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Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody: The Terrifyingly Real Ways the World Wants You Dead

by Robert Brockway

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Publisher Comments:

Just when you thought you'd accepted your own mortality... Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody is bringing panic back.

Twenty illustrated, hilariously fear-inducing 
essays reveal the chilling and very real experiments, dangerous emerging technologies, and terrifying natural disasters that soon could — or very nearly already did — bring about the end of humanity. In short, everything in here will kill you and everyone you love. At any moment. And nobody's told you about it — until now:

  • Experiments in green energy like the HiPER, which uses massive lasers to create a tiny "contained" sun; it's an idea that could save the world if it doesn't consume us all in a fiery fusion reaction first.
  • Global disasters like the hypercane — a hurricane so large it could cover all of North America and shoot trailer parks into space!
  • Terrifying new developments in robotics like the EATR, which powers itself on meat — an invention in the running for "Worst Decision Made by Anybody."

Review:

"A bold, terrifying read that goes down smooth thanks to a crisp infusion of humor. Thanks to this book, I can now aspire to dying in cooler ways than I ever thought possible. F**k you, old age. I'm holding out for a megatsunami." Daniel H. Wilson, author of How To Survive a Robot Uprising

Review:

"The book is proof that the ridiculous and the horrible are joined at the hip and will never be separated; in a universe that seems to continually be thinking up new ways to kill us, Brockway knows there is but one rational response: to point at it and laugh." David Wong, author of John Dies at the End

Review:

"There has never been a hipper Prophet of Doom. Irreverently entertaining and terrifyingly accurate, the probability of our future death has never been more fun." Michael Largo, author of Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die

Review:

"This book is hilarious. As if I wasn't already afraid the leave the house. What's that? Brockway suggests the apocalypse doesn't knock? What if I cower under a desk? Well, damn. I might as well have another nacho." Garth Sundem, author of The Geeks' Guide to World Domination

Synopsis:

In 25 illustrated, hilariously fear-inducing essays, Robert Brockway introduces us to the incredible but very real scientific experiments, dangerous emerging technologies, and terrifying natural disasters that could bring about the end of all humanity.
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About the Author

Robert Brockway is an editor 
and columnist for Cracked.com and runs the successful humor site IFightRobots.com. 
He lives in Portland, Oregon.
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Table of Contents

Near misses — Current threats — Natural disasters — Nanotech threats — Space disasters — Biotech threats — Robot threats.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780307464347
Author:
Brockway, Robert
Publisher:
Three Rivers Press (CA)
Illustrator:
Pedegana, Jason
Author:
Robert Brockway
Subject:
General
Subject:
Hazardous substances
Subject:
Natural Disasters
Subject:
Disasters & Disaster Relief
Subject:
Death & Dying
Subject:
General science
Subject:
Humor : General
Subject:
Science / General
Subject:
Science Reference-General
Subject:
Sociology-Disasters and Disaster Relief
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Publication Date:
20100431
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
40-50 LINE DRAWINGS
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
8 x 5.2 x .72 in .5 lb
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Product details 288 pages Three Rivers Press (CA) - English 9780307464347 Reviews:
"Review" by , "A bold, terrifying read that goes down smooth thanks to a crisp infusion of humor. Thanks to this book, I can now aspire to dying in cooler ways than I ever thought possible. F**k you, old age. I'm holding out for a megatsunami."
"Review" by , "The book is proof that the ridiculous and the horrible are joined at the hip and will never be separated; in a universe that seems to continually be thinking up new ways to kill us, Brockway knows there is but one rational response: to point at it and laugh."
"Review" by , "There has never been a hipper Prophet of Doom. Irreverently entertaining and terrifyingly accurate, the probability of our future death has never been more fun."
"Review" by , "This book is hilarious. As if I wasn't already afraid the leave the house. What's that? Brockway suggests the apocalypse doesn't knock? What if I cower under a desk? Well, damn. I might as well have another nacho."
"Synopsis" by , In 25 illustrated, hilariously fear-inducing essays, Robert Brockway introduces us to the incredible but very real scientific experiments, dangerous emerging technologies, and terrifying natural disasters that could bring about the end of all humanity.
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