TY - BOOK AU - Biskind,Peter TI - The sky is falling: how vampires, zombies, androids, and superheroes made America great for extremism SN - 9781620974292 PY - 2018/// CY - New York PB - The New Press KW - Popular culture KW - United States KW - History KW - 21st century KW - Political aspects KW - Radicalism KW - Social aspects KW - Political culture KW - Right and left (Political science) KW - Polarization (Social sciences) KW - Civilization N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-241) and index; Beyond the fringe: an introduction -- Part I: Winter has come -- Apocalypse now -- Bleeding hearts -- Doing the right thing -- Part II: Who'll stop the rain? -- Gone fishin' -- Coming apart -- Draining the swamp -- Part III: Breaking bad -- The silence of the lambs -- Beauty in the beast -- License to kill -- Part IV: Heaven can't wait -- What a piece of work was man -- Anywhere but here -- No exit -- Conclusion: The return of the center ER -