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Apocalist Book Club

Welcome to the Apocalist Book Club! Your hosts Nella and Raven are reading all apocalyptic fiction in chronological order. Join the club--you have time now. Updated every 3rd Wednesday of the month.

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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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

1hr 11mins

Ranked #2

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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

56mins

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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

1hr 4mins

Ranked #4

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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

1hr 29mins

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Ranked #5

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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

1hr 12mins

Ranked #6

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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

1hr 20mins

Ranked #7

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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

1hr 12mins

Ranked #8

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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

1hr 9mins

Ranked #9

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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

1hr

Ranked #10

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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

38mins

Ranked #11

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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

1hr 3mins

Ranked #12

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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

44mins

Ranked #13

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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

1hr 4mins

Ranked #14

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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

1hr 11mins

Ranked #15

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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

52mins

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