Wastelands 2

By George R.R. Martin

Book Overview

ITS THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT... For decades, the apocalypse and its aftermath have yielded some of the most exciting short stories of all time. From David Brin's seminal The Postman to Hugh Howey's Deep Blood Kettle and Tananarive Due's prescient Patient Zero, the end of the world continues to thrill. This companion volume to the critically acclaimed WASTELANDS offers thirty of the finest examples of post-apocalyptic short fiction, with works by: Ann Aguirre Megan Arkenberg Paolo Bacigalupi Christopher Barzak Lauren Beukes David Brin Orson Scott Card Junot D az Cory Doctorow Tananarive Due Toiya Kristen Finley Milo Joe R. Lansdale George R. R. Martin Jack McDevitt Seanan McGuire Maureen F. McHugh D. Thomas Minton Rudy Rucker & Bruce Sterling Ramsey Shehadeh Robert Silverberg Award-winning editor John Joseph Adams has once again assembled a who's who of short fiction, and the result is nothing short of mind-blowing. --- PRAISE FOR WASTELANDS: Everything that is best about the trope, from bleak, empty worlds to beacons of hope. - Booklist. The best anthology of any kind I have read to date. - Grasping for the Wind. A great collection that gets my highest recommendation.- Bookgasm

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783291516
• ISBN13: 9781783291519
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Titan Books (UK)
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 4.1" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Incredible

First: this is a BIG FAT book. Having said that, you would expect a certain percentage of short stories to be just average. You would be wrong. Every story deals with the aftermath of the "end" of the world. And the apocalypses are as varied as the stars above. Some are what you'd expect: viral, atomic, aliens, etc. etc. Each story handles these events with crisp, new variations. Not a zombie to be seen!! The editor of this volume should seriously win awards for the selections in this book. I have started to slow down my reading speed in order to savor each story more fully. Some of the stories leave the reader with a "well, maybe we will start again" to "well, we certainly screwed that up." I cannot recommend this book enough!!!

Just as awesome as the first installment

Once again, I was amazed. Truly a cornucopia of creative talents with wildly varying stories about an apocalyptic world. I loved every minute of it.