The End of the Apocalypse

Monday marks the final entry in my two-week gig as a guest blogger on Borders’ Babel Clash page. The theme has been “apocalypse,” and I’ve surveyed books and movies in the field and talked about why I think many of us are attracted to end-of-the-world (or at least of civilization) scenarios, why some are more popular than others, and how the notion of likely apocalypse itself has changed over a generation.

Babel Clash is usually a back-and-forth debate and/or discussion between several writers, but I was the only guest for the topic (everybody else probably had a life and a desire to experience some sort of holiday, to which I say humbug), and I used the platform to explore the subject in more depth than I might otherwise have been able to. It took some time away from being able to post to my own Write Now blog, but if postapocalyptic scenarios are interesting to you, take a look at my Babel Clash entries. (I’m especially fond of “Apocalypse Now & Then.”)