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Apocalyptic books

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goblinvalley · 20/04/2008 21:00

Has anyone got any suggestions for end of the world type books ? I have read Terry Brooks Word and Void and am looking for some more good reading.

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marina · 20/04/2008 22:58

Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood

The death of the machine, a short story by EM Forster of all people, is good

John Wyndham's books on mankind facing mortal peril from alien life forces are also interesting - The Kraken Wakes, The Midwich Cuckoos

Marge Piercy's two books Woman on the Edge of Time and Body of Glass are her flirtations with dystopic cyberpunk. Woman on the Edge of time is one of the best novels I've ever read

janeite · 20/04/2008 22:55

Sorry, should say "he never cries" not cried.

janeite · 20/04/2008 22:55

Oh I've just read"The Pest House" and had forgotten all about it!

janeite · 20/04/2008 22:54

Yes to "On The Beach".

DP read "The Road" and cried (he never cried) so I've not managed to bring myself to read it yet.

"Brother In The Land" if you don't mind children's books.

"The Stand".

grendel · 20/04/2008 22:52

On the Beach by Neville Shute

The Pest House by Jim Crace (much warmer and more optimistic than The Road, although of course it is still a somewhat gloomy topic)

and of course, The Road (if you're feeling very robust)

cyteen · 20/04/2008 22:44

DP has just finished World War Z by Max Brooks, which apparently is quite apocalyptic - he said it was very good.

A Canticle for Leibowitz is a classic sci fi post-apocalyse novel, detailing the fall, rise and fall again of a technologically enlightened society.

Blood Music by Greg Bear has been reissued recently, it's pretty bizarre - about a virus that gets out of control.

rushour · 20/04/2008 21:17

the classic george orwell

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