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Everything Must Go
Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell about the End of the World | Dorian Lynskey
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'I was blown away by this book. The staggering range of references, the razor-sharp analysis, the wisdom, left me gasping out loud at times. Lynskey also somehow manages to make a book about the end of the world feel . . . hopeful. One of the best non-fiction writers around.' - Sathnam Sanghera, author of EmpirelandA riveting and brilliantly original exploration of our fantasies of the end of the world, from Mary Shelley's The Last Man to Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron, by the Baillie Gifford and Orwell prize-shortlisted writer and co-host of the podcast 'Origin Story'.For two millennia, Christians have looked forward to the end, haunted by the apocalyptic visions of the Biblical books of Daniel and Revelation. But for two centuries or more, these dark fantasies have given way to secular stories of how the world, our planet, or our species (or all of the above) might come to an end.Dorian Lynskey's fascinating book explores the endings that we have read, listened to or watched over the last two dozen decades, whether they be by the death and destruction of a nuclear holocaust or collision with a meteor or comet, devastating epidemic or takeover by robots or computers.The result is nothing less than a cultural history of the modern world, weaving together politics, history, science, high and popular culture in a book that is uniquely original, grippingly readable and deeply illuminating about both us and our times.'Impossibly epic, brain-expanding, life-affirming and profound. You'll never see humanity the same way again.' Ian Dunt, author of How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't
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Chelsea.Poole
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“Everybody dies, everything ends—but not now. Not now.”

This book covers the end of the world as we know it, or at least the end of humanity, and how that may come to pass. Chapters feature ways we‘ll go out like pandemics, nuclear weapons, climate change, overpopulation, war, cosmic events and more. Far from depressing, this was a fun look at the way humans have thought about the end of times over many years, through books, movies, etc.

AmyG Sounds fun 😳🤣 2d
JenniferEgnor I was thinking about checking out this book when I saw it… 2d
Chelsea.Poole @amyg ok, maybe the “fun” in my review wasn‘t the right word 😂 2d
Gissy Sounds so interesting 👍Stacked! 2d
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catiewithac
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#NYT new book preview for Jan ‘25. Excited for this one! #TBR

DogMomIrene This one does sound good! 3mo
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