View Full Version : Good post-apocalyptic read?
elgalloblanco
11-19-2010, 09:42 AM
Just finished the Wastelands (dark tower 3) and was curious if AO could recommend some other TEOTWAWKI type novels.
SCpoloRicker
11-19-2010, 03:27 PM
"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
"World War Z" by Alex Brooks
Off the top of my head.
Frizzle Fry
11-19-2010, 11:44 PM
"The Stand (must be unabridged)" - Steven King
"The Postman" - Dave Brin
"The Last Man" - Mary Shelley
"The Year of the Quiet Sun" - Wilson Tuck
And my personal favorite, but little-known (or at least remembered):
"Alas Babylon" - Paul Frank
Another couple that you shouldn't overlook -
"Metro 2033" (don't remember the authors name)
Started as an online collaboration in Russia, then turned into a book, and recently a videogame. I'll admit I only read it because I loved the game and heard the story of how it came to be from a coworker, but the book is actually kind of amazing.
"I have not mouth, but I must scream" (Harland Ellis)
Another one I discovered through videogames, at work. Wicked old short story, with a wicked old RTS based on it. I found it through Amazon and enjoyed it thouroughly - the game is fun too, but you'll have to find an ancient computer to run it; it dates back to the 90s (I wanna say just before Kurt died :p )
Coralis
11-20-2010, 08:25 PM
Read this in high school http://www.thebookcritics.net/a-canticle-for-leibowitz/ it was different well worth a read.
going_home
11-20-2010, 10:01 PM
Good post-apocalyptic read ?
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Since 1451 when the Bible was first published it has sold over 6 billion copies.
The best selling book of all time.
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neppo1345
11-21-2010, 08:43 PM
One Second After
elgalloblanco
11-22-2010, 10:57 AM
Thanks for all of the reply's. I will check them out.
GH- I like the main character and the ending of that one... ;)
Thordic
11-22-2010, 12:40 PM
I'll second The Postman, it's a quality book. The movie is crap.
Also, One Second After is amazing. I was tentative about reading it, given the Newt Gingrich forward I was expecting it to somehow have some blatant political nature, but the book is just damn good.
I'll throw I Am Legend into the mix.
Thordic
11-22-2010, 12:44 PM
Oh, and you shouldn't even be posting this thread if you haven't read The Stand yet. Go get it ASAP.
Sumthinwicked
11-22-2010, 01:46 PM
the deathlands james axel its a 100 book series based 100 years from now after nuc winter happens hes a stellar author and the outlanders prob about hte same which is 100 years later
elgalloblanco
11-22-2010, 01:55 PM
Oh, and you shouldn't even be posting this thread if you haven't read The Stand yet. Go get it ASAP.
I read The Stand before I started on The Gunslinger series. Very hard to put down :shooting:
Pyrate Jim
11-22-2010, 08:07 PM
"Triumph" by Phyllip Wylie.
Set in a French village, there are no army or military involved which sets it apart from most post-apocolyptal stories. Written in 1st person, almost like a diary, it describes the societal decline into a capitalist feudalism from the POV of a local owner of a vineyard/winery.
It's actually from the early-mid fifties and probably no longer in print but if you can find a copy, it's worth the read.
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