Good post-apocalyptic novels in ebook format? - Page 5

Richard Herley · 10-06-2008, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by HappyMartin

I read Refuge over the last weekend and enjoyed it. More than a fair price and fair deal, pay if you like the book, $1.80. I did and I did. Well worth the money.

Thank you -- this is just the kind of reaction I'd hoped for. If you have time and feel like adding a review, that would be better still.

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Originally Posted by Hadrien

I've added your book to the Apocalypse/Post-Apocalypse list Richard: http://www.feedbooks.com/list/64

Thanks again for all your help, Hadrien.

jaxx6166 · 10-06-2008, 01:11 PM

Vampire Earth started out real well, I lost interest around book #4 though. Any reason to pick it back up?

Also - if no one else has suggested it you could try all of the novels of "The Change" by SM Stirling.

All are available as ebooks too =) Dies the Fire is a great intro. to the "oh snap now what" mentality. I'm currently plugging through "The Scourge of God" and its interesting to see the transition from "The Change" to "The Change" plus 20.

Another good series to try is "Mistborn" which is sort of PA in a fantasy world (what if evil wins) and the current "Genesis of Shannara" trilogy that Terry Brooks just completed. (Armageddon's Children / The Elves of Cinta / The Gypsy Morph )

izmi · 10-08-2008, 05:24 AM

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood is also a brilliant P-A novel. It is about a woman name Offred, one of the few fertile women in a now descimated and heavily fundamental christian America.

HappyMartin · 10-08-2008, 06:05 AM

Actually CNN at the moment is starting to sound increasingly like a post apocalyptic novel in progress.

Over · 10-08-2008, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by jaxx6166

Vampire Earth started out real well, I lost interest around book #4 though. Any reason to pick it back up?

I don't know, as I've only read the first 4 books!

But I have the other two pBooks already waiting to be read. And I will do so as soon as I finish reading Elantris, from the same author of Mistborn.

mores · 10-08-2008, 02:29 PM

I just want to subscribe to this thread for research when I'm in need for new books to read.

izmi · 10-10-2008, 11:14 AM

I keep thinking of good novels to reccommend in this genre, or in a genre extremely close to it. I must admit that I have something of an obsessesion with post-apocalyptic and dystopian literature.

Anyway, a good author to try is Greg Bear. Blood Music is a.m.a.z.i.n.g. It's all about a viral change to the entire planet, and although it's now 23 years old, it is still simply fantastic. I didn't even realise it was as old as I am until I checked the publication date. I also really enjoyed the Darwin series; Darwin's Radio and Darwin's Children. It is not so much P-A or dystopian, they are somewhat similar, and well worth the read.

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Originally Posted by Richard Herly

If it's post-apocalyptic you're after, can I puff my own latest novel, Refuge?

I have read the first few chapters of this book, and am quite enjoying it.

astra · 10-10-2008, 11:16 AM

On another forum I have found the following list (not only ebook):

Margaret Atwood - Oryx and Crake
David Brin - The Postman
Terry Brooks - Armegeddon's Children
Philip K. Dick - Dr. Bloodmoney
Philip K. Dick - The Penultimate Truth
Hal Duncan - The Book of All Hours Duology
General John Hackett - Third World War
James Herbert - Rats Trilogy
Stephen King - The Stand
Stephen King - The Dark Tower Series
Stephen King - The Cell
Richard Matheson - I am Legend
Robert McCammon - Swansong
Cormac McCarthy - The Road
Paul J McAuley - Fairyland
Walter M. Miller - A Canticle for Leibowitz
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle - Lucifers Hammer
Jeff Vandermeer - Veniss Underground
Alastair Reynolds - Chasm City
Jeff Somers - The Electric Church
George R. Stewart - Earth Abides
S. M. Stirling - Dies the Fire
S. M. Stirling - Island in the Sea of Time
S. M. Stirling - Snow Brother (the first of the Fifth Millinium series)
Patrick Tilley - Amtrack Wars Series
Roger Zelazny - Damnation Alley

Gibbo · 10-10-2008, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by izmi

Anyway, a good author to try is Greg Bear. Blood Money is a.m.a.z.i.n.g. It's all about a viral change to the entire planet, and although it's now 23 years old, it is still simply fantastic. I didn't even realise it was as old as I am until I checked the publication date.

