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Apocalyptic Projections have been pondered since Biblical times. Theories abounded in an attempt to prepare for calamity and plan for the future. Worldwide concern regarding a twenty-first century apocalypse, related to the 2012 Mayan Apocalyptic prediction, sparked renewed interest. Even though the concept of apocalypse evokes images of total oblivion, threads of possibility and redemption offer a potential fabric of hope. The majority of the papers included in Apocalyptic Projections were presented at the Northeast Modern Language Association.

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Apocalyptic Projections is a splendid collection that looks into what is past, present, and to come to unveil the intricate ways in which our images of the future are woven with a mix of fear and desire. This edited volume is a remarkable contribution to the field of utopian studies, critical theory, and our understanding of the relationship between capitalist logic(s) and images of the End. Anybody interested in how science fiction in general and dystopian literature and film in particular help us figure out the present by imagining the future will greatly enjoy this book. Professor Antonio Cordoba, PhDAuthor of ?Extranjero en tierra extrana? El genero de la ciencia ficcion en America Latina, Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York

Apocalyptic Projections is a splendid collection that looks into what is past, present, and to come to unveil the intricate ways in which our images of the future are woven with a mix of fear and desire. This edited volume is a remarkable contribution to the field of utopian studies, critical theory, and our understanding of the relationship between capitalist logic(s) and images of the End. Anybody interested in how science fiction in general and dystopian literature and film in particular help us figure out the present by imagining the future will greatly enjoy this book. Professor Antonio Cordoba, PhD Author of 'Extranjero en tierra extrana? El genero de la ciencia ficcion en America Latina, Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York

""Apocalyptic Projections is a splendid collection that looks into what is past, present, and to come to unveil the intricate ways in which our images of the future are woven with a mix of fear and desire. This edited volume is a remarkable contribution to the field of utopian studies, critical theory, and our understanding of the relationship between capitalist logic(s) and images of the End. Anybody interested in how science fiction in general and dystopian literature and film in particular help us figure out the present by imagining the future will greatly enjoy this book.""Professor Antonio Cordoba, PhDAuthor of ¿Extranjero en tierra extraña? El género de la ciencia ficción en América Latina, Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York

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Professor Annette M. Magid, PhD, has taught for thirty years in the English Department at SUNY Erie Community College, Buffalo, New York, USA. She received her Doctorate in English from the University at Buffalo under the guidance of Dr Leslie Fiedler. Her thesis was Transatlantic Confrontation: A Study of Edward Bellamy and William Morris. Her publications include Wilde's Wiles: Studies of the Influences on Oscar Wilde and His Enduring Influences in the Twenty-First Century (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2013), You Are What You Eat: Literary Probes into the Palate (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008), and Tunnel of Stone (Mellen Poetry Press, 2002). She has also published articles related to science fiction and environmental issues in literature, and on Edward Bellamy, Fritz Lang, William Morris and Oscar Wilde in a variety of Utopian journals and monographs. She is currently working on her next book, Quintessential Wilde, as well as a folio of her poetry. Professor Magid has won several poetry honors, including National Poetry Awards, and served as Poetry Judge for Mellen Poetry Press in 2004. In addition to being an official Buffalo Ambassador, she also served on the Board of Managers for Pan Am 2001, for which she authored a Legacy Project, Women of Accomplishment of Western New York.

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