Preparing for the Global Blackout: A Disaster Guide from TV and Cinema

By Denis Newiak

Dead phones, chaos in hospitals, looming nuclear meltdowns: For years, experts all over the world have been warning of a widespread power blackout--and the devastating consequences for society as a whole. However, just as before the COVID-19 pandemic, politicians and the public are hardly aware of the far-reaching risks: A blackout would catch us almost completely unprepared.

As for other (supposedly improbable) disruptive events, disaster movies and sci-fi series have long shown what would happen if modern society were to lose its lifeblood. Denis Newiak looks into those filmic fictions for answers to pressing questions:

How can we prepare ourselves for the dramatic consequences of such a crisis? And can the collapse of modernity still be stopped?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 383821661X
• ISBN13: 9783838216614
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Ibidem Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.2"