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Novel targets climate science deniers

By Richard Reese | August 25, 2014

Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway are science historians, and they are hopping mad at folks who deny that humans are the primary cause of climate change. Their outrage inspired them to write The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future, which has sold furiously in its first month on the market. It’s a 112-page science fiction rant. The story is a discourse on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Erik Conway, Naomi Oreskes, post-peak fiction

Post-peak fiction: First Journey

By Staff Reports | May 20, 2013

river

We're pleased to publish the first chapter of the latest installment of W.R. Flynn's Shut Down series of novels, set in the Pacific Northwest after the collapse of the global economy. This excerpt comes from Flynn's volume entitled First Journey: After the Shut Down, in which the post-collapse colony in Corbett decides to send a small crew on a mission to explore the ruins of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Fiction Tagged With: post-peak fiction, Shut Down, WR Flynn

Peak fiction excerpt — Buck: A Survivor of The Shut Down

By Staff Reports | May 28, 2012

hunting knife

We are pleased to run an extended excerpt from WR Flynn's Buck: A Survivor of the Shut Down, just released this May. The novel is a sequel to Flynn's earlier Shut Down: A Story of Economic Collapse and Hope, which we reviewed last year. Enjoy. Chapter One "Joe, look!" Chris Saunders said, as he nervously drew his handgun for the first time in nearly two years. "Whoa," … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: post-peak fiction, Shut Down, WR Flynn

Collapse could happen, literally, overnight

By Erik Curren | November 7, 2011

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In the granddaddy of all collapse books, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 18th-century historian Edward Gibbon gave ancient Rome a full 500 years to deflate. Half a millennium for any society to collapse always seemed a bit too generous to me. Heck, American civilization has only been around for about 300 years. So I never assumed that we'd have a few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: apocalypse, collapse, finance, post-peak fiction, Shut Down, WR Flynn

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