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GOOD Books: When 2012 Was the Future

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As the first week of the year comes to a close, we're taking a look at books set in 2012 to see what authors predicted for the year ahead. Thanks to the abundance of apocalyptic myths surrounding the Mayan calendar, many authors chose 2012 as the go-to setting for futuristic, Armageddon, doomsday novels.

While this week's writers seem to have a soft spot for aliens and world destruction, don’t fret. Instead, brace yourself for a flood of fantastical, fast-paced adventures. (Or just mark your calendars for December 21 as the day to lock yourself in the basement.) According to most of these books, we've entered the year of the apocalypse. Hang on; it may be a wild one.

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