BassoonPlatoon

The first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and his canon: A Study in Scarlet.

Watson's opener of his time as an Army Medic currently intrigues me because on Blue Bloods all of the law enforcement members of the family also have a military background, that they go to extreme lengths not to discuss.

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spookn

Bible (no religion here)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (sci fi)
the alchemist, Paulo Coelho
Simply Learn Hebrew
The Time Keeper, Mitch Albom
and lastly, John Sandford (great cop books) (prey series)
OH yeah, I have to read my bills!
Good people go to hell
saved people go to the kingdom

Chula Vista

Absolutely essential post-apocalyptic novel. Easily in my top 10.

Reading Uzumaki on Bat's rec. Starts out a bit slow but DAMN! Went from 0 to 90 MPH in just a few pages last night. SPIRALS!!!!!!

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BassoonPlatoon

By "post-apocalyptic" do you mean dystopian or are they separate genres to you?

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The Batlord

When talking about Uzumaki it's its own thing but post-apocalyptic eventually is warranted. Dystopian is not relevant.

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Chula Vista

Dystopian: relating to or denoting an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one.

Post Apocalyptic: denoting or relating to the time following a nuclear war or other catastrophic event.

Two very different genres. Canticle for Leibowitz is 100% post-apocalytic.

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and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

The Batlord

Never finished it but obviously. Calling it dystopian would be like calling a handjob an orgy.

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Chula Vista

Ever read On the Beach? Another classic post-apocalyptic novel. I had a terrible time reading the last chapter because of all of the tears streaming down my face. One of only a handful of novels to do that to me.

The Road and parts of Pet Cemetery being a couple others. (reading the latter about a month after Sherri was born was a mistake in hindsight)

Some other great PA books I've read:

The Stand
Swan Song
I Am Legend
World War Z
Lucifer's Hammer
One Second After
Wool
Childhood's End
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
Blindness
Earth Abides

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and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

OccultHawk

We talked about it before but seriously one of the most engaging powerful and even if not entirely on point scientifically based on what we know now about meteorology it’s still a crucially important read.



And also The Road. Goddamn. Talk about a book that will bring you head to head with human nature and mortality. And Childhood’s End...****ing jaw dropping.

Don’t **** up and watch the movies first people.

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Chula Vista

I remember now. About your Spoiler, same for me. The last couple of chapters had me gutted deep.

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on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”