I think you meant Blood Music, right?

rwtreptow · 10-10-2008, 02:47 PM

Check out the Change Series by S.M. Sterling

I just finished book 1: The Sunrise Lands

It's a good twist with demise of high-technology and reversion to middle ages tech

Sparrow · 10-10-2008, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by rwtreptow

It's a good twist with demise of high-technology and reversion to middle ages tech

John Cristopher wrote a couple of excellent (young adult) trilogies on the same theme - 'Tripods' and 'the Prince in Waiting'.

ZenEngineer · 10-10-2008, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by rwtreptow

Check out the Change Series by S.M. Sterling

I just finished book 1: The Sunrise Lands

It's a good twist with demise of high-technology and reversion to middle ages tech

Actually, Dies The Fire is the first book in that series. The Sunrise Lands is 4th book in the series and begins the tie-in to an even earlier series that started with Island In The Sea Of Time.

izmi · 10-10-2008, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Gibbo

I think you meant Blood Music, right?

Why yes, I did. That'll teach me for posting at absurd hours in the morning. Thanks.

dadioflex · 10-13-2008, 11:55 AM

Edit.

jrod · 10-14-2008, 06:07 PM

How about Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank.

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10-06-2008, 01:11 PM	#62
jaxx6166 Wizard Posts: 1,222 Karma: 769316 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Eternal summer Device: 350, iPad, PW	Vampire Earth started out real well, I lost interest around book #4 though. Any reason to pick it back up? Also - if no one else has suggested it you could try all of the novels of "The Change" by SM Stirling. All are available as ebooks too =) Dies the Fire is a great intro. to the "oh snap now what" mentality. I'm currently plugging through "The Scourge of God" and its interesting to see the transition from "The Change" to "The Change" plus 20. Another good series to try is "Mistborn" which is sort of PA in a fantasy world (what if evil wins) and the current "Genesis of Shannara" trilogy that Terry Brooks just completed. (Armageddon's Children / The Elves of Cinta / The Gypsy Morph )

10-08-2008, 05:24 AM	#63
izmi A little bit crazy. Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Timaru, New Zealand. Device: Asus F80S.	The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood is also a brilliant P-A novel. It is about a woman name Offred, one of the few fertile women in a now descimated and heavily fundamental christian America.

10-08-2008, 06:05 AM	#64
HappyMartin Martin Kristiansen Posts: 1,546 Karma: 8480958 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Johannesburg Device: Kindle International Ipad 2	Actually CNN at the moment is starting to sound increasingly like a post apocalyptic novel in progress.

10-08-2008, 02:29 PM	#66
mores Guru Posts: 834 Karma: 102419 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Vienna, Austria Device: iPhone	I just want to subscribe to this thread for research when I'm in need for new books to read.

10-10-2008, 11:16 AM	#68
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	On another forum I have found the following list (not only ebook): Margaret Atwood - Oryx and Crake David Brin - The Postman Terry Brooks - Armegeddon's Children Philip K. Dick - Dr. Bloodmoney Philip K. Dick - The Penultimate Truth Hal Duncan - The Book of All Hours Duology General John Hackett - Third World War James Herbert - Rats Trilogy Stephen King - The Stand Stephen King - The Dark Tower Series Stephen King - The Cell Richard Matheson - I am Legend Robert McCammon - Swansong Cormac McCarthy - The Road Paul J McAuley - Fairyland Walter M. Miller - A Canticle for Leibowitz Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle - Lucifers Hammer Jeff Vandermeer - Veniss Underground Alastair Reynolds - Chasm City Jeff Somers - The Electric Church George R. Stewart - Earth Abides S. M. Stirling - Dies the Fire S. M. Stirling - Island in the Sea of Time S. M. Stirling - Snow Brother (the first of the Fifth Millinium series) Patrick Tilley - Amtrack Wars Series Roger Zelazny - Damnation Alley

10-10-2008, 02:47 PM	#70
rwtreptow Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: Dell AXIM X51v	Check out the Change Series by S.M. Sterling I just finished book 1: The Sunrise Lands It's a good twist with demise of high-technology and reversion to middle ages tech

10-14-2008, 06:07 PM	#75
jrod Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	How about Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank.