![]() Among other things, Priscilla shares intimate details about their 18 years together, the complications of it all and the life of the king. To prepare, I read her memoir, Elvis and Me. Of all our stories, she is the only one to have the story of being his wife, confidant, friend, accomplice and the mother of his child. When I got the invitation to moderate a discussion of the king's life and work with Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, I was naturally floored. Like most music lovers, I've been an Elvis fan all my life. For that, some forgave him and others turned away. Even at his worst moments, he seemed to be all of this. ![]() ![]() He was wild and creative, alive and vibrant, reckless, impetuous, generous, unstoppable, hypnotic and consuming. He was rock 'n' roll and for that matter he was a parable for our country during his time. The first time they heard him, the first time they saw him, the time they did a remake of one of his hits or imitated his style… Elvis was a lot of things, which makes for a lot of stories. I want to put the record straight from my side'.Įveryone has an Elvis story. 'I just want to clear up so many things that have been altered or perceived differently. I feel much more comfortable with crowds, with people and with talking', says Priscilla Presley. Priscilla Presley: 'I start my show off saying, 'You're probably wondering why I'm doing this'. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I am upset I didn’t get the outcome I wanted, plus barely any spider action. Unfortunately, Ben Broussard and the military men who follow him don’t agree, and Pilgrim, Guyer, and the loyal members of the government have to flee, leaving the question: what’s more dangerous, the spiders or ourselves? She’s gone as far as she can-more than two dozen American cities hit with tactical nukes, the country torn asunder-and the only answer is to believe in Professor Guyer. But among the government, there is dissent: do we try to kill all of the spiders, or do we gamble on Professor Guyer’s theory that we need to kill only the queens?įor President Stephanie Pilgrim, it’s an easy answer. The only thing more terrifying than millions of spiders is the realization that those spiders work as one. ![]() ![]() In the thrilling, nerve-wracking finale of Ezekiel Boone’s “hair-raising” ( Parade) Hatching series, the United States goes to war against the queen spiders that threaten to overtake the human race forever. ![]() ![]() ![]() Of course, there are plenty more great apocalypse and post-apocalypse novels that didn’t fit on this list, and I haven’t read enough books in translation in this genre, so as ever, please add on your own favorites in the comments. ![]() We could argue all day about what actually constitutes an “apocalypse”-2020 is checking a lot of boxes, as you may have noticed-so for the most part, I’ve gone with my gut. I’ve done my best to limit this list to books in which there is-or has been-some kind of literal apocalypse, excluding dystopias (like The Handmaid’s Tale) or simply bleak visions of the future. Humans have been pondering the end of existence for as long as we’ve been aware of it (probably, I mean, I wasn’t there), and as a result we have a rich collection of apocalypse and post-apocalypse literature to read during our planet’s senescence. After all, someone must survive to tell the tale. The end of the world is never really the end of the world-at least not in fiction. ![]() |