When Worlds Collide Bernie A. Van de Walle a staff writer for The

a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1960

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On Extinction is part travelogue

When Worlds Collide Bernie A. Van de Walle a staff writer for TheA runaway planet hurtles toward the earth. As it draws near, massive tidal waves, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions wrack our planet, devastating continents, drowning cities, and wiping out millions. In central North America, a team of scientists race to build a spacecraft powerful enough to escape the doomed earth. Their greatest threat, they soon discover, comes not from the skies but from other humans. A crackling plot and sizzling, cataclysmic