82: Apocalypse Book Club

Published: March 10, 2012, 11:15 p.m.

b'It\\u2019s the end of the world! And since our eyeglasses are intact, we have time enough at last, to read. We discuss Maureen McHugh\\u2019s \\u201cAfter the Apocalypse\\u201d short-story collection, Cormac McCarthy\\u2019s \\u201cThe Road,\\u201d and other apocalypse tales we have known. Do zombies have their own David Attenborough, leading expeditions into Cleveland? Why should you be afraid if heavy snowfall combines with the appearance of strange invisible magic ghost sex-dragon monsters? And why does John Siracusa plan to ride out the apocalypse in style? We ask several of these questions, but you\\u2019ll have to listen to see if we ever answer any of them.'