Wastelands: The New Apocalypse
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3.9 • 16 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The new post-apocalyptic collection by master anthologist John Joseph Adams, featuring never-before-published stories and curated reprints by some of the genre's most popular and critically-acclaimed authors.
In WASTELANDS: THE NEW APOCALYPSE, veteran anthology editor John Joseph Adams is once again our guide through the wastelands using his genre and editorial expertise to curate his finest collection of post-apocalyptic short fiction yet. Whether the end comes via nuclear war, pandemic, climate change, or cosmological disaster, these stories explore the extraordinary trials and tribulations of those who survive.
Featuring never-before-published tales by: Veronica Roth, Hugh Howey, Jonathan Maberry, Seanan McGuire, Tananarive Due, Richard Kadrey, Scott Sigler, Elizabeth Bear, Tobias S. Buckell, Meg Elison, Greg van Eekhout, Wendy N. Wagner, Jeremiah Tolbert, and Violet Allen--plus, recent reprints by: Carmen Maria Machado, Carrie Vaughn, Ken Liu, Paolo Bacigalupi, Kami Garcia, Charlie Jane Anders, Catherynne M. Valente, Jack Skillingstead, Sofia Samatar, Maureen F. McHugh, Nisi Shawl, Adam-Troy Castro, Dale Bailey, Susan Jane Bigelow, Corinne Duyvis, Shaenon K. Garrity, Nicole Kornher-Stace, Darcie Little Badger, Timothy Mudie, and Emma Osborne.
Continuing in the tradition of WASTELANDS: STORIES OF THE APOCALYPSE, these 34 stories ask: What would life be like after the end of the world as we know it?
Customer Reviews
Third Volume in the Wastelands Series Continues to Present Great Stories!
World-class editor John Joseph Adams has selected and assembled a third volume of apocalyptic science fiction to follow up to the original two “Wastelands” anthologies. Like those two original volumes, this is a hefty collection and includes many big names in the genre including: Elizabeth Bear, Hugh Howey, Ken Liu, and Charlie Jane Anders. The stories are a nice selection of styles and types, but as with any themed collection one may like some, while others do no suit one’s tastes. That’s fine of course, and the nature of anthologies.
This type of collection can certainly introduce one to new authors and works that you might not come across one your own. Apocalypses portrayed include many different types, and the stories are set mostly after the end. Some offer hope, while others are bleak. Overall, it is a worthy successor to two previous collections.
Some Goodreads reviewers have expressed concern that there are stories from LGBTQ+ perspectives or that contain LGBTQ+ characters. There are also stories that feature heterosexual perspectives and characters. I personally think that people need to get over biases and expand their perspectives. Isn’t it one of the reasons we read speculative fiction?