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Financial apocalypse? Fingers in ears! la-la-la-la-la

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Phil Plait (Dr. Bad Astronomy) has an exciting new book out – "Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . ." – which is the very essence of the apocalypse. Plait explores ways the world really might end – black holes, gamma ray bursts, solar flares, the death of the sun… none of which are highly likely (at least any time soon), but are more likely than a bunch of seals getting opened and beasts with lots of eyes walking the earth.

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Here’s the best for last: George A. Romero is working on a new living dead film!

The new film is called “Island of the Dead” and is not a sequel to "Diary of the Dead", which I really enjoyed – but apparently I’m in the minority.

Apparently scenes are now filming in Port Dover, Ontario. No word yet on when the film may be completed or released.

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This one really got me excited. I loved "28 Days Later" and "28 Weeks Later".

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Zombie. Beatles. “A Hard Day’s Night of the Living Dead.” Video after the cut. Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re looking for the perfect toy for a zombie-lover, be sure to check out Think Geek’s plush zombie toy with real dismemberment action! The zombies are exclusive to Think Geek and can be torn limb from limb and even have their torsos ripped in half – with intestinal action!

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There’s nothing like suffering through an actual apocalypse to take the fun right out of it, and I can very honestly say that last week’s financial apocalypse didn’t leave me feel like joking about it.

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From "28 Days Later" to "Mad Max", from "Last Man on Earth" to
"Ever Since the World Ended", we sure do like our apocalyptic (and post-apocalyptic) movies around here!

Science Fiction author John Scalzi (author of “Old Man’s War”, “The Last Colony” and "The Android’s Dream") also writes a column for AMC – his most recent column is about why we like post-apocalyptic movies – you might want to check it out!

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If you’re concerned about the Large Hadron Collider bringing about the end of the world, you should check out LHC webcams where you can see how things are going with the Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment.

I highly recommend them.