Ratings16
Average rating3.6
Contains:
[End of the Whole Mess](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19650789W/The_End_of_the_Whole_Mess) / Stephen King --
Salvage / Orson Scott Card --
People of sand and slag / Paolo Bacigalupi --
Bread and bombs / M. Rickert --
How we got in town and out again / Jonathan Lethem --
Dark, dark were the tunnels / George R.R. Martin --
Waiting for the Zephyr / Tobias S. Buckell --
Never despair / Jack McDevitt --
When Sysdmins ruled the Earth / Cory Doctorow --
Last of the O-forms / James Van Pelt --
Still life with Apocalypse / Richard Kadrey --
Artie's angels / Catherine Wells --
Judgment passed / Jerry Oltion --
Mute / Gene Wolfe --
Inertia / Nancy Kress --
And the deep blue sea / Elizabeth Bear --
Speech sounds / Octavia E. Butler --
Killers / Carol Emshwiller --
Ginny Sweethips' flying circus / Neal Barrett, Jr. --
End of the word as we know it / Dale Bailey --
Song before sunset / David Grigg --
Episode seven : Last stand against the pack in the kingdom of the purple flowers / John Langan.
Series
2 primary booksWastelands is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2008 with contributions by Paolo Bacigalupi, George R.R. Martin, and Orson Scott Card.
Reviews with the most likes.
It's hard to rate short story collections as a whole when it contains so many different writers and styles. I loved a few of the tales, hated a few of them, and was indifferent on a few more. My favorite story of the bunch was “Judgment Passed” by Jerry Oltion, and as a computer programmer myself I had a soft spot for “When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth” by Cory Doctorow.
It is totally worth reading just to see 22 different views on the Apocalypse in rather short order.
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