Best films/books for preppers

[mamapants]

Good prepped/ Apocalypse books films.
I know I enjoy these but I can't think of many off the top of my head.
Any recommendations?

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Oh good thread idea.

I've just watched a few things on YouTube, so would love some ideas.

[mamapants]

I've just ordered the Cormac McCarthy book, The Road. I enjoyed the film and heard lots saying the book is much better.
I've also done a bit of hinting to get the walking dead box set as I missed too many episodes and had to atop watching and would like to get back into it.

[PrincessHairyMclary]

The Dome, on Amazon prime and based on a Stephen King book.

It's unlikely that we're going to get cut off by a mysterious dome but it's interesting to see how people react to being cut off and how preppers and non preparers fare.

[gamerchick]

Ah I loved the road.

Blackout gave me the heebie jeebies because you could imagine a cyber attack on the grid happening. Scary just how plugged into the machine we are. Put me off getting a proper generator for sure.

[ArmchairTraveller]

Do you mean fantasy scenarios with zombies, apocalypses and The Day Ater Tomorrow or practical guides?

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

Practical guide: SAS survival handbook
Post apocalyptic film: Waterworld
Novel: My Side of the Mountain (kids book), or the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson (establishing a colony and terraforming Mars)

Also some reminders here:en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_holocaust_fiction
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_apocalyptic_and_post-apocalyptic_fiction

[mamapants]

Is the dome different to Under the Dome. I loved the first series but now it keeps getting weirder and weirder and not sure where it's going.
I was meaning fiction but people can include anything.

[AgeingArtemis]

Station Eleven.

Excellent book, set several years after an "apocalypse" when people are trying to rebuild their lives and society.

[MrsTerryPratchett]

I like the MaddAdam books by Margaret Atwood.

[ISpidersmanYouMeanPirate]

One second after by William R Fortschen - excellent

Last Light - Alex scarrow

[Stratter5]

SAS Pocket Survival Guide
Decent First Aid book
Self sufficiency book

The After the Fire trilogy is a great 'rebuild' series. I also love the McClane Apcalypse books, although her actual writing makes me grit my teeth.

[Whatthefoxgoingon]

The Stand by Stephen King
Swan Song by Robert Mccammon
The passage by Justin Cronin

That's viruses, vampire and nukes covered! Not really prepping, but good reads.

[mamapants]

Will check out Margaret Atwood as am a big fan.
And the other recommendations too.
Any boxsets?

[cozietoesie]

A good herbal - with pictures if possible.

[KatherineMumsnet]

We are moving this over to our brand new Preppers topic in a mo

[MrsTerryPratchett]

Thanks lovely MNHQ.

They've also got Margaret Atwood in for a webchat. They must be secret preppers!

[PurpleHairAndPearls]

I also like Station Eleven, it's a lovely book (which sounds odd considering the topic but it is beautifully written)

If you like Under The Dome, another SK book is The Stand which I loved as a teenager.

[Zetetic]

The Knowledge: How to Rebuild our World from Scratch by Lewis Dartnell is amazing. It is full of stuff that our Grandparents knew but we have forgotten.

I'm happily reading FULL-RIP 9.0 The Next Big Earthquake in the Pacific NorthWest by Sandi Doughton. Worth knowing your evacuation routes! If all the dogs start barking down that west coast run like the clappers....


The most amazing prepping book is The Prepper's Blueprint by Tess Pennington (Step by step guide to help you prepare for any disaster). You won't need any other book.

[LadyMaryofDownt0n]

Where I can I get the uk blackout movie? I'd love to watch that. I've bought most of the book recommendations listed :)

[cozietoesie]

Both Blackout and American Blackout are currently on Youtube, LadyMary - I just checked again. (Although I can't guarantee how long they'll be there for.)

[Stratter5]

Britain Blackout here

[gamerchick]

It's still on 4od as well. Ooh there's an American one?

[cozietoesie]

There sure is - just search on American Blackout - although I'm not sure that the version on Youtube is quite the one I remember. (I recall the original as being rather grittier and more savage than the current one - and certainly more so than the UK one - although it's possible I may be conflating that memory with a documentary or two.)

[fitzbilly]

Not quite preppers but a good post apocalyptic read is mara and dann by doris lessing, it's one of her best books ever I think.

For zombie style I really enjoyed a book called the angels are the reapers.

[LadyMaryofDownt0n]

Thanks, just watched it! It wasn't bad, got me thinking. Am glad I am in a rural area but I think I need to up my game I only stock food & water an a few bits. I'll have a look on amazon.