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'It’s the end of the world as we know it ... catastrophes abound in this anthology of end times tales by young Australian writers!
'Delve into their doomsday imaginations and find out what the future holds in poems, stories, games, activities, and illustrated omens of what’s to come.
'Fifteen young editors, mentored by children’s author Oliver Phommavanh and publishing industry professionals, have assembled a collection of armageddon-themed fiction unlike anything you’ve ever seen.
'The collection includes 15 intrepid tales and poems written by young Australian writers between the ages of 8 and 12, alongside a hilarious contribution from Andy Griffiths.' (Publication summary)
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Preppers and Survivalism in the AustLit Database
This work has been affiliated with the Preppers and Survivalism project due to its relationship to either prepping or prepper-inflected survivalism more generally, and contains one or more of the following:
1. A strong belief in some imminent threat
2. Taking active steps to prepare for that perceived threat- A range of activities not necessarily associated with ‘prepping’ take on new significance, when they are undertaken with the express purpose of preparing for and/or surviving perceived threats, e.g., gardening, abseiling.
- The plausibility of the threat, and the relative “reasonable-ness” of the response, don’t affect this definition. E.g., if someone is worried about climate change and climate disasters, and they respond by moving from a riverbank location in Cairns, or to a highland region of New Zealand, this makes them a prepper. If someone else is worried about brainwashing rays from outer space, and they respond by making a tinfoil hat, that makes them a prepper.
3. A character or characters (or text) who self-identify as a ‘prepper’, or some synonymous/modified term: ‘financial preppers’, ‘weekend preppers’, ‘fitness preppers’, etc.
