The Coffee Table Book of Doom

　　我們不是在末日，就是在通往末日的路上。
　　有關世界末日，你需要知道的一切都在本書裡！

　　地球即將被烤焦、煮沸、撞爆、壓爛、擊碎或燒毀，你得知道如何逃生，要不就好好學習末日禮儀，再不然試試末日正向療法……

　　傳染病、氣候異常、小行星撞地球、全球大瘟疫、地磁逆轉、伽瑪波衝擊……末日的恐嚇無所不在。沒有人真的看過末日，我們有的只是一堆關於末日的預言與想像。本書以幽默諷刺的方式，輔以有趣的插圖，揭露各種層面的末日將以何種形式降臨。

　　讓你對自己和其他人可能突然一夕歸西的所有情境，都瞭若指掌！

　　這是一部好讀、好用的末日大全，在這個末日吵得沸沸揚揚的時刻，可以一解讀者的好奇心，以及鬱悶之心。

　　Remember the good old days, when doom was straightforward? When all we had to worry about were those 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse from the Bible: Pestilence, War, Famine and Death? Well now we have reason to believe that there are more than 4 horsemen. Many more. In fact, at the last count the authors of The Coffee Table Book of Doom put the estimate at 27 horsemen. And that's not all. According to the ancient prophesies of the Mayan Calendar, our next date with doom is due on December 31st, 2012...

　　The Coffee Table Book of Doom is a brilliantly funny yet erudite compendium of all the 27 doom-laden horsemen we need to worry about - personal doom, gender erosion, asteroid impact, pandemics, super storms, sexual ruin - and much more besides.

　　★本書中譯版《世界末日完全指南》由商周出版。

作者簡介

史帝文．艾頗比Steven Appleby

　　藝術家、作家與漫畫家，作品散見報章雜誌、書籍與許多展覽，也出現在電台、電視，甚至戲劇舞台上。現居南倫敦，與一大家子秀異不凡的家人生活在一起。

　　Steven Appleby is a cartoonist and illustrator living in Britain. A dual citizen of the UK and Canada, Appleby has published over 20 books, had many exhibitions of paintings and collaborated on a musical play, Crocs In Frocks which was staged in Camberwell and at the ICA, London in 2006. His work has also appeared on album covers, most notably on Trompe le Monde by the Pixies. His strip Loomus can currently be seen in the Guardian.

阿爾特．萊斯德Art Lester

　　作家、記者與一神論教派的牧師。經營過餐廳、酒吧，追隨各地嘉年華會的舉行而到處旅行。據稱，還有一些國家，他尚未居住過。

　　Originally from North Carolina, Art Lester is a writer, journalist and Unitarian minister who now lives in London. In past lives he has owned restaurants, bars, travelled with the carnival and there are reported to be several countries he hasn't lived in yet. He is the author of the prize-winning Seeing with Your Ears: Spirituality for Those Who Can't Believe and is collaborating with Steven Appleby on a number of books - so watch this space!