Wastelands
Ratings16
Average rating3.6
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Ratings16
Average rating3.6
Contains:
[End of the Whole Mess](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19650789W/The_End_of_the_Whole_Mess) / Stephen King --
Salvage / Orson Scott Card --
People of sand and slag / Paolo Bacigalupi --
Bread and bombs / M. Rickert --
How we got in town and out again / Jonathan Lethem --
Dark, dark were the tunnels / George R.R. Martin --
Waiting for the Zephyr / Tobias S. Buckell --
Never despair / Jack McDevitt --
When Sysdmins ruled the Earth / Cory Doctorow --
Last of the O-forms / James Van Pelt --
Still life with Apocalypse / Richard Kadrey --
Artie's angels / Catherine Wells --
Judgment passed / Jerry Oltion --
Mute / Gene Wolfe --
Inertia / Nancy Kress --
And the deep blue sea / Elizabeth Bear --
Speech sounds / Octavia E. Butler --
Killers / Carol Emshwiller --
Ginny Sweethips' flying circus / Neal Barrett, Jr. --
End of the word as we know it / Dale Bailey --
Song before sunset / David Grigg --
Episode seven : Last stand against the pack in the kingdom of the purple flowers / John Langan.
Series
2 primary booksWastelands is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2008 with contributions by Paolo Bacigalupi, George R.R. Martin, and 2 others.
Reviews with the most likes.
It's hard to rate short story collections as a whole when it contains so many different writers and styles. I loved a few of the tales, hated a few of them, and was indifferent on a few more. My favorite story of the bunch was “Judgment Passed” by Jerry Oltion, and as a computer programmer myself I had a soft spot for “When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth” by Cory Doctorow.
It is totally worth reading just to see 22 different views on the Apocalypse in rather short order.
