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Category Archives: Post-Apocalyptic
Shovels are the New Gold for the Survivalist
People who worry about the collapse of society are usually preoccupied with that they can do now to prepare for that—they imagine—inevitable eventuality. That preparation invariably involves hoarding of goods, for many of them are interested in shopping and come … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Gardening, Post-Apocalyptic, Self-reliance
Tagged currency, prepper, shovels, survivalist
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Dinosaurs and Asteroids
There is much said about the dinosaurs’ lack of information about the asteroid which largely wiped them from the earth. Ostensibly, they had no idea what happened, although, to be fair, in every visual representation of the scene, the brightly … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Post-Apocalyptic
Tagged asteroid, dinosaurs
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The Saltpeter Mines of Northern Atacama, Chile
Saltpeter, or nitrate, was a major export of Chile until artificial production began in Germany in the thirties. Then, like much of the world staggering as a result of the global depression, Chile suffered from the loss of nearly fifty … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Culture, Development, History, Politics, Post-Apocalyptic, Travel
Tagged American Foreign Policy, atacama, Chacabuco, Chile, nitrate, Pinochet, salitreras, Saltpeter, Salvador Allende
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Self-reliance and the Helping Hand
Someone asked me recently if my books were linked by a common trait and for a moment I found the question daunting. Then I leapt at the one attribute that they all possess, from my long poem to academic work … Continue reading
Posted in Code World, Literature, Post-Apocalyptic, Self-reliance, Solitude, Travel, Winnipeg, Writing
Tagged My books
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Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews
Posted in Culture, Post-Apocalyptic, Singularity, Writing
Tagged Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
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An Authorial Dream of Wealth and Success
Perhaps because my latest book, Not Quite Dark: A Post-Apocalyptic Adoption Story is doing well in terms of sales, I had a strange dream about being a popular writer the other night. I dreamed that Obama had unwittingly endorsed my … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Literature, Mars, Post-Apocalyptic, Writing
Tagged Not Quite Dark, Obama, Surviving the Apocalypse, Thailand, Writing
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Killing Kids in Books and Film
Perhaps because I teach courses about apocalyptic literature, and I’m an avid fan of end of the world stories, I have read and watched enough of the genre that I’ve noted a significant, if not disturbing trend. This is a … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Post-Apocalyptic, Teaching, Writing
Tagged Blood and Gore, Children of Men, Cormac McCarthy, Dale Pendell, Dystopia, End of the world, Eternity Road, Frank Darabont, Gratuitous Violence in the Media, Jack McDevitt, Killing Children, Lord of the Flies, Not Quite Dark, Resident Evil, Surviving the Apocalypse, The Great Bay Chronicles of the Collapse, The Road, The Walking Dead, William Golding, Working After the Collapse
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