The Book of Eli: This 2010 movie – starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman and directed by the Hughes Brothers – takes place in a post-apocalyptic United States thirty years after nuclear war has left it a scarred and desolate place. Enter into this a wandering nomad named Eli (Washington), a man who is wandering to […]
The Post-Apocalypse in Sci-Fi (Part III)
by storiesbywilliams on July 24, 2012 in Books, Reviews, Sci-Fi and tagged cold war, robert a heinlein, post-apocalyptic, nuclear holocaust, world war III, nuclear war, vietnam war, the time machine, h.g. wells, gary oldman, shadow on the hearth, morlocks and eloi, the time traveller, judith merril, a canticle for leibowitz, the book of eli, albertian monks, order of leibowitz, atlantic confederacy, asian coalitan, quo peregrinatur grez pastor secum, whither wanders the flock the shepher is with them, texarkana, by the waters of babylon, the place of the gods, stephen vincent benet, farnham's freehold, the quiet earth, the effect, john hobson, perrin, apirana maketuin, api, gladys mitchell, the security office, denzel washington, carnegie, solara, mila kunis, the curator, malcolm mcdowell, lombardi, the bible, church versus state, cyclical history, walter m miller jr., isaac edward leibowitz, simplification, simpletons, memorabilia, new rome, new dark ages, fiat homo, fiat lux, fiat voluntas tua, Let There Be Man, Let There Be Light, Thy Will Be Done
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