calanthrophy Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 I'm looking for recommendations on some post-apocalyptic/dystopian fiction (think Mad Max, Book of Eli, the Fallout series, etc.). Recommend away. Thank you in advance. Quote My band -- My acoustic stuff -- Blog -- Instagram Link to comment
Rinben Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 Try the passage series by Justin Cronin. Post apocalypse vampire fiction. Not supernatural, more of a deadly plague that kills off people and infects them with vampiric symptoms. 2 Quote Link to comment
calanthrophy Posted May 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 Thanks! I'll check it out. Quote My band -- My acoustic stuff -- Blog -- Instagram Link to comment
Varelse Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 Cormac McCarthy's The Road and Blood Meridian. (The latter isn't post-apocalyptic, but its atmosphere is). 2 Quote Level 4 10 WIS | 2 STR | 2 STA | 2 CON | 5 CHA | 1 DEX battle log | epic quest The Stoic Path of Virtue: #1 | #2 | #3 Current challenge: Don't break the challenge Link to comment
Xenophon Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Earth Abides by George Stewart. Granddaddy of them all, published in 1949. Main character is isolated in a cabin for a while recovering from a rattlesnake bite; emerges to find a pandemic has come and gone and nearly everyone else is dead. Survivors group together to form new communities. Beautiful book. 2 Quote Link to comment
Meadowlark Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 This may be a little belated, I really like the EX heroes series by Peter Clines. Superheroes after the zombie apocalypse. 1 Quote "Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today. -- Mat Cauthon"— Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time Link to comment
calanthrophy Posted May 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Thanks everyone for the suggestions and feel free to add more. Forgot to mention no zombies though. I've grown weary of those. Quote My band -- My acoustic stuff -- Blog -- Instagram Link to comment
Twibbly Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 One Second After. Deals with EMPs and what happens after them, so no zombies involved. 1 Quote As for butter versus margarine, I trust cows more than chemists. - Joan Gussow If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. - Cicero Current Quest Previous 1 2 3 4 (formerly known as Twibble) Link to comment
Bearded_Dragon Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Try "The Country of Ice Cream Star" by Sandra Newman - refreshing as it has a strong female lead, although it does have a bit of an altered take on the English language that takes a few chapters to get the hang of. Also, a bit more sci-fi than apocalyptic, but does have dystopian themes is "The Peripheral" by William Gibson, incorporates time travel, future tech and things like that. Quote Link to comment
Jaelinn Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 There is a Danish series called The Deadland, where the first book is called Golak. I really loved those, but I think only the first book has been translated into English. Quote Link to comment
geng shi Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 I would second The Passage series, Earth Abides, and The Road. Other good stuff: The MaddAddam series by Margaret Atwood The Ship Breaker series by Paolo Bacigalupi (dystopian, but not apocalyptic) California by Edan Lepucki The Robopocalypse series by Daniel H. Wilson (a horrible title - I agree) Resurrection Day by Brendan DuBois The Stand by Stephen King A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. Blindness by Jose Saramago (perhaps a bit of a stretch in this category) Children of Men by P.D. James I'll stop - this is an area I love. 1 Quote Link to comment
Myrdinn Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Have you read Station Eleven, by Emily Mandel? Fantastic bit of post-apocalypse fiction. Also - not exactly post-apocalypse, more civilisation-on-the-verge-of-collapse, but Paolo Bacigalupi's The Wind Up Girl is great. Quote Level 2 Warlock Battle Log | First Challenge | Current Challenge Link to comment
LondonIrishEwok Posted October 15, 2016 Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 Richard Matheson's, I am legend (1954), a brilliant dark book. None of the movies have done it justice (don't get me started on the steaming pile of dog turds that calls itself Omega Man). One man seemingly immune to an infection that changes human society into vampiric one, struggles to survive, maintain his sanity, and put an end to the infection. I have read it a bunch of times and will again just for the ending! Quote How you do anything, is how you do everything! Link to comment
