{"product_id":"everything-must-go-dorian-lynskey","title":"Everything Must Go (Dorian Lynskey)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliantly original exploration of our obsession with the end of the world, from Mary Shelley's \u003ci\u003eThe Last Man\u003c\/i\u003e to the HBO's \u003ci\u003eThe Last of Us\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Will make you happy to be alive and reading - until the lights go out . . . Brilliant' - \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Clever and voluminous . . . So engagingly plotted and written' - \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe have always told ourselves stories about the end of the world. Long before we watched superintelligent AI wage war on humanity in \u003ci\u003eThe Terminator\u003c\/i\u003e, or read about a catastrophic deluge in J. G. Ballard's \u003ci\u003eThe Drowned World\u003c\/i\u003e, art, literature and politics were all haunted by recurring visions of apocalypse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEverything Must Go\u003c\/i\u003e - a colourful, witty and stirring cultural history of the modern world that weaves in politics, history and science - Dorian Lynskey explores the endings that we have read, listened to, or watched with morbid fascination, from the sci-fi terrors of H. G. Wells and John Wyndham to the apocalyptic ballads of Bob Dylan and planet-shattering movie blockbusters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether we're fantasizing about nuclear holocaust or a collision with an asteroid, a devastating pandemic or a robot revolution, why do we like to scare ourselves, and why do we keep coming back for more? And how do fictional premonitions of the end play into real-life responses to existential threats?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeeply illuminating about our past and our present, and surprisingly hopeful about our future, \u003ci\u003eEverything Must Go\u003c\/i\u003e will grip you from beginning to, well, end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I was blown away by this book' - Sathnam Sanghera, author of \u003ci\u003eEmpireland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Impossibly epic, brain-expanding, life-affirming and profound' - Ian Dunt, author of \u003ci\u003eHow Westminster Works \u003c\/i\u003e. . . \u003ci\u003eand Why It Doesn't\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDorian Lynskey has written about music, politics, film and books for publications including \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe i Paper\u003c\/i\u003e, BBC Culture, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMOJO\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEmpire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBillboard\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003e33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eEverything Must Go: The Stories We Tell About the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e (2024) and \u003ci\u003eThe Ministry of Truth: A Biography of George Orwell's 1984\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), which was longlisted for both the Orwell Prize and the Baillie Gifford Prize. He co-hosts the hit podcasts \u003ci\u003eOrigin Story\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOh God, What Now?\u003c\/i\u003e and has co-written three \u003ci\u003eOrigin Story\u003c\/i\u003e books (\u003ci\u003eFascism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCentrism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eConspiracy Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, all 2024) with his co-host Ian Dunt. He is on the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eGeorge Orwell Studies\u003c\/i\u003e and is one of the judges for the Orwell Society\/NUJ Young Journalists Award.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 512 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65829959663965,"sku":"K097848209","price":13.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9784820900001A.jpg?v=1788698983","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/everything-must-go-dorian-lynskey","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}