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Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse

By John Joseph Adams & George R. R. Martin &
Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse by John Joseph Adams & George R. R. Martin &  digital book - Fable

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ITS THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT... 

For decades, the apocalypse and its aftermath have yielded some of the most exciting short stories of all time. From David Brin's seminal The Postman to Hugh Howey's Deep Blood Kettle and Tananarive Due's prescient Patient Zero, the end of the world continues to thrill. 

This companion volume to the critically acclaimed WASTELANDS offers thirty of the finest examples of post-apocalyptic short fiction, with works by: 

Ann Aguirre 
Megan Arkenberg 
Paolo Bacigalupi 
Christopher Barzak
Lauren Beukes 
David Brin 
Orson Scott Card 
Junot Díaz 
Cory Doctorow 
Tananarive Due 
Toiya Kristen 
Finley Milo 
Joe R. Lansdale 
George R. R. Martin 
Jack McDevitt 
Seanan McGuire 
Maureen F. McHugh 
D. Thomas Minton 
Rudy Rucker & Bruce Sterling 
Ramsey Shehadeh 
Robert Silverberg

Award-winning editor John Joseph Adams has once again assembled a who’s who of short fiction, and the result is nothing short of mind-blowing. 

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PRAISE FOR WASTELANDS: Everything that is best about the trope, from bleak, empty worlds to beacons of hope. - Booklist. The best anthology of any kind I have read to date. - Grasping for the Wind. A great collection that gets my highest recommendation.- Bookgasm

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“Would say the quality of stories was 50/50. Some these authors just need to either write in a different genre or maybe just give up all together.”

About John Joseph Adams

John Joseph Adams is an American science fiction and fantasy editor and critic. His anthology The Living Dead was nominated for a World Fantasy Award and was named one of the "Best Books of the Year" by Publishers Weekly. Barnes & Noble.com labeled Adams "The Reigning King of the Anthology World". He was a finalist for the 2011 Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor, Short Form, and his magazine Lightspeed Magazine was a finalist for Best Semiprozine.

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