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(More customer reviews)As a regaler of apocalypse theories and folklore, Annie Rehill's "The Apocalypse is Everywhere" is a delightful journey of guilty pleasure into end-of-the-world stories from the biblical to the historical to the contemporary, through examples ranging from episodes of "The Simpsons" to Cormac McCarthy's desolate post-disaster novel "The Road."
From the political perspective, Rehill's examination of the Bush Jr. Administration's rhetoric, employed to influence the nation into believing there were weapons of mass destruction, is indicative of the administration's manipulation of patriotism through scare-didactics.
Compelling also about Rehill's encyclopedic research and array of apocalyptic examples is the divergent ways these examples, whether humorous, folkloric, or scientific, shape and influence our understanding of apocalypse theories.
For collectors of water bottles, batteries, canned goods, and freeze-dried food, this book is a must; as well as for those who enjoy referencing particular histories of peculiar subjects.
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