Apocalyptic Imaginary: The Best of Modern Mythology 2011

by James Curcio, Rowan Tepper (Contributor), Rusty Shackleford (Contributor)

This book captures and expands upon the unique commentary and analysis that has helped define the Modern Mythology project in 2011. Through the voices of many contributors, we collectively take a hard look at the blurred lines between narrative and truth, philosophy and literature, personal history and cultural memory. All of this is done with an eye towards the imagined apocalypse that is always just around the corner.

174 pages, Paperback

First published December 6, 2011

About the author

James Curcio is a transmedia artist and writer best known for exploring the intersections of myth, philosophy, and media. Among extensive art and media credits, he is the author of Join My Cult! , Party at the World's End, a mythpunk take on The Bacchae in an age of anonymity and rock stars, and the non-fiction, Narrative Machines: Modern Myth, Revolution & Propaganda.

Current projects include Tales From When I Had A Face, an illustrated existential fairy-tale, and BLACKOUT, a dark Futurist-Lovecraftian webcomic. Masks: Bowie and Artists of Artifice, an interdisciplinary anthology begun shortly after Bowie's death, was published by Intellect Books in January 2020. He is the editor of ModernMythology.net.

Reviews

[Rowan Tepper · Rating 5 out of 5]

Even were I not a contributor of two chapters, I would still have made my students read this book for class!