Saturday 24 April 2010

Literature of the apocalypse...












The past week's so-called 'ashpocalypse' from Iceland has, despite all is disadvantages, provided the perfect opportunity for the dicussion of similarly apocalyptic-minded literature. From the more factual 'Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded', to the fictional accounts, such as Cormac McCarthy's best-seller 'The Road', disaster novels cover the whole spectrum. Here is a podcast about the genre

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