''The Apocalypse Triptych'' is a series of three

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, edited by

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and

Hugh Howey Hugh C. Howey (born 1975) is an American writer, known best for the science fiction series ''Silo'', part of which he published independently through Amazon.com's Kindle Direct Publishing system. Howey was raised in Monroe, North Carolina and b ...

. The first anthology, ''The End is Nigh'', was self-published on March 1, 2014, with the second volume, ''The End is Now'' following on September 1, 2014. The final anthology, ''The End Has Come'', was released on May 1, 2015.

Synopsis

''The Apocalypse Triptych'' features stories from various different authors such as

Sarah Langan Sarah Langan (born 1974) is an American horror author and three-time Bram Stoker Award winner. Langan was also one of the judges for the inaugural Shirley Jackson Award and is currently on the Board of Directors. Biography Langan was raised in ...

Scott Sigler Scott Carl Sigler is an American author of science fiction and horror and a podcaster. Scott is the New York Times #1 bestselling author of sixteen novels, six novellas, and dozens of short stories. He is the co-founder of Empty Set Entertainme ...

Ken Liu Ken Liu (born 1976) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. His epic fantasy series ''The Dandelion Dynasty'', which he describes as silkpunk, is published by Simon & Schuster. Liu has won Hugo and Nebula Awards for his short fic ...

, and

Carrie Vaughn Carrie Vaughn (born January 28, 1973) is an American writer, the author of the urban fantasy ''Kitty Norville'' series. She has published more than 60 short stories in science fiction and fantasy magazines as well as short story anthologies an ...

, as well as from

. Each volume contains several stories with an apocalyptic theme, and each volume is set during a specific stage of an apocalypse. The first volume contains stories that deal with the concept of an impending apocalypse, while the second volume looks at what life would be like during such an event. The final volume collects stories that discuss people trying to rebuild and replenish civilization.

Bibliography

* ''The End is Nigh'' (2014) * ''The End is Now'' (2014) * ''The End Has Come'' (2015)

Reception

Critical reception for the first volume was positive and ''

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'' has praised "System Reset", one of the stories in ''The End is Nigh''.'' Black Gate'' gave ''The End is Nigh'' a positive review, commenting that they felt that it was good enough to "probably be up for best anthology on some ballots". ''

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'' and ''

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'' also gave the first volume praise, and ''Wired'' stated that while some of the stories "hit with more force than others" the anthology as a whole was excellent. The 2022

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series ''Pantheon'' was based on the Ken Liu stories "The Gods Will Not Be Chained", "The Gods Will Not Be Slain", and "The Gods Have Not Died in Vain".

References

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* 2014 anthologies 2015 anthologies Apocalyptic fiction Post-apocalyptic fiction Science fiction anthology series Fiction anthologies {{anthology-book-stub