{"product_id":"everything-must-go-the-stories-we-tell-about-the-end-of-the-world-hardcover","title":"Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell about the End of the World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDorian Lynskey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rich, captivating, and darkly humorous look into the evolution of apocalyptic thought, exploring how film and literature interact with developments in science, politics, and culture, and what factors drive our perennial obsession with the end of the world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Dorian Lynskey writes, \"People have been contemplating the end of the world for millennia.\" In this immersive and compelling cultural history, Lynskey reveals how religious prophecies of the apocalypse were secularized in the early 19th century by Lord Byron and Mary Shelley in a time of dramatic social upheaval and temporary climate change, inciting a long tradition of visions of the end without gods. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a discerning eye and acerbic wit, Lynskey examines how various doomsday tropes and predictions in literature, art, music, and film have arisen from contemporary anxieties, whether they be comets, pandemics, world wars, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Y2K, or the climate emergency. Far from being grim, Lynskey guides readers through a rich array of fascinating stories and surprising facts, allowing us to keep company with celebrated works of art and the people who made them, from H.G. Wells, Jack London, W.B. Yeats and J.G. Ballard to \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight Zone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDr. Strangelove, Mad Max \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Terminator.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrescient and original, \u003ci\u003eEverything Must Go\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant, sweeping work of history that provides many astute insights for our times and speaks to our urgent concerns for the future.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDORIAN LYNSKEY\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003e33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs \u003c\/i\u003e(2011) and \u003ci\u003eThe Ministry of Truth: A Biography of George Orwell's 1984 \u003c\/i\u003e(2019)\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHis writing on music, film, books, and politics has appeared in various publications including \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian, The New Statesman, The Spectator, BBC Culture, The Los Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Slate\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.42 x 9.34 x 6.39 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978312974637,"sku":"9780593317099","price":30.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/03xvsSc7MP9780593317099.webp?v=1775801567","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/everything-must-go-the-stories-we-tell-about-the-end-of-the-world-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}