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Will anyone else admit to liking survivalist fiction?

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ThatBloodyWoman · 09/09/2014 16:37

I doubt it.

But any good recommendations would be appreciated, if I'm not in a minority of one...

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WireCat · 09/09/2014 19:17

I like these type of books,but nothing where zombies are involved.

ThisFenceIsComfy · 09/09/2014 19:16

Oops sorry I see you've read the Mira Grant trilogy

ThisFenceIsComfy · 09/09/2014 19:15

Sorry that's Cronin

ThisFenceIsComfy · 09/09/2014 19:14

The Passage by Justin Crinan is absorbing - I can't tell you what it's about really as it would be a spoiler

The NewsFlesh zombie trilogy by Mira Grant is also really good.

I love an apocalyptic story

Innocentbystander01 · 09/09/2014 19:11

An old one but still excellent is Domain by James Herbert.

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ThatBloodyWoman · 09/09/2014 19:08

Woohoo a zombie book I've not read Innocent Grin
I'll definitely be seeking dead bastards out.

Madeleine roux also wrote sadie walker is stranded -I recommend!

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Innocentbystander01 · 09/09/2014 19:04

Dead bastards and Alisin Hewitt is trapped are both good.

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ThatBloodyWoman · 09/09/2014 19:04

It seems there's so little out there in the particular sub-genre I like.
Perhaps I'll have to write a novel myself.
But then I'd know the ending Sad
You can't win...

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CotedePablo · 09/09/2014 19:02

Thanks VivaLeBeaver. I'll look forward to that.

Beetlemilk · 09/09/2014 19:00

The Long Walk by Richard Bachman (Steven King) is kind of survivalist, in that the competitors in The Long Walk have to survive or die.

VivaLeBeaver · 09/09/2014 18:56

I think the third Cronin book is released next month.

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ThatBloodyWoman · 09/09/2014 18:48

What a shame!

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CotedePablo · 09/09/2014 18:48

Justin Cronin's 'The Passage' and 'The Twelve' are good reads. There's supposed to be a third book to make a trilogy, but no sign of it yet.

IAmAPaleontologist · 09/09/2014 18:47

I don't think it is that one from the Wikipedia synopsis. Thanks though

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ThatBloodyWoman · 09/09/2014 18:47

I can't remember if I actually read one or whether they were on my 'list'.

Any good?

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Shosha1 · 09/09/2014 18:43

Has anyone read The Survivors Series by Susan Beth Pffifer ?

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ThatBloodyWoman · 09/09/2014 18:31

I have a post apocalyptic book on my shelf which I haven't read yet.
It has a person on the front on a horse, and its called 'a gift upon the shore' by m k wren.
just might be worth checking out?

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ThatBloodyWoman · 09/09/2014 18:28

Oh I don't know.I'll rattle my brain cells though...

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IAmAPaleontologist · 09/09/2014 18:25

Oh I wonder if anyone on this thread can help me. I remember reading a book as a teen where there had been a disaster but long long ago and communities living now were isolated and primitive. I remember they didn't know what the roads and pavements were for, eg why is this bit raised up? The community it centered on was female driven, they feared men. One day a girl out on horseback meets a man travelling from another community where I think they had retained a bit more knowledge of how society used to be and men and women lived as equals.

Anyway that is all I can remember and it drives me mad that I can't remember.

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ThatBloodyWoman · 09/09/2014 18:24

Oh that Kate Wilhelm one looks worth reading a review on!

I enjoyed the mira grant books.
Try the madeliene roux, david moody, j l bourne,z recht,and joe mckinney ones if you like a zombie read.

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HopefulHamster · 09/09/2014 18:19

More books/more explanation

The Stand - Stephen King, plague/supernatural
The Road - Cormac McCarthy, awesomeness
World War Z - good zombie treatment
Wool - Hugh Howey, science fiction, world to survive in has already been built - but what's left of world outside it
Oryx and Crake - Atwood, meh, okay not for me
Where late the sweet birds sing - Kate Wilhelm, an SF classic, bit dated now, world heading towards disaster, extended family builds big community/complex to survive - worth a go?
Alas Babylon - old, I've read this but can't remember it so maybe meh?
Feed - Mira Grant, post-zombie apocalypse, more about bloggers (blogging about zombies) than actual zombie attacks
Earth Abides, another plaguey classic, can barely remember it but apparently I enjoyed it.
The Postman - David Brin, could be worth? Society has collapsed, survivor wanders about, becomes a postman :D

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ThatBloodyWoman · 09/09/2014 18:18

For the post disaster side, 'the death of grass' by john christopher is very good.Also,'survivors' by terry nation.

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superbagpuss · 09/09/2014 18:15

I love post disaster books, started reading them at school and still enjoy them now

I think their was a sequel to oryx and crake from the other point of view

VivaLeBeaver · 09/09/2014 18:14

The road
The stand
White horse
The girl with all the gifts
The passage

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ThatBloodyWoman · 09/09/2014 18:13

Well thats the rub Hopeful.

So far everything I've come across is Bear Gryllish, or worse...

but I still like it.

I'm just fascinated by the intentional survivalist community/ survival plan stuff.

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