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One Hundred Apocalypses and Other Apocalypses
One Hundred Apocalypses and Other Apocalypses | Lucy Corin
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Lucy Corin's "eye popping, enlightening read" (Publishers Weekly), now in paperback. At the heart of Lucy Corins dazzling collection are one hundred apocalypses: visions of loss and destruction, vexation and crisis, revelation and revolution, sometimes only a few lines long. In these haunting and wickedly funny stories, an apocalypse might come in the form of the end of a relationship or the end of the world, but they all expose the tricky landscape of our longing for a clean slate. In three longer stories, contemporary American life is playfully, if disturbingly, distorted: the rite of passage for adolescent girls involves choosing the madman who will accompany them into adulthood; California burns to the ground while, on the east coast, life carries on; and a soldier returns home broke from war to encounter a witch who extends a dangerous offer. At once mournful and explosively energetic, One Hundred Apocalypses and Other Apocalypses is "deeply rooted in the politics and upheaval of our times" (Lambda Literary).
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Lauredhel
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There's no stopping the climate apocalypse now, let alone reversing it.

But hey, maybe bird flu will take half of us first.

RamsFan1963 Or Trump will drag us into a nuclear war and make climate change irrelevant 1d
Jess @RamsFan1963 thanks for the laugh thru the tears. 1d
Suet624 😭😭😭 1d
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callielafleur
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Pickpick

I feel like this is one of those books that will hit me really hard at some point in the future, but as of this moment I'm left feeling a little meh. A mix of flash fiction and slightly longer stories, this book looks at different catastrophic events, both big (death of the planet) and small (death of a relationship). I'm giving it 3.75⭐ (in my imaginary world where I'm allowed to rate things that way), but rounding up to four everywhere else.

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callielafleur
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"The whole point of a violin is to kill you emotionally."

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The.Intentional.Reader
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Just one of the books I‘ll be reading for the @DeweysReadathon this weekend! Never participated before so I‘m excited to join in the reading fun.

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m.galehuxley
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So this is the response I‘ve been looking for when I‘m in a debate about the structure of society/politics.

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m.galehuxley
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Corin‘s writing is weird, very weird.

I love it.

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Bertha_Mason
Bailedbailed

Even when it wasn't racist and ableist, it was incredibly bland and unimaginative.

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Bertha_Mason

The third story of the collection (Madmen) is horrifyingly ableist and features a "twist ending" that high-school me would've considered too asinine to bring in to English class. ?

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Betty
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I'm signing up for #dystopianblues with @Mommamanzi ! One of my favorite genres! Join me? This link has a list of 100 dystopian books. http://www.vulture.com/article/best-dystopian-books.html

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Pronounced_ing
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@Dlazarin recommended this to me for the section called "Madmen," but the whole thing is nuggets of weird, thought-provoking beauty.

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Moray_Reads
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My last book took me to my first goodreads milestone. Halfway there!

Simona Wow ‼️ Congrats 🍾 8y
Robothugs Wwhhhaaatttt...! Congrats! This is amazing. 😊 8y
LeahBergen Wow!! 😱 8y
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saresmoore Fantastic! I think you deserve some fancy tea and a new book! 😁 8y
Moray_Reads @saresmoore I like your thinking 😉 8y
Cinfhen Wow!!! Congrats 🎉🙌🏻📚🎉 8y
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susanw Yowsa! Amazing! 8y
CrowCAH Great job! 8y
LornaDH What's been your favourite so far? 8y
Moray_Reads @LornaDH the impossible question... I'd say There But For The by Ali Smith, Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi and Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar 8y
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