Table of Contents

Introduction:  Apocalypse Now and Then

Part 1: The Nineteenth Century to the Postwar Disaster Novels
1. Modern Apocalypses and Modernism: Enter Science Fiction2. The Postwar Disaster Novels: Apocalypse Contained
Part 2: Post-Imperial Subjects
3. Style and Immolation: J. G. Ballard  4. Apocalypse in 1969: Brian Aldiss and Angela Carter5. Darker Imaginations, Harder Lessons: Anna Kavan, Doris Lessing                
Part 3: Resistance and Revision
6.  Apocalypse, Comedy, Multiplicity: Arno Schmidt, Anthony Burgess, Ursula K. Le Guin7. Apocalypse and Everyday Life: Tom Perrotta, Douglas Coupland8. Apocalypse in the Contemporary World City: Don DeLillo, China Miéville9. Beyond Apocalypse: Two Paths:  Jeff VanderMeer, Kim Stanley Robinson

About the Author

Christopher Palmer is a Research Associate in the School of English at La Trobe University.

Reviews

“The individual readings in the book are often illuminating, particularly in the discussion of points of style, an issue that is often overlooked in discussion of sf texts.”
 Connor Pitetti, Science Fiction Studies