Good post-apocalyptic novels in ebook format? - Page 2

andyafro · 12-09-2007, 02:54 PM

1/ The Road - Cormac McCarthy
2/ World War Z - Max Brooks
3/ I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
4/ Autofac - Philip K Dick
5/ Autumn Series - David Moody
6/ Cell - Stephen King

jfrancis · 12-12-2007, 12:49 PM

This should keep me busy for awhile!

Regards,
John Francis

TadW · 12-16-2007, 03:20 AM

Not necessarily "post-apocalyptic", but definitely "speculative" is this top of 2007 list by Pat's Fantasy:

1- Black Man/Thirteen by Richard Morgan (Del Rey/Gollancz)
2- Reaper's Gale by Steven Erikson (Tor Books/Bantam Press)
3- Ink by Hal Duncan (Del Rey/Pan MacMillan)
4- Brasyl by Ian McDonald (Pyr/Gollancz)
5- Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay (Penguin Books/Simon & Schuster)
6- The Terror by Dan Simmons (Little, Brown and co./Bantam Press)
7- Dreamsongs, Volume 1 by George R. R. Martin (Bantam Dell/Gollancz)
8- Red Seas under Red Skies by Scott Lynch (Bantam Dell/Gollancz)
9- Fatal Revenant by Stephen R. Donaldson (Putnam/Gollancz)
10- Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novik (Del Rey/Voyager)

http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/2...on-titles.html

BenG · 12-16-2007, 05:40 AM

Also there's Stephen Vincent Benet's short story, "By The Waters of Babylon".
Written in 1937 it was inspired, not by the atomic bomb, but by 1937 bombing of Guernica, in which Fascist military forces destroyed the majority of the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
You can read it online at http://www.tkinter.smig.net/Outings/...ts/Babylon.htm

Alexander Turcic · 12-16-2007, 06:12 AM

Right now I am reading Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood. Wonderful literature portraying a bleak future that may not be too far from now.

http://www.amazon.com/Oryx-Crake-Mar...7803488&sr=8-1

ggendel · 12-16-2007, 09:37 AM

I slugged through Samuel Delaney's "Einstein Intersection" and "Dhalgren" and have to say that I just didn't get it. In fact, I think that Dhalgren was the only book that I put down with 50 pages to go and never went back.

Unless there was some background reading that I needed to do first, these books must be an "insider's" story since I couldn't put the pieces together, and I really tried.

Gary

nekokami · 12-16-2007, 11:28 AM

Bah. Firefox just interpreted a random keystroke as a "back" command and lost the post I was working on.

The Gate to Women's Country is a post-apocalyptic book by Sherri Tepper that might appeal to fans of Margaret Atwood.

I also recommend The Clowns of God, by Morris West. Sadly, it's not available as an ebook, as far as I know. But it's a very interesting look at the kind of nuclear hysteria that was in the back of all our minds during the Cold War, from the point of view of a Pope who receives a vision of the coming of World War III -- and gets forced out of the Church hierarchy as a result. Recommended for those who liked A Canticle for Liebowitz.

tompe · 12-21-2007, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by TadW

3- Ink by Hal Duncan (Del Rey/Pan MacMillan)

I think you have to read Vellum before Ink to really appreciate it. Reading Vellum and Ink was at least an experience. I have not yet decided if the books were good or not...

carld · 12-23-2007, 01:15 PM

I'm currently reading City at World's End by Edmund Hamilton, available right here thanks to JSWolf. It's the story of a 1940s (I think) mid-west town thrown millions or billions of years into the future to an empty and dying Earth. It's got a post-apocalyptic feel to it, though it's not really in that genre. Fair warning though: Hamilton's view of women is old-fashioned to the point of being quaint or offensive, but it's an interesting read if you can overlook that part.

hogleg · 12-26-2007, 05:11 AM

I'm writing one. I'll let you know how it tuns out.

Over · 05-21-2008, 06:18 PM

Try the Vampire Earth series, by E. E. Knight

Hadrien · 05-21-2008, 06:38 PM

I've created a list of books available on Feedbooks for apocalypse/post-apocalypse: http://www.feedbooks.com/list/view/64

badgoodDeb · 05-21-2008, 08:46 PM

How about some DURING apocalyptic books. I bought these in ereader for Palm, 4 years ago so they should still be available in other formats too:
ChristCloneTrilogy by James BeauSeigneur
1- In His Image
2- Birth of an Age
3- Acts of God

thijso · 05-23-2008, 03:32 AM

I found the series starting with Dies the Fire by S.M. Stirling quite good fun. The companion series starting with Island in the Sea of Time is also ok, but is alternate history, rather than post-apocalyptic.

I have seen the Dies the Fire stuff as e-books somewhere...

wayrad · 05-23-2008, 06:51 AM

Leigh Brackett, The Long Tomorrow
David Palmer, Emergence
Sterling Lanier, Hiero's Journey

12-09-2007, 02:54 PM	#16
andyafro Connoisseur Posts: 98 Karma: 140 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: sony reader prs-500	1/ The Road - Cormac McCarthy 2/ World War Z - Max Brooks 3/ I Am Legend - Richard Matheson 4/ Autofac - Philip K Dick 5/ Autumn Series - David Moody 6/ Cell - Stephen King Last edited by andyafro; 12-09-2007 at 02:58 PM.

