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There is always Larry Burkett - Solar Flare.. which is an apocalyptic style book set pretty close to modern day
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Not to spoil anything but at the very end there remains survival and hope for the angelic (or naive if you prefer) boy.
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01-04-2011, 07:44 PM | #49 |
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Stephenie Meyer, The Host
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Battlefield Earth
A science fiction novel set in the year 3000, when Earth is an empty wasteland full of aliens, and one man decides to marshal the survivors to rid Earth of the alien invaders. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/...ield-earth.htm I was in my "if its a big book it MUST be good phase" when I saw this in a remainder bin, having remembered my favorite science fiction author R. A. Heinlein mentioned Hubbard as being part of the then "golden age" of writers, I liked the book... kinda out there as a POST Apocalyptic story I liked Frank Herbert's The White Plague http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/...ite-plague.htm about what might drive a man to bring about the ruination of the world... and also War Day by Whitley Strieber and James Kunetka which might be a more realistic (for 1984) scenario the aftermath of a limited nuclear exchange http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warday and for a more hands on.. there's always playing fallout3 |
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01-11-2011, 03:21 PM | #54 |
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I forget where I saw the recommendation but at some point I saw Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky... I got 30% through and stopped.. but some of you may like it.
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I recommend The Death Of Grass (aka No Blade Of Grass) by John Christopher. It's a novel from 1956. An oldie but a goodie.
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Altered Carbon by Richard K Morgan
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I noticed someone had mentioned The Stand. I am an apocalyptic fiction and King fan, The Shining is probably in my top 3 favourite books I've read, but am intrigued by peoples comments on The Stand. I get a little put off sometimes with books that's over 800+ or so pages long! |
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'The quiet place' by Richard Maynard I enjoyed, read it two or three times - if you can get a version that is!
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I recommend "The Peace War" and "Marooned in Realtime", both by Vernor Vinge for a different look at post-apocalyptic. The first one should probably be read first, as some details carry over, but Marooned in Realtime was my first exposure to the concept of the the technology singularity.
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