Novels

You too can survive a nuclear war — if you have a flying car

The essential contradictions of Dean Ing’s Survivalist novel “Pulling Through” (1983)

Jan 13 • Alex Wellerstein

“Mars is signaling a dark star”

A vision of "The End of the World" from the beginning of the 20th century

Nov 28, 2025 • Alex Wellerstein

"Nuclear weapons repel all thought, perhaps because they can end all thought"

Martin Amis on the difficulties of writing about nuclear war

Nov 14, 2025 • Alex Wellerstein

Inventing the Doomsday Machine

It is not a thing a sane man would do

Sep 26, 2025 • Alex Wellerstein

Not a drop to drink

The plausible eco-horror of Paolo Bacigalupi's "The Water Knife"

Oct 11, 2024 • Alex Wellerstein

Famished barbarians

The very British fears of Sam Youd's The Death of Grass

Aug 27, 2024 • Alex Wellerstein

What would a faithful World War Z adaptation look like?

Is it possible to make a serious, thoughtful movie about global disaster and recovery?

Jul 23, 2024 • Alex Wellerstein

The end of The Road

Love is a bullet and a Coke

Jul 15, 2024 • Alex Wellerstein

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