As part of the University of Iowa course Art at the End of the World, students will lead an open book club that seeks to provide stimulating conversation about apocalyptic literature. Every Wednesday ...

What do John of Patmos, Mary Shelley, and George A. Romero have in common? Each is responsible for an apocalypse. Stories about the world ending have been around almost as long as written literature — ...

Post-apocalyptic fiction is nothing new: The genre has a history stretching back at least 200 years. Research has linked spikes in perceived threats to humanity to surges in the popularity of ...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to László Krasznahorkai, a Hungarian novelist who said his dark and difficult novels aim to examine reality “to the point of madness.”Announcing the ...

pt. 1. New worlds for old: The apocalyptic imagination, science fiction, and American literature: Science fiction ; A prophecy of America, the moon, and Mars -- pt. 2. Other worlds: Other worlds out ...