{"title":"Tom Phillips","description":"\u003cp\u003eTom Phillips' work spans a fascinating range of genres, blending inventive artistry with thoughtful exploration. From the experimental visual narrative of \u003cem\u003eA Humument\u003c\/em\u003e to reflective titles like \u003cem\u003eA Brief History of the End of the F*cking World\u003c\/em\u003e, his books challenge conventional forms and invite readers to engage with complex ideas in fresh ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders will find his writing traverses philosophy, culture, and history, often infused with a playful yet profound spirit. 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Across thousands of years, we'll meet weird cults, failed prophets and mass panics, holy warriors leading revolts in anticipation of the last days, and suburbanites waiting for aliens to rescue them from a doomed Earth. We'll journey back to the 'worst period to be alive', as the world reeled from a simultaneous pandemic and climate crisis. And we'll look to the future to ask the unnerving question: how might it all end?\n\nBut it's also a book about how we live in a world where catastrophe is always looming - whether it's a madman with a nuclear button or the slow burn of environmental collapse. Because when we talk about the end of the world, what we really mean is the end of our world. Our obsession with doomsday is really about change: our fear of it, and our desire for it, and how - ultimately - we can find hope in it.\n\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for the \u003ci\u003eBrief History\u003c\/i\u003e series:\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n'Uproarious . . . 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Phillips traverses this sprawling terrain with energy and charm\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cb\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExceptionally funny from cover to cover, it is not only an entertaining read but also deeply researched and thoughtful\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cb\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFans of Phillips's earlier books \u003ci\u003eHumans\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTruth\u003c\/i\u003e will be pleased that the ex-BuzzFeed editor is on form, not letting the grimness of his subject spoil his gagsmithery\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA great read ... [Phillips] fills his timeline of unfilled apocalypses with wry humour\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cb\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDo you feel like we're living in the end times? Does it seem like everything is on fire, and one disaster follows another?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere's a small comfort: you're not the first to feel that way. If there's one thing that people throughout history have agreed on, it's that history wasn't going to be around for much longer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is about the apocalypse, and how humans have always believed it to be very f*cking nigh. Across thousands of years, we'll meet weird cults, failed prophets and mass panics, holy warriors leading revolts in anticipation of the last days, and suburbanites waiting for aliens to rescue them from a doomed Earth. We'll journey back to the 'worst period to be alive', as the world reeled from a simultaneous pandemic and climate crisis. And we'll look to the future to ask the unnerving question: how might it all end?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut it's also a book about how we live in a world where catastrophe is always looming - whether it's a madman with a nuclear button or the slow burn of environmental collapse. Because when we talk about the end of the world, what we really mean is the end of our world. Our obsession with doomsday is really about change: our fear of it, and our desire for it, and how - ultimately - we can find hope in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the \u003cem\u003eBrief History\u003c\/em\u003e series:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUproarious . . . Abundant good humour\u003c\/em\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWitty, entertaining and slightly distressing... 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[Phillips and Elledge] pair the abundant good humour of this book with a warning about the corrosive effects of conspiracy theories' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the Satanic Panic to the anti-vaxx movement, the moon landing to Pizzagate, it's always been human nature to believe we're being lied to by the powers that be (and sometimes, to be fair, we absolutely are).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut while it can be fun to indulge in a bit of Deep State banter on the group chat, recent times have shown us that some of these theories have taken on a life of their own - and in our dogged quest for the truth, it appears we might actually be doing it some damage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eConspiracy\u003c\/i\u003e, Tom Phillips and Jonn Elledge take us on a fascinating, insightful and often hilarious journey through conspiracy theories old and new, to try and answer a vital question for our times: how can we learn to log off the QAnon message boards, and start trusting hard evidence again?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for the \u003ci\u003eBrief History\u003c\/i\u003e series:\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Witty, entertaining and slightly distressing... 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Art, science, culture, trade - on the evolutionary food chain, we're real winners. But, frankly, it's not exactly been plain sailing, and sometimes - just occasionally - we've managed to really, truly, quite unbelievably f*ck things up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Chairman Mao's Four Pests Campaign, to the American Dustbowl; from the Austrian army attacking \u003ci\u003eitself\u003c\/i\u003e one drunken night, to the world's leading superpower electing a reality TV mogul as President... it's pretty safe to say that, as a species, we haven't exactly grown wiser with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSo, next time you think you've really f*cked up, this book will remind you: it could be so much worse...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFurther praise for \u003ci\u003eHumans\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A light-touch history of moments when humans have got it spectacularly wrong... 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