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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Catastrophe Catastrophe David Keys It was a catastrophe without precedent in recorded history: for months on end, starting in A.D. 535, a strange, dusky haze robbed much of the earth of normal sunlight. Crops failed in Asia and the Mi… OL112258W
TERRAFORMING EARTH TERRAFORMING EARTH Jack Williamson From back cover of Tor paperback February 2003: When a giant meteor crashes into the Earth and destroys all life, the small group of human survivors manages to leave the barren planet and establis… OL12242964W
Aftermath Aftermath K.A. Applegate Trust no one. The Remnants are outsiders on the planet they once called Home. 500 years after the Rock, Earth is an arid wasteland, inhabited only by a handful of human descendants & mutated animals.… OL15068565W
The Eye of God The Eye of God James Rollins In a masterwork of historical mystery and scientific exploration, New York Times bestselling author James Rollins reveals an apocalyptic vision of the day after tomorrow, of a future predicted by the… OL16805063W
Deathbringer Deathbringer Tamara Grantham 261 pages ; 23 cm OL19711826W
Impact! Impact! Elizabeth Rusch "Asteroids come in all shapes and sizes--and hit our planet in them, too. But what happens if a catastrophically large one approaches earth? By looking on the ground at historical asteroid craters an… OL19720335W
Collision course! Collision course! Fred Bortz,Alfred B. Bortz Discusses how life on Earth has been influenced by comets and asteroids which have struck the earth. This book covers the details of cosmic collisions on Earth. OL19923737W
The asteroid threat The asteroid threat Burrows, William E. "Presents a realistic, workable plan for defusing a potentially lethal threat from a rogue asteroid or comet. The explosion of a large meteor over Chelyabinsk, Siberia, in February 2013 is just the l… OL19981526W
World of trouble World of trouble Ben H. Winters "With the doomsday asteroid looming, Detective Hank Palace has found sanctuary in the woods of New England, secure in a well-stocked safe house with other onetime members of the Concord police force.… OL19981755W
Magicians of the gods Magicians of the gods Graham Hancock "The evidence revealed in this book shows beyond reasonable doubt that an advanced civilization that flourished during the Ice Age was destroyed in the global cataclysms between 12,800 and 11,600 yea… OL20011502W
Nemesis Nemesis Brendan Reichs As the Anvil, an enormous asteroid, threatens to end all life on Earth, sixteen-year-old Min begins to uncover a lifetime of lies, a sinister conspiracy involving all students in her sophomore class … OL20054191W
Could an asteroid hit Earth? Could an asteroid hit Earth? Rosalind Mist Looks at the properties and characteristics of such objects found in Outer Space as asteroids, comets, and meteors. OL21183055W
Mother, May I? Mother, May I? Katherine Applegate Official Summary: Jobs has found the Remnants' unbelievable virtual reality in the sky -- could it be the Earth? With the defeat of the Baby, Billy has secured his role as master-programmer and abso… OL27803W
The Aftermath The Aftermath Samuel C. Florman The year is 2010 and the world as we know it has come to an end. A huge comet has smashed into the earth off the coast of California, vaporizing and generating a fiery rain that engulfs the globe in … OL2960097W
In the days of the comet In the days of the comet H. G. Wells H. G. Wells, in his 1906 In the Days of the Comet uses the vapors of a comet to trigger a deep and lasting change in humanity's perspective on themselves and the world. In the build-up to a great war… OL52252W
Armageddon Armageddon Dona Smith An asteroid the size of Texas is heading directly toward Earth at 22,000 mph. NASA's director, Dan Truman, has only one option-to send a crew to land on the asteroid, drill into its surface, and drop… OL522937W
Remnants - Dream Storm Remnants - Dream Storm Katherine Applegate Official Summary: After what seemed like a lifetime of waiting, the Remnants are back on Earth -- for better or worse. Yago has taken control of Mother and stranded the Remnants along with their rut… OL8117584W