Ranked #1
After London by Richard Jefferies
After London by Richard Jefferies
#03: Welcome to the year 1885 and our very first POST-Apocalypse! Come for the world-building thought exercise, stay for... Read more
19 Dec 2018
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1hr 11mins
Ranked #2
Le Dernier Homme (The Last Man) by Jean-Baptiste De Grainville
Le Dernier Homme (The Last Man) by Jean-Baptiste De Grainville
#01: 1805 - the first modern novel depicting the end of the world is published. And boy howdy, what an ending! Jean-Bapt... Read more
30 Oct 2018
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56mins
Ranked #3
The War in the Air by H.G. Wells
The War in the Air by H.G. Wells
#11: The year is 1908 and good old Herbert (Bertie) George Wells is at it again! Come for God's Own Idiot for a main cha... Read more
21 Aug 2019
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #4
The Purple Cloud by M.P. Shiel
The Purple Cloud by M.P. Shiel
#8: The year is 1901, and H.P. Lovecraft had OPINIONS about THE PURPLE CLOUD, so you know it's going to be a doozy. Come... Read more
22 May 2019
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1hr 29mins
Ranked #5
Olga Romanoff or The Syren of the Skies by George Griffith
Olga Romanoff or The Syren of the Skies by George Griffith
#06: The year is 1894, and Olga Romanoff is the dystopian heroine you want to root for...except she's a terrible person.... Read more
20 Mar 2019
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1hr 12mins
Ranked #6
The Doomsman by Van Tassel Sutphen
The Doomsman by Van Tassel Sutphen
#10: The year is 1906, and someone read Jefferies' AFTER LONDON and was inspired. New York City is dead, long live Doom ... Read more
19 Jul 2019
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1hr 20mins
Ranked #7
The Last Man by Mary Shelley
The Last Man by Mary Shelley
The year is 1826, and Mary Shelley publishes a depressing fanfic about her own life because therapy isn't a Thing. Come ... Read more
21 Nov 2018
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1hr 12mins
Ranked #8
Novella November
Novella November
14: That's right, we broke from the timeline to bring you two novellas from two avowed Socialists! In the British corner... Read more
20 Nov 2019
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #9
The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson
The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson
#13: The Year is 1912 and William Hope Hodgson was never taught to tag his porn. It's billions of years into the future,... Read more
16 Oct 2019
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1hr
Ranked #10
An Introduction to our boys Eddie and Iggy
An Introduction to our boys Eddie and Iggy
#04.1: Before we scale Caesar's Column by Ignatius Donnelly, we need to talk about Edward Bellamy's utopian fiction and ... Read more
16 Jan 2019
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38mins
Ranked #11
The Second Deluge by Garrett P. Serviss
The Second Deluge by Garrett P. Serviss
#12: The year is 1912 and if you like Roland Emmerich disaster movies do we have the apocalyptic novel for you! Come for... Read more
18 Sep 2019
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #12
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
#07.1: Our last book of the 19th century and it's a WINNER! Dear Bertie came through in the 11th Hour with his thrilling... Read more
17 Apr 2019
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44mins
Ranked #13
Omega, The Last Days of the World by Camille Flammarion
Omega, The Last Days of the World by Camille Flammarion
#05: It's 1894, and rockstar Astronomy is BIG. Is it possible for the world to not end fast enough? Will we ever stop be... Read more
21 Feb 2019
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #14
Caesar's Column by Ignatius Donnelly
Caesar's Column by Ignatius Donnelly
#04.2: The year is 1890, and Ignatius "Iggy" Donnelly doesn't want a violent revolution to destroy society as we know it... Read more
16 Jan 2019
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1hr 11mins
Ranked #15
Part 2: War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Part 2: War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
#07.2: The chaos and horror grows as the invasion expands. Hope no one is claustrophobic because we're about to be stuck... Read more
17 Apr 2019
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52mins