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Disaster books are a literary non-fiction genre involving detailed descriptions of major historical disasters, often based on the historical records or personal testimonies of survivors. Since reportage of both natural disasters and man-made disasters is commonplace, authors tend to be journalists who develop their news reports into books.
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Fiction about disasters, serious problems occurring over a short or long period of time that cause widespread human, material, economic or environmental loss which exceed the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.
Apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization due to a potentially existential catastrophe such as nuclear warfare, pandemic, extraterrestrial attack, impact event, cybernetic revolt, technological singularity, dysgenics, supernatural phenomena, divine judgment, climate change, resource depletion or some other general disaster.
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The book has been translated and published in many countries. It was successful in the U.S., reaching #6 on the New York Times Best Seller list [3] and #1 on the San Francisco Chronicle Best-Sellers list in September 2007. [4] It ranked #1 on Time [5] and Entertainment Weekly ' s top 10 non-fiction books of 2007.
The Johnstown Flood: The Incredible Story Behind One of the Most Devastating Disasters America Has Ever Known is a 1968 book written by popular historian David McCullough about the Great Flood of 1889 which devastated the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. For this, his first book, McCullough spent time speaking with individuals who lived through ...