Tărâmurile pustiite. Povești ale apocalipsei - Antologie

Autori: John Joseph Adams & Stephen King & James Van Pelt & Richard Kadrey & Catherine Wells & Jerry Oltion & Gene Wolfe & Nancy Kress & Elizabeth Bear & Octavia E. Butler & Carol Emshwiller & Neal Barrett, Jr. & Orson Scott Card & Dale Bailey & David Grigg & John Langan & Paolo Bacigalupi & M. Rickert & Jonathan Lethem & George R.R. Martin & Tobias S. Buckell & Jack McDevitt & Cory Doctorow
Titlu Original:Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse
Anul publicari:2007
Serie:Wastelands #1

Link: Goodreads

Taramurile pustiite. Povesti ale Apocalipsei este o antologie coordonata de John Joseph Adams care reuneste peste 20 de nume celebre ale genului SF. Dintre acestia nu lipsesc Stephen King, Orson Scott Card sau George R. R. Martin.

Traducerea este realizată de un colectiv de traducători: Silviu Genescu, Roxana Brînceanu, Mircea Pricăjan, Mihai Dan Pavelescu, Ana-Veronica Mircea.

„Foamete… Moarte… Razboi… Molima… Se spune ca ele ar fi vestitoarele apocalipsei – Armaghedonul, Sfarsitul Lumii. in science fiction, sfarsitul lumii este declansat, de obicei, de mijloace mult mai specializate: razboaie nucleare, dezastre biologice, catastrofe naturale sau prapad cosmologic. Dar in siajul oricarui cataclism de proportii exista supravietuitori… iar science fictionul post-apocaliptic speculeaza cum ar fi viata pentru ei. [...]

Urmeaza douazeci si doua de scenarii post-apocaliptice, unele impinse la extrem, altele aduse in viata de zi cu zi. Unele flirteaza cu fantasticul, altele exerseaza horrorul. Dar toate exploreaza aceeasi intrebare: cum va fi viata dupa sfarsitul lumii ... asa cum o cunoastem?" John Joseph Adams

„Cele mai bune texte postapocaliptice din ultimele doua decenii, scrise de renumiti autori de fictiune speculativa, pun intrebari stiintifice, psihologice si filozofice despre ce inseamna sa ramai om dupa Armaghedon.” Analog Science Fiction Magazine


Contains the following stories:
The End of the Whole Mess by Stephen King
Salvage by Orson Scott Card
The People of Sand and Slag by Paolo Bacigalupi
Bread and Bombs by M. Rickert
How We Got In Town and Out Again by Jonathan Lethem
Dark, Dark Were the Tunnels by George R. R. Martin
Waiting for the Zephyr by Tobias S. Buckell
Never Despair by Jack McDevitt
When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth by Cory Doctorow
The Last of the O-Forms by James Van Pelt
Still Life With Apocalypse by Richard Kadrey
Artie’s Angels by Catherine Wells
Judgment Passed by Jerry Oltion
Mute by Gene Wolfe
Inertia by Nancy Kress
And the Deep Blue Sea by Elizabeth Bear
Speech Sounds by Octavia E. Butler
Killers by Carol Emshwiller
Ginny Sweethips’ Flying Circus by Neal Barrett, Jr.
The End of the World as We Know It by Dale Bailey
A Song Before Sunset by David Grigg
Episode Seven... by John Langan
Appendix: For Further Reading