Famine, Death, War, and Pestilence: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the harbingers of Armageddon - these are our guides through the Wastelands... From the Book of Revelations to The Road Warrior; from A Canticle for Leibowitz to The Road, storytellers have long imagined the end of the world, weaving tales of catastrophe, chaos, and calamity. Gathering together the best post-apocalyptic literature of the last two decades from many of today's most renowned authors of speculative fiction, including George R.R. Martin, Gene Wolfe, Orson Scott Card, Carol Emshwiller, Jonathan Lethem, Octavia E. Butler, and Stephen King, Wastelands explores the scientific, psychological, and philosophical questions of what it means to remain human in the wake of Armageddon.

饥荒、死亡、战争和瘟疫。启示录的四骑士，世界末日的预兆--他们是我们穿越荒原的向导。从《启示录》到《公路战士》；从《莱博维茨的颂歌》到《大路》，讲故事的人长期以来一直在想象世界末日的景象，编织着灾难、混乱和祸患的故事。荒原》汇集了过去20年中最好的末世文学作品，这些作品来自当今许多最知名的推理小说作者，包括乔治-R-R-马丁、吉恩-沃尔夫、奥森-斯科特-卡德、卡罗尔-埃姆施维勒、乔纳森-莱特姆、奥克塔维亚-E-巴特勒和斯蒂芬-金，它探讨了科学、心理和哲学问题，即在世界末日之后保持人类意味着什么。