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Introduction - aspects of apocalypse, D. Seed; the tales of the lastdays, 1805-3794, I.F. Clarke; the end of ages, S.R.L. Clark; re-writingthe Christian apocalypse as a science fictional event, E. James;Edwardian awakenings - H.G. Wells's apocalyptic romances, 1989-1915; P.Parrinder; acts of God, R. Crossley; the dawn of the atomic age, D.Seed; silo psychosis - diagnosing America's nuclear anxieties, C.Gannon; pocket apocalypse - survivalist fictions from "Walden" to "TheIncredible Shrinking Man", G. Slusser; "An unrehearsed theatre oftechnology" - Oedipalizations and vision in Ballard's "Crash", N.Davis; "disguising doom" - a study of the linguistic features ofaudience manipulations on Michael Moorcock's "The Eternal Champion", M.Hoey; storm, whirlwind and earthquake - apocalypse and theAfrican-American novel A.R. Lee; stylish apocalypse - StormConstantine's "Wraeththu" trilogy, V. Gough; Jews and "IndependenceDay", women and Independence Day - science fiction apocalypse nowevokes feminism and Nazism, M. Barr; future/present - the end ofscience fiction, V. Hollinger.