12-12-2007, 12:49 PM	#17
jfrancis Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Shopping	Thanks for all the recommendations! This should keep me busy for awhile! Regards, John Francis

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wayrad Fanatic Posts: 551 Karma: 1121392 Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Device: HTC One M8	Leigh Brackett, The Long Tomorrow David Palmer, Emergence Sterling Lanier, Hiero's Journey Last edited by wayrad; 05-23-2008 at 06:52 AM. Reason: afterthought

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12-16-2007, 03:20 AM	#18
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	Not necessarily "post-apocalyptic", but definitely "speculative" is this top of 2007 list by Pat's Fantasy: 1- Black Man/Thirteen by Richard Morgan (Del Rey/Gollancz) 2- Reaper's Gale by Steven Erikson (Tor Books/Bantam Press) 3- Ink by Hal Duncan (Del Rey/Pan MacMillan) 4- Brasyl by Ian McDonald (Pyr/Gollancz) 5- Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay (Penguin Books/Simon & Schuster) 6- The Terror by Dan Simmons (Little, Brown and co./Bantam Press) 7- Dreamsongs, Volume 1 by George R. R. Martin (Bantam Dell/Gollancz) 8- Red Seas under Red Skies by Scott Lynch (Bantam Dell/Gollancz) 9- Fatal Revenant by Stephen R. Donaldson (Putnam/Gollancz) 10- Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novik (Del Rey/Voyager) http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/2...on-titles.html

12-16-2007, 05:40 AM	#19
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	Also there's Stephen Vincent Benet's short story, "By The Waters of Babylon". Written in 1937 it was inspired, not by the atomic bomb, but by 1937 bombing of Guernica, in which Fascist military forces destroyed the majority of the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. You can read it online at http://www.tkinter.smig.net/Outings/...ts/Babylon.htm

12-16-2007, 06:12 AM	#20
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,175 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Right now I am reading Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood. Wonderful literature portraying a bleak future that may not be too far from now. http://www.amazon.com/Oryx-Crake-Mar...7803488&sr=8-1

12-16-2007, 09:37 AM	#21
ggendel Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 54 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Cybook 3	I slugged through Samuel Delaney's "Einstein Intersection" and "Dhalgren" and have to say that I just didn't get it. In fact, I think that Dhalgren was the only book that I put down with 50 pages to go and never went back. Unless there was some background reading that I needed to do first, these books must be an "insider's" story since I couldn't put the pieces together, and I really tried. Gary

12-16-2007, 11:28 AM	#22
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Bah. Firefox just interpreted a random keystroke as a "back" command and lost the post I was working on. The Gate to Women's Country is a post-apocalyptic book by Sherri Tepper that might appeal to fans of Margaret Atwood. I also recommend The Clowns of God, by Morris West. Sadly, it's not available as an ebook, as far as I know. But it's a very interesting look at the kind of nuclear hysteria that was in the back of all our minds during the Cold War, from the point of view of a Pope who receives a vision of the coming of World War III -- and gets forced out of the Church hierarchy as a result. Recommended for those who liked A Canticle for Liebowitz.

12-23-2007, 01:15 PM	#24
carld Wizard Posts: 2,698 Karma: 4748723 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I'm currently reading City at World's End by Edmund Hamilton, available right here thanks to JSWolf. It's the story of a 1940s (I think) mid-west town thrown millions or billions of years into the future to an empty and dying Earth. It's got a post-apocalyptic feel to it, though it's not really in that genre. Fair warning though: Hamilton's view of women is old-fashioned to the point of being quaint or offensive, but it's an interesting read if you can overlook that part.

12-26-2007, 05:11 AM	#25
hogleg Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 452360 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Hanlin V3	I'm writing one. I'll let you know how it tuns out.

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Over Wizard Posts: 1,462 Karma: 6061516 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cascais, Portugal Device: Kindle PW, Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2", OnePlus 6	Try the Vampire Earth series, by E. E. Knight

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Hadrien Feedbooks.com Co-Founder Posts: 2,263 Karma: 145123 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris, France Device: Sony PRS-t-1/350/300/500/505/600/700, Nexus S, iPad	I've created a list of books available on Feedbooks for apocalypse/post-apocalypse: http://www.feedbooks.com/list/view/64

05-21-2008, 08:46 PM	#28
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,550 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	How about some DURING apocalyptic books. I bought these in ereader for Palm, 4 years ago so they should still be available in other formats too: ChristCloneTrilogy by James BeauSeigneur 1- In His Image 2- Birth of an Age 3- Acts of God

05-23-2008, 03:32 AM	#29
thijso Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Device: iRex iLiad, iRex iLiad book ed, Onyx Boox M92	I found the series starting with Dies the Fire by S.M. Stirling quite good fun. The companion series starting with Island in the Sea of Time is also ok, but is alternate history, rather than post-apocalyptic. I have seen the Dies the Fire stuff as e-books somewhere...