Love, you imagined, was a thing that died with the world. Perhaps you were wrong. Perhaps the world never actually died. Perhaps it doesn't matter either way.

This week the gang wraps up their analysis of Peter Heller's apocalypse novel The Dog Stars, this time it's all about the romance.

Content disclaimer for death, self-harm and suicide.

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:50 - What genre is this book?

Wandering the countryside, eyes drawn to the earth, you can't remember ever being quite so alone. He's gone. He's never coming back. You left the quilt where you buried him, and a part of you wishes to never find your way to that pile of rocks because it means you can pretend he's out there somewhere, napping under the cool midday sun.

This week the gang continues their analysis of Peter Heller's 2012 novel The Dog Stars, this time it's all about revelations and drinking milk.

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00:00:00 - Intro

Dog. Man. Plane. Bangley. After the end of the world things narrow to a simple pattern and life becomes simple: survive one more day. Then the next day.

This week the gang discusses Peter Heller's 2012 unique apocalypse novel The Dog Stars.

Content disclaimer for death, self-harm and suicide.

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I believe all copyrighted content used falls under Fair use as it is used for the purposes of commentary and criticism, and does not represent a market substitute for any of the original works as no original audio is used, and all footage is used with transformative commentary.

The Room. The Stalker. The Zone. All that lays ahead and all that lays behind are contained and bounded by The Room. All you need do is step forward and discover who you really are.

This week the gang attempts to decode Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 masterpiece Stalker.

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00:00:00 - Intro

They come at night: every night. They call your name in the dark. They fling themselves at the walls and doors and roof. They will get in, eventually. How long can you last?

This week the gang talks Richard Matheson's 1954 apocalpyse horror, I Am Legend to finally answer the question: what is a zombie?

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00:00:00 - Intro

Feudal Japan, Saxony England and the end of the world loom over your choices. All is gone to ash and sulfur, but you're still here, left with a choice. To take up the mantle of the adventurer, or to be confined to your stead forever?

This week Pat's on leave so David and J.M. read the original *original* apocalypse novel by Dick Jefferies.

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The end of the world occurs at beach in Port Phillip Bay of all places, and you sit in your big car and stare at the grey counterspectacle, hoping in the final instance to see some aspect of how the world came to be.

This week we cover the closing chapters, and closing days, of Neil Shute's apocalypse novel On The Beach.

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00:00:00 - Book complications

When it all comes down we must endure the worst type of person. A vapid, shallow, military man.

This week we discuss Neil Shute's On The Beach and how it relates to gender politics and the economics of the time.

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00:00:00 - Neil Shute's opus

Melbourne, Australia: nuclear winter approaches as the equatorial winds shift each year. You have twelve months left on the outside, more likely eight, and six on the inside. What will you do with the time you have left?

This week we discuss the introductory section of Neil Shute's confronting apocalypse novel set in Patrick and David's backyard.

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00:00:00 - High level thoughts

The book itself you recall - the sentiment, the heft of it. And if you really concentrate, you can remember some of the words, but never complete sections. You wonder idly if there's a copy left in the wold now that it has emptied. You imagine probably in the basement of a church or tucked into the pocket behind a seat in an abandoned car.

This week we talk through Denzel Washington's action flick, The Book of Eli

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00:00:00 - It begins!