LL13 Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Anyone recommend any end of the world type novels or doomsday scenario books - Have read The Stand, Cell etc. Just finished The First Horseman and about to start on either One by Conrad Williams or Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry. Any thoughts/recommendations please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Hi LL13, How are you? Here are some recommendations ~ The Road by Cormac McCarthy The Death of Grass by John Christopher A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 I would second the suggestion of The Road, by Cormac McCarthy - fantastic book. Also The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood - not necessarily a doomsday scenario, but definitely a dystopian novel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 I can personally recommend: The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells and The Day of the Triffids and The Kraken Wakes, both by John Wyndham And although I didn't get on with it (it was a bit too bleak for my liking), The Drowned World, by J.G. Ballard is quite highly regarded by some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Try Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funrun Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Z for zachhary On the beach I think by Neil shute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 (edited) If you like short stories, John Joseph Adams has edited a collection called Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse. Contributors include Stephen King, Gene Wolfe, Orson Scott Card, Jonathan Lethem, Elizabeth Bear... ETA: if Stephen King's contribution ('The End of the Whole Mess' from his collection Nightmares and Dreamscapes) is any indication of standard, this should be pretty amazing. Edited October 25, 2009 by BookJumper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ophelia Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 'The Children of Men' by P D James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Fiend Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 'The Children of Men' by P D James I second that! I read this a couple of years ago and loved it, I think it's such an interesting idea for a novel. I like a good post-apocalyptic novel myself so I may be adding a few of these suggestions to my wishlist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 I am seconding The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, already mentioned by Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libri vermis Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller Earth Abides by George Stewart The Road by Cormac McCarthy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Thought of another one: Richard Bachman's The Long Walk. Although you might have read it already. A very chilling read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 If you like short stories, John Joseph Adams has edited a collection called Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse. Contributors include Stephen King, Gene Wolfe, Orson Scott Card, Jonathan Lethem, Elizabeth Bear... ETA: if Stephen King's contribution ('The End of the Whole Mess' from his collection Nightmares and Dreamscapes) is any indication of standard, this should be pretty amazing. Terrific suggestions here. I have most on my TBR pile and have read several others mentioned. Giulia, this collection sounds really interesting. I may have to look into it further. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freewheeling Andy Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I'll absolutely second the brilliant A Canticle for Leibowitz and The Road, although very different books. Cloud Atlas is an interesting suggestion, but as only a small section is actually post-apocalyptic, it may not do the job. I'd throw in to the mix the early JG Ballard's, The Drought, The Drowned World, The Crystal World, Hello America and (if you can find a copy) The Wind From Nowhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LL13 Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share Posted October 28, 2009 Thanks very much everyone for the suggestions. After some searching & review reading it appears my TBR pile will be visited by a fair few new 'members'. Some great sounding read's - cheers everyone!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterioso Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Hope it's not too late to mention 'The Pesthouse' by the marvellous Jim Crace.....very 'Road-ish' and just as good.... ''A devastated America exists in an imagined future. Its technologies are forgotten, its communities have splintered and its refugees, reversing the course of history, travel eastwards in search of safety and a new start. Among them are Franklin and Margaret, young, bereft, forced together by circumstance; but finding that love, courage and determination can endure even as a country breaks slowly apart. '' (synopsis from Amazon) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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