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Jordanian-born designer Rad Hourani is known for his futuristic, hard-edged, unisex designs. With his Tranclassic leather jacket, he has taken his aesthetic and made a garment that's rapture-ready. More »
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How will you live after the Rapture? Assuming you're not one of those who gets lifted up, you'll need to learn some survival skills for dealing with the Mark of the Beast and all the tribulations. More »
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On the streets of Chicago, a savvy telephone-pole huckster was selling Rapture-jets to circumvent God's plan of Hoovering only the pious up to Heaven. For $50K, you can beat the system! Stick it to the bearded man on a cloud! More »
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Looking for the right bundt for The Rapture? The perfect pie for global pandemics? You just might find your recipe at Apocalypse Cakes, quite possibly the internet's only doomsday-themed pastry blog. More »
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For those of you counting down until the end of days, have you considered what'll happen to your pets once you're spirited away to heaven? Eternal Earth-Bound Pets has, and promises to care for your pet after the apocalypse. More »
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Tim Warnock has provided concept artwork and designs for Watchmen and Harry Potter. Just for fun, he's created a series of stunning matte paintings that capture Bioshock's underwater city of Rapture in its glory days, all shimmering art deco. More »
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So you're writing a science fiction story or script about a hot new drug, that all the kids are licking or sticking or smoking. And you want a name for this drug that screams "awesome" and sounds like something the kids would go apeshit over. But all the cool names, like KillKillKill and Pink Robots, are already taken. What do you do? Why not call your fictional drug Rapture? After all that name has only been used a zillion times before in science fiction — as well as being the street name of a real-life drug. What's one more time? More »
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This concept artwork from 2K Games' BioShock shows one of the most starkly dystopian video game worlds created in the past several years. Here you can see one of the observation areas in a city that has seen better days. More »
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