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10-23-2014, 10:25 AM
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Not sure if it counts but World War Z by Max Brooks might be my favourite post-apocalypse novel, although considering society doesn't fully crumble it's hard to say if it counts. Then again the word apocalypse was originally used to describe some massive revelation or change so I guess it does.
OH there's also Jam by Yahtzee Croshaw, it's a post-apocalypse novel about jam that devours organic matter. It's pretty funny, it's basically the unnatural spunk baby produced by a mutual masturbation session involving Grant Naylor, Douglas Adams, and Terry Pratchett. |
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10-23-2014, 10:38 AM
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I tried reading Canticle for Leibowitz a while back, but the heavy religious themes just turned me off. I don't mind religious themes up to a point, but I felt like the author was trying to convert me. And I notice nobody's mentioned I Am Legend. Another great book. Really makes you feel isolated.
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10-23-2014, 11:01 AM
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And ya, Canticle was a really tough read. I forced my way through a lot of sections.
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10-23-2014, 12:05 PM
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I haven't read nearly enough post-apocalyptic books, considering my favorite video game of all time is Fallout 3. I read The Road, and even though it ate away part of my soul and I will never get that back, it was perfect. Loved World War Z with a passion. Just recently sat down to watch the movie with my brother, was somewhat disappointed. I knew they would never, ever be able to recreate the book (the jumping narratives and dozens of interviewees makes that borderline impossible), but I was at LEAST expecting more than big-budget copy of 28 Days Later.
Anyway. Point is, I need to read more in the genre. Wait. I'm reading The Diary of a Young Girl right now. Does that count?
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10-24-2014, 10:13 PM
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I'm a big fan of Atwood's MadAddam trilogy and would The Time Machine count? Wasn't that big of a fan of The Stand's ending or the first two books of the Left Behind series. The Road is good but I think it's overrated.
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10-24-2014, 10:30 PM
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10-24-2014, 10:32 PM
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10-24-2014, 10:34 PM
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07-03-2015, 11:43 AM
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07-03-2015, 01:00 PM
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I'm not sure "The Doomed City" by the Strugatski Brothers counts, but I'll put it here anyway. It all happens in some weird place where people from different places and periods in time are part of some kind of experiment. Societys are being formed and destroyed and outside the city lie the ruins of places where it seems past experiments have taken place. Or perhaps parts of the current experiment. So there is definitely a postapocalyptic vibe there, but it's most certainly not the usual kind of such a story and it's more Kafka than straight out Sci-Fi.
And the Strugatski's "Roadside Picnic" is also somewhat postapocaliptic, people might know it as the inspiration for the movie Stalker and the unrelated game.
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