A Portable Apocalypse

By: Allan Appel

An alphabetical arsenal of the wisest, funniest, and most revered apocalyptic thoughts from history's greatest writers, thinkers, and lunatics. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573227145
• ISBN13: 9781573227148
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Riverhead Trade
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.9" x 0.7" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

A Witty Survey from Heaven to Hell

A PORTABLE APOCALYPSE: A Quotable Companion to the End of the World," Edited by Allan Appel"...tackles a wide range of subjects like Heaven...and Hell." Detroit Free Press 1/7/99It is "small enough to fit in your hand - big enough to mess with your head," the flap copy promises. And Mr. Appel delivers with quotes from the biblical texts of many faiths, plus a dazzling doomsday chorus including George Bernard Shaw, Peggy Noonan, Frank Zappa, Sen. Phil Gramm, Will rogers and James Baldwin. He covers everything from heaven...to hell." Dallas Morning News 1/3/99