2006-07-13 22:16:54 · 29 answers · asked by Liberator Sieg 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
"The Stand" by Stephen King.
2006-07-13 22:19:56 · answer #1 · answered by Grimread 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland.
I agree that the book of revelations is apocalyptic but the intention wasn't to write an apocalyptic novel, it was to point people towards an understanding of the here and now as well as the future and to share information amongst the persecuted christians of the first century without the romans being able to comprehend it. Also, a novel is entirely fiction whereas the book of revelation contains startling moments of truth.
2006-07-20 04:49:11 · answer #2 · answered by H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman is a hilarious vision of the end of the world:
From bn.com:
There is a distinct hint of Armageddon in the air. According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (recorded, thankfully, in 1655, before she blew up her entire village and all its inhabitants, who had gathered to watch her burn), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. So the armies of Good and Evil are amassing, the Four Bikers of the Apocalypse are revving up their mighty hogs and hitting the road, and the world's last two remaining witch-finders are getting ready to fight the good fight, armed with awkwardly antiquated instructions and stick pins. Atlantis is rising, frogs are falling, tempers are flaring. . . . Right. Everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan.
Except that a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon -- each of whom has lived among Earth's mortals for many millennia and has grown rather fond of the lifestyle -- are not particularly looking forward to the coming Rapture. If Crowley and Aziraphale are going to stop it from happening, they've got to find and kill the Antichrist (which is a shame, as he's a really nice kid). There's just one glitch: someone seems to have misplaced him. . . .
First published in 1990, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's brilliantly dark and screamingly funny take on humankind's final judgment is back -- and just in time -- in a new hardcover edition (which includes an introduction by the authors, comments by each about the other, and answers to some still-burning questions about their wildly popular collaborative effort) that the devout and the damned alike will surely cherish until the end of all things.
2006-07-14 11:08:33 · answer #3 · answered by gr8_smyll 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Stand by Stephen King and the Left Behind series makes for interesting reading.
2006-07-14 05:25:42 · answer #4 · answered by trimtautterrific 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This has to be a matter of taste, but two strong contenders would be The House on the Borderlands and The Night Land, both by William Hope Hodgson.
2006-07-19 08:46:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The film Apolcalypse Now' was based on the Joseph Conrad Novel, Heart of Darkness, which is certainly very bleak and about one man's apocalypse. The movie is much more accessible though as it is greatly modernised and set in Vietnam war.
2006-07-14 06:34:10 · answer #6 · answered by Emily 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. The man is a genius. Also, War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, although that's only a near apocalypse. Day of the Triffids is good too, by John Wyndham.
2006-07-15 14:50:14 · answer #7 · answered by antistaticuk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Fourth Protocol
2006-07-14 05:19:45 · answer #8 · answered by Capt.Corelli 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't really know what you mean by apocalyptic but Iris Murdoch's The Time of the Angels - which talks about a world where God is dead - should interest you
2006-07-14 06:05:33 · answer #9 · answered by swarsin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catch 22
2006-07-14 05:25:14 · answer #10 · answered by zoomjet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Twilight of Briareus by Richard Cowper
2006-07-15 10:53:58 · answer #11 · answered by felineroche 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