for this Top Tenz list, we couldn’t narrow it down to just novels or short stories. Any reader of King’s knows that he threads many of his works together, but the purpose of this list is to praise [...]
Posted by Elizabeth Downing on Friday, April 3, 2009 at 6:39 am
Filed under Literature, People · Tagged 14 dark tales, Annie Wilkes, Books, Carrie, crazy, crimes, dark tales, Everything's Eventual, horror, horror books, horror stories, Literature, Low Men in Yellow Coats, mad, Misery, People, Rage, Richard Bachman, Shawshank Redemption, Short Story, Stephen King, stephen king books, the gunslinger, The Long Walk, The Stand, villain, weird books, Wizard and Glass