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Originally Posted by WillAdams
Elfwreck, Steven R. Boyett's _Ariel_ and _Elegy Beach_ books examine a post-apocalyptic world (but w/ no working technology, but w/ working magic) --- well worth reading.
Another story examining a post-apocalyptic world is Charles de Lint's _Svaha_ which I found to be a lot of fun.
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I read and enjoyed Ariel long ago; Elegy Beach I'm still debating about. It's available in paper--right now, the hardcover is less than $4 at Amazon new (!) or the standard $.01+shipping for used hardcover or paperbacks. And, of course, it's available with DRM, which I don't do.
Ariel is at Fictionwise in multiformat, at a bit more than I'm willing to pay for fiction ebooks. ($8 for an almost thirty-year-old ebook? No way.)
I've liked everything of de Lint's I've read; I'll keep an eye out for Svaha, but again, I'm very iffy about reading anything on paper anymore, and it's not likely to show up as a non-DRM'd ebook.
If we get to do book recs,
Caravan by Stephen Goldin was one of my favorites as a teenager, and probably greatly shaped how I think about post-apoc settings. It's a no-fantastic-elements story of the gradual collapse of US society and a small group trying to rebuild by moving through the broken cities and gathering a few people who'll be able to work within a new community.