A new book by the British cultural journalist Dorian Lynskey chronicles our centuries-old obsession with doomsday scenarios.

Storytelling is part of being human. In this nonfiction book, we learn why and how such narratives can also be a trap ...

In a totalitarian version of Great Britain, hovering somewhere in an adjacent present or near ­future, people are either ...

The Stories We Tell About The End of The World,” Dorian Lynskey cites a 2020 poll in which nearly 60 percent of young ...