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A review by felinity
After the End: Recent Apocalypses by Paula Guran
4.0
4.5 stars
This is a great collection of short stories, each of which shows a snatch of life (I'm trying to avoid the word "vignette", which implies scenes rather than full stories) for normal people after The End.
The exact nature of The End varies, from biowarfare to cataclysmic climate change to interference from outside. Sometimes the cause of The End is not discussed, because it just is, and sometimes The End is recent, and sometimes The End was generations ago, and sometimes technology is gone and sometimes it has survived, but always the people portrayed are doing what they think necessary to survive. And survival is sometimes civilized, and sometimes not...
Disclaimer: I received a free copy for honest review through Netgalley.
This is a great collection of short stories, each of which shows a snatch of life (I'm trying to avoid the word "vignette", which implies scenes rather than full stories) for normal people after The End.
The exact nature of The End varies, from biowarfare to cataclysmic climate change to interference from outside. Sometimes the cause of The End is not discussed, because it just is, and sometimes The End is recent, and sometimes The End was generations ago, and sometimes technology is gone and sometimes it has survived, but always the people portrayed are doing what they think necessary to survive. And survival is sometimes civilized, and sometimes not...
Disclaimer: I received a free copy for honest review through Netgalley.