Résultats pour "Apocalypse" dans Littérature et fiction

When the Internet suddenly stops working, society reels from the loss of flowing data and streaming entertainment. Addicts wander the streets talking to themselves in 140 characters or forcing cats to perform tricks for their amusement, while the truly desperate pin their requests for casual encounters on public bulletin boards. The economy tumbles and the government passes the draconian NET Recovery Act.

Charlie Campbell was your average, balding, thirty-year-old alcoholic with a dead-end job and a penchant for shambling through life one mistake after another. However, none of that mattered following the sudden arrival of a mysterious sickness that brought with it infected mobs of zombie-like creatures thirsting for the flesh of the living. Trapped in a Chicago apartment the morning after a raucous bachelor party, Charlie and his old fraternity buddies must battle for survival against the cannibalistic horde, a military invasion and their own rampant stupidity.

Just over a year after Jack Winters and his friends, Mike and Barry, defeated evil, things are starting to look up. Mike is in charge of the guardian angels. Barry is living happily as an actor for the citizens of heaven. The world is even starting to set itself right again in the aftermath of the apocalypse. Jack, however, went in search of Lola and hasn’t been seen since. When Mike gets word that someone has been sent to find and kill Jack, he and Barry will set off in opposite directions around the world to find their friend before his killer can.

Jack Winters is in the Lifestream while his friends struggle to keep the world from succumbing to evil. Barry and Mara scour heaven for a spy. Zandra and T’Challa stand on the frontlines against the enemy. And Mike is also involved somehow.

When scientists with warped imaginations accidentally unleash an experimental bioweapon that transforms Britain's animals into sneezing, bloodthirsty zombies with a penchant for pre-dinner sex with their victims, three misfits become the unlikely hope for salvation. Abattoir worker Terry...

The darkest of comedies is back! The dysfunctional duo returns for an apocalyptic romp full of ultra-violence, cannibalism, Volkswagens, and unapologetically vicious tongue-in-cheek satire. In this volume, Chet and Floyd encounter a depraved cannibalistic biker gang, a Jewish encampment with a distressingly liberal interpretation of kosher laws, and a draconian Amish community who uses shocking corporal punishment tactics to keep order. Chet loses another body part. Floyd brutalizes the unjust. In a world so depraved, only men like Chet and Floyd could survive.

After the celebrity chef rises from his grave, he aims to create a zombie army of chefs who will rule the world, using human species as the main ingredient in their cordon bleu meals. Can Floyd be stopped before it’s too late, or will we all end up roasted and then drizzled in a rich chasseur sauce?

There had been twenty-two apocalypses to date. There were now four distinct variations of humanity roaming the Earth - six, if you counted the undead. It had been suggested that there really should have been a new word to describe "the end of everything forever," but most people had stopped noticing, much less caring, after the tally hit double digits. Not to mention the failure of "forever" in living up to its potential. The last apocalypse wasn't even considered a cataclysm by most major governments.

Halycon Sage is back! As the eccentric citizens of Dry Creek Gulch happily organize a peaceful, post-technological society, big sparkly blue Squidren are rapidly approaching Earth! These telepathic, time-traveling, dimension-hopping Squids have plans for us-as do the suddenly sentient Nanobots...

The undead have risen from their graves, and society hangs by a thread. But America's political parties aren't going to let a little thing like the zombie apocalypse get in the way of a presidential election. There are nasty whispers about the incumbent, though, and they have nothing to do with where he was born.

Unlike a nuclear apocalypse or collapse of a global market, the stakes are different when it comes to a zombie apocalypse. From preparation to everyday tactics, major changes should be made to ensure you outlast an outbreak. This manual is designed to help you prepare and survive a zombie apocalypse. From telling you what to prepare to what to do, you'll know almost everything you need to make sure that you come out on top of such a catastrophe.