Welcome to the Apocalist Book Club. I’m Nella, and I know it’s been a while.

Before we get back to it with season 2, I have some other work to wrap up on our sister podcast.

See, in 2007 a supernatural horror book by Dan Simmons was published and by 2016 the story was adapted by AMC for a 10 episode season called THE TERROR.

Now, I’ll grant you, it’s not an apocalypse. But it is a fictionalized version of what might have happened to the Franklin Expedition.

And listeners, you know how this podcast feels about Doomed Polar Exploration.

I have joined my wife Joy and our friend Danielle on Binge O’Clock as guest historical enthusiast and resident Franklin Expedition obsessive. You can follow along over at Binge O’Clock on Spotify starting May 22, and new episodes will be released every 2 weeks.

Enjoy this early access to the introduction episode--fter all, it was on May 19th, 178 years ago, THAT 129 officers and crewmen under the leadership of Sir John Franklin left England. Their mission was to bridge the gap on British maps, and complete the Northwest passage.

Spoilers: they all died.

So I hope you’ll pick up a copy of the book, give the series a watch, play that Stan Rogers song on repeat, and join us as we unpack the rats nest of book vs show vs historical record.

Apocalist Book Club: Recent Episodes

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41: Thank you to everyone that sent in questions for our Q&A! We currently don't have a hard start date for season 2 though Nella is planning a limited Zombie Movie Night series for the interim.

28: The year is 1933 and get in, losers, we're going to SPACE! We've entered the Pulp Age, and Nella is VERY here for this screwball apocalypse. Come for the inspiration for Flash Gordon and maybe even Superman (???), stay for some gosh darn good pulp. And remember kids:

25: The year is 1927, and we should have seen the eugenics coming. Pierrepont was one of Oneida's little 'experiments', after all. Come for our biggest frame story yet, come for Chekov's double agent spy friend.

24: The year is 1928 and this book is fine. It's fine. It's Fine. Come for one of our best lady characters, stay for the author's earnest opinions about M O D E R N W O M E N. Also, pretty sure this counts for one of our racier Apocalypses so far! Well, what do you expect, the author had 10 kids.

23: We have 7 out-of-print books from the 1920s to cover, so pull up a chair and prepare to hate how timely this nonsense is. I know I do!

20: Satan-worshipping? On MY Jupiter??? It's more likely than you think!

18: The Year is 1920 and we're live with PEOPLE OF THE RUINS by Edward Shanks! This book's apocalypse is not a plague, PHEW!...just the fault of the Bolsheviks? IDK I'm pretty sure it was Capitalism that was wrong. Come for the evil Canadian, stay for the Shakespearian tragic end.

17: The Year is 1913 & we were pleasantly surprised by this plague that kills men! Come for JD's opinions about the uselessness of suburban life & religious fervor, stay for Aunt May & her cigarettes.

12: The year is 1912 and if you like Roland Emmerich disaster movies do we have the apocalyptic novel for you! Come for the scientist no one listens to until it's too late, stay for the presidential B-plot! Nella STANS the gay French submarine for ever.

8: The year is 1901, and H.P. Lovecraft had OPINIONS about THE PURPLE CLOUD, so you know it's going to be a doozy. Come for the Decadent movement and the birth of the Yellow Peril novel (YIKES), stay for the unfortunate last minute Pygmalion swerve.

07.1: Our last book of the 19th century and it's a WINNER! Dear Bertie came through in the 11th Hour with his thrilling tale of alien invasion and survival. Come for Wells' sexy, sexy personal life, stay for sitting around like a bunch of dodos.

05: It's 1894, and rockstar Astronomy is BIG. Is it possible for the world to not end fast enough? Will we ever stop being surprised by potential Doctor Who Christmas specials? Why did Camille feel it was ok to write a novel when he didn't even READ novels? And is this even a novel? IS IT??????

04.1: Before we scale Caesar's Column by Ignatius Donnelly, we need to talk about Edward Bellamy's utopian fiction and Ignatius Donnelly's hottest takes about Atlantis. Come for big government solving all of society's problems, stay for the creation of the credit card.

03: Welcome to the year 1885 and our very first POST-Apocalypse! Come for the world-building thought exercise, stay for the nightmare landscape that's actively trying to kill you. Oh, have we mentioned canoes? Have you thought about palisades? You should really give engineering a chance.

0: In the year of our Lord 2018, Nella and Raven begin their long road to the End Times by unpacking how we've exploring the Apocalypse through fiction.