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Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody: The Terrifyingly Real Ways the World Wants You Dead [Paperback]

Robert Brockway
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)

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Book Description

April 6, 2010
Just when you thought you’d accepted your own mortality . . . Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody is bringing panic back. Twenty illustrated, hilariously fear-inducing 
essays reveal the chilling and very real experiments, dangerous emerging technologies, and terrifying natural disasters that soon couldor very nearly already didbring about the end of humanity. In short, everything in here will kill you and everyone you love. At any moment. And nobody’s told you about ituntil now:
 
•   Experiments in green energy like the HiPER, which uses massive lasers to create a tiny “contained” sun; it’s an idea that could save the world if it doesn’t consume us all in a fiery fusion reaction first.
•   Global disasters like the hypercane—a hurricane so large it could cover all of North America and shoot trailer parks into space!
•   Terrifying new developments in robotics like the EATR, which powers itself on meatan invention in the running for “Worst Decision Made by Anybody.”

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Editorial Reviews

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“A bold, terrifying read that goes down smooth thanks to a crisp infusion of humor. Thanks to this book, I can now aspire to dying in cooler ways than I ever thought possible. F**k you, old age. I’m holding out for a megatsunami.”
—Daniel H. Wilson, author of How To Survive a Robot Uprising
 
“The book is proof that the ridiculous and the horrible are joined at the hip and will never be separated; in a universe that seems to continually be thinking up new ways to kill us, Brockway knows there is but one rational response: to point at it and laugh.”
—David Wong, author of John Dies at the End

“There has never been a hipper Prophet of Doom. Irreverently entertaining and terrifyingly accurate, the probability of our future death has never been more fun.”
—Michael Largo, author of Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die

“This book is hilarious. As if I wasn't already afraid the leave the house. What's that? Brockway suggests the apocalypse doesn't knock? What if I cower under a desk? Well, damn. I might as well have another nacho.”
—Garth Sundem, author of The Geeks’ Guide to World Domination

About the Author

ROBERT BROCKWAY is an editor 
and columnist for Cracked.com and runs the successful humor site IFightRobots.com. 
He lives in Portland, Oregon. 
 

Product Details

  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Three Rivers Press (April 6, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0307464342
  • ISBN-13: 978-0307464347
  • Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.7 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,721 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Robert Brockway is a columnist and Sr. Editor for Cracked.com. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, Meagan, and their two dogs, Detectives Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh. He once fought a bear, but the judges are still calculating scores; there is no clear winner at this time.

Customer Reviews

The chapters are fairly short and quick to read which made me fly through this book. Jeff Kimble  |  5 reviewers made a similar statement
I ordered this book six months ago, the day it was available for presale. A. Thomson  |  5 reviewers made a similar statement
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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Start building a bunker. Right now!! April 14, 2010
By A. Hall
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Name 5 ways we're all going to die. Do it! Right now! Before reading this book I knew of maybe three ways: asteroid, war, or plague. Wait, four--global warming. Robert Brockway details, like, 20, and each one scares you more than the last. I've learned way more about killer volcanos, super hurricanes, and killer robots than I ever actually wanted to know, but at least all this fear-mongering put a smile on my face. So buy the book, get informed of all ways everything and everybody wants you dead, and come join me in my bunker. I have nachos!
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Some say the end is near. April 16, 2010
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This book is amazingly crammed full of information. My favorite part is the Verneshot. Read this, and you will learn a lot more about the world than by reading the newspaper or watching tv. Some parts are genuinely scary. I feel like there's a 50% chance we will unleash a terrifying virus or disease on mankind based on the ridiculous science experiments Brockway describes. It's fine abstractly, but think about what that will actually be like. How do you cope when you're reading this before sleeping? Luckily, you laugh. Buy this book!
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Fans of Cracked.com (undoubtedly, a large percentage of you) will enjoy this book. The format is similar to many of the articles on the site, but more in-depth. It doesn't come off as expanded just to fill pages, however. The information is presented as concisely as possible, while still retaining all of its humor and sarcasm. The selected bibliography provides a starting point for further research into any of the topics that catch your interest, instead of just typing "robots are going to kill me" into Google.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars Interesting topics spoiled by poor writing
In an effort to make interesting topics seem amazing, and to impress us with his wit, Brockway ladens his prose with so much hyperbole, foul language and repetition that his book... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Peter Brand
5.0 out of 5 stars A present for my brother
This was a present for my brother as we are both cracked addicts. He loved it. Maybe, he will let me read it if I'm nice.
Published 3 months ago by Bethany Swezene
5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious book
Robert Brockway combines both comedy, and various doom scenarios into one amazing book. I came out of this book with a few new pieces of knowledge under my belt, and you most... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mikhail
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrifyingly funny!
How close we have already come to our demise! How far we are pushing the envelope of possible catastrophe! You may as well go out laughing.
Published 5 months ago by Craig C. Strope
5.0 out of 5 stars more good things from Brockway
This was well written, well structured, and funny. I've enjoyed just about everything I've read from this guy, and if you're familiar with his work, you can expect to see the same... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Jeff Pillasch
3.0 out of 5 stars It's okay...
Well written and researched book by a Cracked.com writer. Sadly, it's just not nearly as entertaining as the site (generally) tends to be. Was a satisfactory vacation read.
Published 6 months ago by AshesDrummer
5.0 out of 5 stars This is one of my all time FAVORITE books!
I absolutely love this book and keep it in my office for my patients to read. The chapters are short, quick, and entertaining. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Tina
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant look at end-of-the-world scenarios
This book is a sobering reminder of how fragile life really is. It wouldn't take much to completely destabilize our society, and not much more to end it altogether. Read more
Published 8 months ago by J Von
5.0 out of 5 stars We are all going to die, might as well have fun!
I don't really need to say much about this book other than I kept me laughing from beginning to end. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Disciple of Poseidon
5.0 out of 5 stars Morbidly Funny
I think the introduction says it all with this quote: "intense fear mongering and creative swearing". Read more
Published 11 months ago by Carla C. Thomas
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