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Y the Last Man
Book • 2002
The series follows Yorick Brown and his monkey Ampersand as they navigate a world where all male mammals have died.
Yorick's mother, a U.S.
Representative, commissions Agent 355 to protect Yorick as they travel to meet Dr. Allison Mann, a geneticist working to discover why Yorick survived and how to save humanity.
The story explores themes of survival, identity, and the future of humanity in a world without men.
Yorick's mother, a U.S.
Representative, commissions Agent 355 to protect Yorick as they travel to meet Dr. Allison Mann, a geneticist working to discover why Yorick survived and how to save humanity.
The story explores themes of survival, identity, and the future of humanity in a world without men.
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when discussing the Great Terror and collectivization.


Vejas Liulevicius

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#444 – Vejas Liulevicius: Communism, Marxism, Nazism, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler
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as one of the first secular narratives about the end of the world, alongside Lord Byron's "Darkness."


Dorian Lynskey

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Prepping for doomsday
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as an early example of a book exploring the concept of human extinction.

Émile Torres

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Is the End Nigh? | Émile Torres
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as a key figure in her analysis of the human condition and the concept of extinction.

Claire Colebrook

"What's Wrong With Extinction?" with Claire Colebrook
Recommended by Jonathan Bratten as a history of the Maine National Guard, 103rd Infantry Regiment during World War I.

The Battle of Bunker Hill
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when discussing his top 25 best comics of all time.

Dave Busing

Convincible #3: Invincible Animated Series on Amazon Prime
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as an example of cli-fi, also a pandemic novel, about climate change and new diseases.

Lakshmi Krishnan

Climate leadership - knowledge is power
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Chris Washington

Chris Washington, "Nonbinary Jane Austen" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)