The Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse MEGAPACK®: 20 End-of-the-World Tales

by John Gregory Betancourt (Editor), Fritz Leiber (Contributor), Jerome Bixby (Contributor)

This volume is a follow-up to The Plague, Pestilence, and Apocalypse MEGAPACK® (2015) and contains 20 more tales of epic disaster.

A MAN SPEKITH, by Richard Wilson

OUR TOWN, by Jerome Bixby

EDDIE FOR SHORT, by Wallace West

THE COURTS OF JAMSHYD, by Robert F. Young

THE GREAT NEBRASKA SEA, by Allan Danzig

SEED OF EMPIRE, by Chester S. Geier

THE BLACK GRIPPE, by Edgar Wallace

BREAKDOWN, by Herbert Kastle

INFINITY’S CHILD, by Charles V. De Vet

DUST, by Wallace West

THE LAST HERO, by Robert F. Young

THE WORLD OF WILLIAM GRESHAM, by Nelson S. Bond

THE PASSING STAR, by Isaac R. Nathanson

THE FAITHFUL, by Lester Del Ray

THE WOLF PAIR, by Fritz Leiber

THE GREAT COLD, by Frank Belknap Long

THE GROWN-UP PEOPLE’S FEET, by Robert F. Young

LITTLE BOY, by Jerome Bixby

RUN, LITTLE MONSTER! by Chester S. Geier

MOTHER TO THE WORLD, by Richard Wilson

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398 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 30, 2019

About the author

John Gregory Betancourt is a writer of science fiction, fantasy and mystery novels as well as short stories. He has worked as an assistant editor at Amazing Stories and editor of Horror: The Newsmagazine of the Horror Field, the revived Weird Tales magazine, the first issue of H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror (which he subsequently hired Marvin Kaye to edit), Cat Tales magazine (which he subsequently hired George H. Scithers to edit), and Adventure Tales magazine. He worked as a Senior Editor for Byron Preiss Visual Publications (1989-1996) and iBooks. He is the writer of four Star Trek novels and the new Chronicles of Amber prequel series, as well as a dozen original novels. His essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in such diverse publications as Writer's Digest and The Washington Post.

Reviews

[Charl · Rating 4 out of 5]

A bit of a mixed bag, but overall I liked it. Like any collection, especially of "Golden Age" Sci-Fi, I loved some, liked most, and found a couple of the stories disappointing.

And even though I ended up skimming the latter part of a couple of them, there weren't any that I out and out quit reading. Which in itself is quite a recommendation.

Many different kinds of apocalypses, and even on the so-so ones, the idea were interesting.

If you like Golden Age Sci-Fi and/or Apocalyptic stories, I recommend this.

[Earl Truss · Rating 2 out of 5]

I noticed about half way through that each writer in the book had exactly two stories. Some of them were from the 1930s so they were a bit dated. Most were also Post-Apocalypse instead of Apocalypse. The last story "Mother to the World" wasn't really about the Apocalypse but it was the background. A very sweet and human story.

[Anne Darlene Richardson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good stories

The stories in this collection are good, but if you are bothered by typos then beware. Like many MEGAPACK collections it seems little attention is paid to misspellings and punctuation.

[Luis Castro · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't see any classics in here but the anthology is very entertaining. I would recommend as a casual read for those who like somewhat somber themes.

[Christopher Pate · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not very memorable colleciton of stories.