Notes From an Apocalypse

"Mark O’Connell’s new book about the end of the world is not called Notes from the Apocalypse, but rather Notes from an Apocalypse – a gesture of articular modesty that points to a larger truth: Despite the climate crisis, despite a global pandemic, it has always been “the end of the world for someone, somewhere.” In a chain of charming, anxious and tender essays, O’Connell examines his own apocalyptic frame of mind by taking “a series of perverse pilgrimages” to subcultures devoted to preparing for the end. It’s a morbid delight."

"a hundred pages in — I'm rightly anxious but laughing."