Apocalypse any day now : deep underground with America's doomsday preppers

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Book

Title:

Apocalypse any day now : deep underground with America's doomsday preppers

Author:

Krulos, Tea author

ISBN:

9781613736418

Publication:

Chicago, IL : Chicago Review Press, 2019.

Physical Description:

236 pages ; 22 cm

Contents:

Introduction: Two minutes to midnight -- Blood moon prophecy -- When the SHTF -- Rose -- My zombie com journal -- Apocalypse apple pie -- Monster planet -- Survival -- Doomsday bunkers of the rick and famous -- The sixth extinction -- Bugging out -- Wastelanders -- One-way ticket to Mars -- Epilogue: I twisted my ankle and watched four documentaries on Nostradamus -- Appendix A: Congratulations! A list of apocalypses in this book you've survived -- Appendix B: The Apocalypse blog book club -- Appendix C: Dispatches from the wasteland.

Summary:

"It seems like people are always talking about the end of the world, doesn't it? Y2K, the Mayan Apocalypse, Blood Moon Prophecies, nuclear war, killer robots, you name it. In Apocalypse Any Day Now, journalist Tea Krulos travels the country to try to puzzle out America's obsession with the end of days. Along the way he meets doomsday preppers--people who stockpile supplies and learn survival skills--as well as religious prognosticators and climate scientists. He camps out with the Zombie Squad (who use a zombie apocalypse as a survival metaphor); tours the Survival Condos, a luxurious bunker built in an old Atlas missile silo; and attends Wasteland Weekend, where people party like the world has already ended. Frightening and funny, the ideas Krulos explores range from ridiculously outlandish to alarmingly near and present dangers"-- Provided by publisher.

"Journalist Tea Krulos travels the country to try to puzzle out America's obsession with the end of days. Along the way he meets doomsday preppers--people who stockpile supplies and learn survival skills--as well as religious prognosticators, climate scientists, and others who devote their lives to warnings of doom"-- Provided by publisher.

Y2K, the Mayan Apocalypse, Blood Moon Prophecies, nuclear war, killer robots, zombies ... since the beginning of time, we've been predicting the end of the world in one way or another. Krulos has traveled the country to try to puzzle out America's obsession with the end of days. Along the way he met doomsday preppers, religious prognosticators, climate scientists, the Zombie Squad, and even attended Wasteland Weekend, where people party like the world has already ended. -- adapted from publisher info provided

Subject(s):

Survivalism -- United States.

Emergency management -- Social aspects -- United States.

Geographic Term:

United States.

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Everyone always seems to be talking about the end of the world--Y2K, the Mayan apocalypse, blood moon prophecies, nuclear war, killer robots, you name it. In Apocalypse Any Day Now , journalist Tea Krulos travels the country to try to puzzle out America's obsession with the end of days. Along the way he meets doomsday preppers--people who stockpile supplies and learn survival skills--as well as religious prognosticators and climate scientists. He camps out with the Zombie Squad (who use a zombie apocalypse as a survival metaphor); tours the Survival Condos, a luxurious bunker built in an old Atlas missile silo; and attends Wasteland Weekend, where people party like the world has already ended. Frightening and funny, the ideas Krulos explores range from ridiculously outlandish to alarmingly near and present dangers.

Author Notes

Tea Krulos is a freelance journalist and the author of Heroes in the Night and Monster Hunters. He lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

In this sprightly travelogue, journalist Krulos (Heroes in the Night) takes the reader inside the subculture of "doomsday preppers," who spend their free time and money acquiring the skills and supplies that they anticipate they will need to survive "TEOTWAWKI"-the end of the world as we know it. While Krulos does not shy away from describing the strains of paranoia and political disaffection that have often characterized preppers in popular media, his broad-minded exploration tends to emphasize the diversity of motive and spirit among survival enthusiasts. Some really do believe that doomsday is impending, whether in the form of government conspiracy, global warming, aliens, divine apocalypse, or other catastrophic event. Others seem to be motivated mostly by the pleasure of self-reliance and the security of being prepared for unforeseen emergencies; the participants in Zombie Con and the Wasteland Weekend festival ("like a Mad Max-themed Ren faire") clearly approach their prepper activities as a reason to exercise imagination and build community, and Krulos's participant-observer adventures with these groups are some of the most engaging chapters of the book. Appendices offer information about the organizations mentioned, busted doomsday predictions, and recommended apocalypse fiction. This chatty, fast-paced volume will entertain those who enjoy reading about unusual subcultures. (Apr.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Booklist Review

This new book by the author of Heroes in the Night (2013) and Monster Hunters (2015) takes readers where few outsiders have gone: inside the secure facilities, into the homes, and inside the minds of people who are actively preparing for an impending apocalypse. The exact nature of the apocalypse they anticipate is unclear could be nuclear war, could be climate related, could be of a religious nature, could even be the rise of the undead but one thing is clear: these men and women, who are often written off as crazy or delusional, can be rational, intelligent, and intensely dedicated. Like Jon Ronson (author of Them: Adventures with Extremists, 2002), Krulos immerses himself in the world he's writing about, capturing the flavor of his subjects' lives, their passion and dedication. Readers expecting a jolly, fun-poking adventure may be surprised to find that not all of the people Krulos meets in the "prepper" subculture are zoned in on zombies; some are focused on genuinely frightening and sobering real-world issues.--David Pitt Copyright 2019 Booklist

Introduction: Two Minutes to Midnight	p. 1
1 Blood Moon Prophecy	p. 15
2 When the SHTF	p. 23
3 Rose	p. 41
4 My Zombie Con Journal	p. 55
5 Apocalypse Apple Pie	p. 79
6 Monster Planet	p. 93
7 Survival	p. 109
8 Doomsday Bunkers of the Rich and Famous	p. 121
9 The Sixth Extinction	p. 151
10 Bugging Out	p. 169
11 Wastelanders	p. 183
12 One-Way Ticket to Mars	p. 201
Epilogue: I Twisted My Ankle and Watched Four Documentaries on Nostradamus	p. 217
Acknowledgements	p. 221
Appendix A Congratulations! A List of Apocalypses in This Book You've Survived	p. 222
Appendix B The Apocalypse Blog Book Club	p. 224
Appendix C Dispatches from the Wasteland	p. 226
Notes	p. 229

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