Comments | abeautifulnever: Destiny, meet world. World, meet Destiny.

abeautifulnever

Destiny, meet world. World, meet Destiny.

Jan 04, 2009 15:15

That's a quote from The Core, just FYI ( Read more... )

apocalypse, end of the world

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blackbuttoneyes January 4 2009, 22:29:39 UTC

Don't forget Wall-E! =)

pancakerabbit06 January 5 2009, 22:09:43 UTC

This is a really cool project. There's just something compelling about the end of the world.

In the "Humanity-Induced Distruction" category, there's also Into the Forest: http://www.amazon.com/Into-Forest-Jean-Hegland/dp/0553379615

And I don't know if you're also including nonfiction apocolypse stuff, but "The World Without Us" might be a good resource. It goes into the science of what would happen to the planet if humans disappeared, or even if just most of them did. Like, the subway systems would all fill with water, pavement would be reclaimed by jungle surprisingly quickly, and old stone buildings (ex. banks, museums) would outlast pretty must all other human construction. Interesting stuff: http://www.amazon.com/World-Without-Us-Alan-Weisman/dp/0312427905/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=

abeautifulnever January 5 2009, 22:12:59 UTC

Into the Forest looks fantastic, I just added it to the neverending Amazon wishlist.

I've read The World Without Us, I'm always comparing what happens in the movies to it to see how accurate the movies are (big surprise: they usually aren't very). Thanks for the suggestions!

stinkomandx January 6 2009, 15:37:48 UTC

Not surprisingly, your end-of-the-world list is pretty exhaustive. I'll wrack my brain, but I think you've got the market pretty much cornered.

On the subject though, check this video out from The Onion News Network. I thought it was pretty much hilarious.

http://origin.theonion.com/content/video/president_to_face_down_monster

blackbuttoneyes February 6 2009, 03:47:27 UTC

Hey! I was just browsing through photobucket and I found this:

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