Spring, 1999
LSW 200 / Sect 4

SURFING TO
THE END OF THE WORLD

Here is a collection of links treating millennial and apocalyptic themes. Some are scholarly, some are just out there. Meanwhile, Keep checking back, since this page will be updated and annotated by students in the writing class "The End of the World".

Topics include:

If you have something to add, email me at acarr@alleg.edu.

Pelletier Library A-V Specialist Helen McCullough has put together a page on Web Research Tools that guided this class in writing the site annotations and in thinking about using the internet for research. Previous student contributors are identified with each annotation and listed below. Some folks have requested to be linked to this site.

Scholars

Center for Millennial Studies, submitted by Heather Hutchison
The website for the Center for Millennial studies contains well-organized information and articles on different theories concerning the end of the world. The authors are members of the Center writing essays and articles about the issues and views. The purpose of the page is to educate interested people about issues of the end of the world. Because of many authors, the page does not have a bias. Topics covered on the page are: the Y2K computer virus, international apocalyptic movements, and the Antichrist. The page also includes links to other articles that are related to the topic, and an address to e-mail the Center. It is useful for looking at several millennial issues, religious and secular. (22 Oct 1997)
Talk 2000 Resources Page provides bibliography on the Year 2000 in all of its aspects, ranging from the apocalyptic to global planning. One of the FAQ's for the Talk 2000 Forum
Online Millennium Discussion is sponsored by the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
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Islamic Apocalypticism

Appendix 25: The End of the World, submitted by Jessica Troilo
The author of Appendix 25, who remains anonymous, has written a commentary on the Muslim Holy Book to inform people of certain signs that appear in the Quran which supposedly lead to the end of the world. These signs can be used as a sort of "countdown" to the end. This debatable web page, which is well-researched, also includes a system of letters and numbers that can be utilized in a way to predict the year of the end of the world which is, according to this author, in the year 2280 A.D.

Militias

The Survival Right knows that the end is coming courtesy of satanic forces that have conspired throughout history to undermine America. Often this conspiracy is viewed in religious terms as a crusade by Satan and his seed to wreak havoc upon God's true chosen peopld, the Celts, lombards, Aryans and other members of Yahweh's true chosen white race.
James Coates, Armed and Dangerous NY: Hill and Wang, 1995, p. 227.
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Environmental Apocalypse

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Pop Cult(s)ure

Methos, submitted by Nick DeSanzo
Methos, also known as Death, from the four horsemen of the Apocalypse is alive and well! The true author is unknown, but his purpose is to let the world know that he is no longer known as death and that he does not act like he use to. After being in exile for almost 2000 years, Methos states many unrealistic happenings, some of which include that he is over 500 years old, has had 68 wives, and has met some of the wisest people in the world including Aristotle, Noah, Julius Caesar, and Cleopatra. He includes two photographs of himself, neither tell anything more than his looks. He gives links to his home page and to the site from where he received his photographs. No other link provides any useful information that would provide any measure of critical analysis. (Accessed February 28, 1999)
Watcher's Website collects conspiracy items and other current events reflecting PMT (Pre-Millennial Tension)
Armchair Armageddon lists books and movies on the subject. Interesting Links.
Triple Ought, a hypertext novel of the Millennial Crash and its Aftermath.(Feb 25 1999, site not available).
Apocalypse Culture, an essay by Ashley Crawford and Ray Edgar, from the e-zine 21.C (Feb 25 1999 Site not available).
Comic magazine 2000AD, featuring Judge Dredd and TankGirl!
Club 2000 run by Nick Statton, aka "Millennium Man"
Truth-in-Cinema Quest
This site uses the films of some of the world's greatest directors as powerful probes for exploring the depths and the heights of human existence. The section of the site that deals directly with the apocalypse is a 1993 essay Staring Into the Void. Artistically presented and thoughtful. Submitted by website creators Gregory and Maria Pearse (questers@hal-pc.org). (Feb 25 1999: or is the essay called "Dies Irae"?)
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Apocalyptic Rock

The Sex Pistols were there first. In 1977, Johnny Rotten proclaimed "I am the antichrist i am an anarchist" in Anarchy in the U.K..
To get you started, here's The Sex Pistols Unofficial Homepage, a Johnny Rotten Web Page and a fine obituary of Sid Vicious from the website on Jeff Pike's book Death of Rock 'n' Roll (Feb 25 1999 not available).
Navigating Marilyn Manson on the Web (Feb 25 1999 Site no longer available)
Links to the master of Antichrist Superstar.. Among many, you might be interested in Marilyn Manson's Church of Antichrist Superstar, although apparently, merely clicking on the page damns your soul.
Apokalypsis is a very thoughtful and scholarly essay by Paula O'Keefe on traditional end-of-the-world material and how it relates to MM's anti-christian mission. This essay included here.)
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Student contributors include: Aaron Andreaco, Keith Baldwin, Michelle Greiner, Nathan Hedin, Jennifer Henley, Heather Hutchison, Sarah Knopp, Jennifer Lorenzen, Daren Morgante, Audrey Rohrer, Dave Shellenbarger, Chris Sunderman, Jessica Troilo, Heather Volkman, Anthony J. Ventura, Caroline Wilson, and David Wingenroth.
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Site updated Nov 29, 1999