Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction: Storytelling and Survival 1
5. 1. Telling Other Tales: Rememory in The Road 23
6. 2. Adaptations and Mutations: I Am Legend’s Double Helix 46
7. 3. Revolting Reanimations: The 28 Films 69
8. 4. Maternal Backgrounds: Children of Men 95
9. 5. Myth and Metamorphosis: Beasts of the Southern Wild 119
10. Epilogue: After Man, or, Death by Story 142
11. Acknowledgments 147
12. Notes 151
13. References 169
14. Index 181
15. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 195