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ExitMundi.nl is a website with a collection of end of the world articles. The writing mixes scientific analyses and theories of apocalyptic scenarios with dark humour relating to the end of times. Theories presented cover a range of possible sources of human demise. The site is based in the Netherlands. Disease, nuclear war, asteroids, even fictional scenarios like zombies are laid out in detailed and thoroughly researched descriptions .〔 In May 2008, a rewritten selection of 50 end-of-world scenarios was published as a book in the Netherlands: (Exit Mundi, het einde van de wereld. De beste 50 scenario's. ) Translations are in the works. The German edition was published in June 2010 by dtv. In February 2011, the German artist Bela B recorded the double cd Exit Mundi, with ten scenarios from the German translation of Exit Mundi. At the release of the cd, Bela B. did a 15 location-tour with the Exit Mundi cd through Germany, Switzerland and Austria, reading the texts from Exit Mundi on stage and even singing texts from the book to the tune of R.E.M.'s hit single It's The End Of The World As We Know It. == Early history == Maarten Keulemans launched the website in 2001 strictly for fun. In several interviews, he points out that the main reason for launching the site was that as a professional science journalist, he came across many apocalyptic scenarios, ranging from well-known disasters like black holes and supervolcanoes to less well-known events like the big crunch or mass suicide. As time passed, Keulemans kept on collecting more and more scenarios, aided by a growing amount of devoted Exit Mundi fans. His mix of sardonic humor and scientific correctness gave the website cult status. The website got many good reviews on- and offline, in magazines as diverse as New Scientist, Playboy and several Dutch leading newspapers. Meanwhile, Keulemans, who always insisted on keeping the website low profile and not for profit, ended up in many radio shows, written interviews and on TV. 'I sort of became Mister Apocalypse', he muses in the introduction to Exit Mundi the book. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ExitMundi.nl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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