The End : 50 Apocalyptic Visions From Pop Culture That You Should Know About...Before It's Too Late

You’ve probably heard rumors that the end of the world is going to happen in the year 2012. But people have been making predictions about how and when the world is going to end for ages. The End is a fun, comprehensive, pop culture read about the 50 top movies, books, songs, comics, artworks, and plays—from the movie Shaun of the Dead to the pop song "It’s the End of the World as We Know It"—that have been created about the apocalypse. Each item includes: a synopsis of the apocalyptic work information about the apocalyptic theory behind it (from alien invasion to meteors, nuclear war, and natural disasters) an explanation about why this work is important in pop culture Love doomsday talk and the art that is made about it? Check out this fun and entertaining read! You've probably heard rumors that the end of the world is going to happen in the year 2012. But people have been making predictions about how and when the world is going to end for ages. __The End__ is a fun, comprehensive, pop culture read about the 50 top movies, books, songs, comics, artworks, and plays—from the movie __Shaun of the Dead__ to the pop song "It's the End of the World as We Know It"—that have been created about the apocalypse. Each item includes: * a synopsis of the apocalyptic work * information about the apocalyptic theory behind it (from alien invasion to meteors, nuclear war, and natural disasters) * an explanation about why this work is important in pop culture Love doomsday talk and the art that is made about it? Check out this fun and entertaining read! 12 monkeys (movie) 28 days later (movie) 99 luftballons (song) 2012 (movie) Angels in America (play) Battlestar Galactica (TV series) The big swallow (visual art) Blindness (book) A canticle for Leibowitz (book) Cat's cradle (book) Children of men (movie) The colony (TV series) The course of empire : destruction of empire (visual art) The day after tomorrow (movie) Day of the Triffids (TV series) Deep impact (movie) Dog act (play) Dr. Strangelove (movie) Earth abides (book) Endgame (play) Eve of destruction (song) The four horsemen of the apocalypse (visual art) Gimme shelter (song) I am legend (book) Invasion of the body snatchers (movie). People have been making predictions about how and when the world is going to end for ages. The End is a fun pop culture read about the top 50 movies, books, songs, and artworks—from the movie Shaun of the Dead to the song It's the End of the World as We Know It—about the apocalypse. Each item includes: - A synopsis of the apocalyptic work - Information about the apocalyptic theory behind it (from alien invasion to meteors, nuclear war, and natural disasters) - An explanation about why this work is important in pop culture Love doomsday talk and the art made about it? Check out this fun and entertaining read! Examines fifty films, books, songs, artworks, and plays that have been created about the apocalypse, and includes information about each apocalyptic theory and an explanation about why each work is important in popular culture.