Barf Forth Apocalyptica
barf forth apocalyptica => Apocalypse World => Topic started by: Ross Cowman on June 01, 2011, 10:22:33 AM
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Shelter Cycle - writings about a real life doomsday cult that built a massive bomb shelter in montana, my friend grew up in this cult and attests to the factuality of this account...http://www.lifeincut.com/The%20Shelter%20Cycle%20Part%20I.html (http://www.lifeincut.com/The%20Shelter%20Cycle%20Part%20I.html)
Gates of Hell - A flaming pit in Turkmenistan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnKqMQgV1vg&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnKqMQgV1vg&feature=related)
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Surreal.
Actually, both remind me how much the Cold War has embedded itself within our idea of the Apocalypse. Real people in the USA committing their whole lives to a nervous apocalyptic fantasy, and people in the former Soviet territories seeing the real, apocalyptic power of nature on a comparatively small scale.