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(WASHINGTON) — CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS CONFIRM THAT A RUN ON FALLOUT SHELTERS CONTINUES NATIONWIDE, SPURRED BY NEWS OF A MAJOR ERUPTION ON THE SUN...
So begins an adventure unlike anything you've ever read. Water on the Moon is the apocalyptic novel to end all apocalyptic novels, and I'm only being slightly ironic. Though largely written in the 1980s and not having undergone any rewrite since 1998, it uncannily predicted the kind of America the 21st century was going to see. Read about it and pick a passage at random in the left column.
Written after the first Gulf War, Last of Babylon appears as an interlude midway through the novel. The narrator/protagonist presents it as a tribute to his lover/mentor, whom he imagines has lived a previous life. While America's fate seemed intertwined over the last two decades with that of Mesopotamia, and that we want to convince ourselves evil has been thwarted with one tyrant's death, this story seems more relevant than ever.
Other scribblings...
The Apocalyptic Novel Hall of Fame.
For shame? Why you shouldn't be fooled by the media's penance over obscenity.
An open letter to Jerry Jenkins and Tim Lahaye.
School testing as accountability: Who's KIDding who?
