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It’s All Over: Top 10 Post-Apocalyptic Worlds
Tuesday, November 20, 2012 12:18
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If some fringe theorists have their way, Earth has just over a month to live.
The Mayan Apocalypse is coming, after all — The Maya Long Count calendar ends on Dec. 21, 2012, leading to rumors of the end of the world. Scholars of Mayan culture have repeatedly pointed out that the end of the calendar wouldn’t have been seen as an apocalypse to the Maya, but a good doomsday story is hard to keep down.
While rumors fly online about the Dec. 21 date, Mayan apocalypse believers are hardly the first to imagine the world ending. Here are some of the inventive and terrifying post-apocalyptic futures ever portrayed in literature and film.
