John Joseph Adams is the series editor of Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, as well as the bestselling editor of numerous anthologies, including Wastelands, Brave New Worlds, and The Living Dead. Recent books include Cosmic Powers, What the #@&% is That?, Loosed Upon the World, and The Apocalypse Triptych (consisting of The End is Nigh, The End is Now, and The End Has Come), and the most recent is A People’s Future of the United States. Called “the reigning king of the anthology world” by Barnes & Noble, John is a two-time winner of the Hugo Award (for which he has been nominated twelve times) and an eight-time World Fantasy Award finalist. John is also the editor of John Joseph Adams Books, a science fiction and fantasy imprint from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, where he’s acquired novels by authors such as Veronica Roth, Hugh Howey, Carrie Vaughn, and Greg Bear. He is also the editor and publisher of the digital magazines Lightspeed and Nightmare, and is a producer for WIRED’s The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast. He also served as a judge for the 2015 National Book Award. Learn more at johnjosephadams.com, johnjosephadamsbooks.com, and @johnjosephadams.
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Two anthologies of the best post-apocalyptic literature of the last two decades from many of today’s most renowned authors of speculative fiction.
Featuring prescient tales of Armageddon and its aftermath, from today’s finest writers, including: Stephen King, George R.R. Martin, Cory Doctorow, Nancy Kress, Gene Wolfe, Octavia E. Butler, Hugh Howey and many others.
Together they reveal what it will mean to survive and remain human after the end of the world…
Also edited by John Joseph Adams
The Apocalypse Triptych, Vol. 1: The End is Nigh (with Hugh Howey)
The Apocalypse Triptych, Vol. 2: The End is Now (with Hugh Howey)
The Apocalypse Triptych, Vol. 3: The End Has Come (with Hugh Howey) Armored
Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 (with Joe Hill)
Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016 (with Karen Joy Fowler)
Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017 (with Charles Yu)
Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 (with N.K. Jemisin)
Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019 (with Carmen Maria Machado) [Forthcoming, Oct. 2019]
Brave New Worlds
By Blood We Live
Cosmic Powers
Dead Man’s Hand*
The Dystopia Triptych, Vol. 1: Ignorance is Strength (with Hugh Howey) [Forthcoming 2020]
The Dystopia Triptych, Vol. 2: Burn the Ashes (with Hugh Howey) [Forthcoming 2020]
The Dystopia Triptych, Vol. 3: Or Else the Light (with Hugh Howey) [Forthcoming 2020]
Epic: Legends of Fantasy
Federations
The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
HELP FUND MY ROBOT ARMY!!! and Other Improbable Crowdfunding Projects
Lightspeed Magazine
Lightspeed: Year One
The Living Dead
The Living Dead 2
Loosed Upon the World
The Mad Scientist’s Guide To World Domination
Nightmare Magazine
Operation Arcana
Other Worlds Than These
Oz Reimagined (with Douglas Cohen)
A People’s Future of the United States (with Victor LaValle)
Press Start to Play (with Daniel H. Wilson)
Robot Uprisings (with Daniel H. Wilson)
Seeds of Change
Under the Moons of Mars
Wastelands*
Wastelands 2*
The Way of the Wizard
What the #@&% is That? (with Douglas Cohen)
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This is a work of fiction. Names, places and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead (except for satirical purposes), is entirely coincidental.
Compilation and “Introduction” by John Joseph Adams. © 2019 by John Joseph Adams. Introduction appears for the first time in this volume.
“A Series of Images from a Ruined City at the End of the World” by Violet Allen. © 2019 by Violet Allen. Appears for the first time in this volume.
“As Good as New” by Charlie Jane Anders. © 2014 by Charlie Jane Anders. Originally published in Tor.com. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Shooting the Apocalypse” by Paolo Bacigalupi. © 2014 by Paolo Bacigalupi. Originally published in The End is Nigh. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Black, Their Regalia” by Darcie Little Badger. © 2016 by Darcie Little Badger. Originally published in Fantasy Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Snow” by Dale Bailey. © 2015 by Dale Bailey. Originally published in Nightmare Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Bullet Point” by Elizabeth Bear. © 2019 by Elizabeth Bear. Appears for the first time in this volume.
“The Eyes of the Flood” by Susan Jane Bigelow. © 2018 by Susan Jane Bigelow. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Through Sparks in Morning’s Dawn” by Tobias S. Buckell. © 2019 by Tobias S. Buckell. Appears for the first time in this volume.
“The Last to Matter” by Adam-Troy Castro. © 2018 by Adam-Troy Castro. Originally published in Lightspeed Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“One Day Only” by Tananarive Due. © 2019 by Tananarive Due. Appears for the first time in this volume.
“And the Rest of Us Wait” by Corinne Duyvis. © 2016 by Corinne Duyvis. Originally published in Defying Doomsday. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Come on Down” by Meg Elison. © 2019 by Meg Elison. Appears for the first time in this volume.
“Burn 3” by Kami Garcia. © 2013 by Kami Garcia. Originally published in Shards & Ashes. Reprinted by permission of the author.