Solacin83 Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 If you guys wish to read a fun and interesting Post –Apocalypse novel series, than the following would be my suggestion. The series is call “The Survivalist Series” Written by A America (Angry America). I listened to the novel series on Audible, which I suggest due, which is read by Duke Fontane. All of the characters are interesting. The series is not only a story about Morgan, the main character, but a survival guild with detailed information, items, and skills to survival in an EMP world. Going Home Surviving Home Escaping Home Forsaking Home Resurrecting Home Avenging Home The Series is still ongoing and the audio books are the way to go due to Duke Fontane’s way of bring all of the characters to life Quote https://www.nerdfitness.com/character/86599 Link to comment
RhiaWolfe Posted November 10, 2016 Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 It's not really in the same realm as some of those mad max books, but it is post-apocalyptic and a pretty good thriller. Try Wool by Hugh Howey. 1 Quote Heroine of Time Height: 5'8 Weight: 272 lbs Current Challenge: Legend of RhiaWolfe: Tears of the Food Cravings Previous Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 "Reach for the stars! If you only make it to the moon, you've still done good!" - My Dad "Hyaaaat! Jeeyat-Hiyaaaah Hiet! Hyaaaaaaa Hiyyyyet! Hiyaaaaat Hiyaaaa!" - Link Link to comment
PadraigS Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 I'd recommend the Zombie Fallout or Indian Hill series by Mark Tufo. Zombie fallout is, predictably enough about zombies and a guy named Mike Talbot trying to keep his family safe. It leads on to Lycan fallout which is set roughly 100 years after the events of Zombie fallout when the decreased human numbers allow Lycans to come out of hiding and try to become the rulers of the land they think themselves to be Indian Hill is about a reptilian alien invasion of Earth. It stars an alternate reality version of Mike this time as a guy in his late teens early twenties as opposed to early fourties in Zombie Fallout. He has several other books which are technically stand alone but all tie into his two main franchises. These are pretty humor intensive, although they do have points of the grimness you get in most post-apoc fiction. Still I'd definitely recommend them to anyone. Other than my own parents. 1 Quote https://www.nerdfitness.com/level-up/my-character/ Link to comment
pseudobison Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 Amazing thread here for fans of this stuff. Riddley Walker is the only classic I can think of that hasn't been mentioned here already... Quote Link to comment
obax Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 'Gone Away World' by Nick Harkaway. I normally at least have a vague idea of the twist when it's coming, but this one hit me like a tonne of bricks. An actual visceral experience, and the writing just hauls you along for the ride. 1 Quote Dare mighty things Link to comment
aishah hope Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. 2 Quote Hope | Level 0 [135xp] | Druidess Epic Quest Log | Daily Battle Log Current Challenge: Hope ventures inward Goodreads | MFP | FitBit Link to comment
ZFJango Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 No zombies!? Ouch. I was going to recommend my own series. https://www.amazon.com/Paved-Zombies-Zombie-Fighter-Jango-ebook/dp/B01N9XDXQJ A lot different than the usual zombie fare. 1 Quote Link to comment
Scarlet Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 Ooh my kind of question. I once spent a whole year reading only dystopian and post-apocalyptic books. It was a sad (but awesome) year. Someone mentioned A Canticle for Leibowitz above which I have to second. It was a weird one because it seemed very boring and aimless for a while, but the last five pages are some of the most powerful words I've ever read. Also read On the Beach by Nevil Shute. Someone pushed the mutual destruction button and the world is dead. The air currents are taking a radiation-scented breeze slowly south, where the only people surviving on the planet are the residents of Melbourne. Nobody knows exactly how it happened, but they all know everyone else is dead, and they're next. It's brutal but has a dry sense of humor about it that I love. 1 Quote Link to comment
Kita Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 Oh! No ones mentioned my one of my favourite takes on this genre The Last Detective. It's pre-apocalypse fiction! The world is going to be hit by an asteroid in 6 months time. The background of the detective story is how everyone is (not) dealing with it. It's great. I *love* the Fallout series too - I've been a fan since the first one. (Ahem, yes that long). On that note, on the games front there is Wasteland which is more in the vein of early Fallout games if that interests you. Quote Link to comment
Velkyn Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 I love post apocalyptic but not too dark. Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank - dated but still enjoyable Emergence by David Palmer - diary of a homo superior young woman and her parrot. Lots of fun. There is a novella sequel that is awful. Ariel by Stephen Boyett - one of the "magic comes back" post apocalyptics. Warning: rip out the last two chapters and don't read them. Just let the story end because what the author does to a perfectly fine story will only piss you off. Quote Link to comment
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