ANTI-CATASTROPHE LEAGUE EB
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ANTI-CATASTROPHE LEAGUE EB

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ANTI-CATASTROPHE LEAGUE EB

About this book

'Consummate and thorough' – The Times

'Darkly entertaining' – The Spectator

A superbly written work of narrative non-fiction by an exciting new talent, The Anti-Catastrophe League is a brilliant study of the people and their teams who are trying to save the world.

Our species has a unique genius for self-imperilment. The ancient dangers – asteroids, super-volcanoes and worse – still stalk us, but the most pressing time-bombs are of our own making. Our knack for self-imperilment, though, is one side of a coin: for we are also developing a knack for ambitious solutions.

The Anti-Catastrophe League, informed by the author's experience of working in the field of what is known as existential risk, tells the story of a species that is working out how to defuse several bombs at once. From ancient risks to very modern apocalypses, the book charts the imminent dangers to the human race, and introduces readers to the groups of scientists, eccentrics, diplomats and visionaries who are trying to prevent doom.

The Anti-Catastrophe League is a fascinating story of the end of the world – and what we can do about it.

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Information

Publisher
Mudlark
Year
2025
Print ISBN
9780008722357
eBook ISBN
9780008722364

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Note to Readers
  4. Epigraphs
  5. Contents
  6. INTRODUCTION: Defusing Doomsday
  7. CHAPTER 1: The Double Asteroid Redirection Test
  8. CHAPTER 2: A Raging Star
  9. CHAPTER 3: Stoppering a Supervolcano
  10. CHAPTER 4: ‘We Will Die, But We Will Sink Them All!’
  11. CHAPTER 5: Feeding the Benighted
  12. CHAPTER 6: Tearing off the Hairshirt
  13. CHAPTER 7: Supercritical
  14. CHAPTER 8: The Misfit Prodigy
  15. CHAPTER 9: Disease X
  16. CHAPTER 10: The West Siberian Hat Factory – and Worse
  17. CHAPTER 11: The Race for Alignment
  18. CHAPTER 12: Poking the Shoggoth
  19. CHAPTER 13: Whistleblowers
  20. CHAPTER 14: The Methuselarity
  21. CONCLUSION: Existential Hope
  22. Acknowledgements
  23. Notes
  24. Index
  25. About the Publisher