I just finshed One Second After by William Forstchen and I enjoyed the premise of the story, but the delivery was just wrong. Anyways, I guess it's kind of an 'End of the World' thriller. Basically about nuclear explosions above the US that send out an EMP pulse that shuts down all power, electrical, etc systems. Then life starts reverting back to over a hundred years ago and there is terror and suspense.
Can anyone recommend a good book with this 'end of the world' senario? No alien books, please. I definitely love anything that involves natural disasters, plagues, possible nuclear war and of course, zombies.
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Posted 12 April 2012 - 08:49 PM
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Posted 12 April 2012 - 09:08 PM
Not sure about an end of the world thriller, but one of my favorites is "The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart". It's not for everybody though... pretty disgusting and disturbing in some places, but it kept me entertained the whole way through. Been a while since a book did that for me.
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Posted 13 April 2012 - 01:53 AM
Mary Shelley's "The Last Man" is about the apocolypse.
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Posted 13 April 2012 - 09:28 PM
Brave New World was great! I just got through with World War Z (zombies). It actually reads like a UN report though, instead of your typical novel.
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Posted 15 April 2012 - 12:57 AM
"I am legend" is a good one 
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Posted 15 April 2012 - 02:28 AM
Mentalcase, on 13 April 2012 - 09:28 PM, said:
Brave New World was great! I just got through with World War Z (zombies). It actually reads like a UN report though, instead of your typical novel.
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Posted 15 April 2012 - 02:30 AM
wilsonroden, on 13 April 2012 - 06:12 AM, said:
Try this.
1 ULYSSES by James Joyce
2 THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
3 A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
4 LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
5 BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
6 THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
7 CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller
8 DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler
9 SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence
10 THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
I hope you will find one suitable book .
1 ULYSSES by James Joyce
2 THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
3 A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
4 LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
5 BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
6 THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
7 CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller
8 DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler
9 SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence
10 THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
I hope you will find one suitable book .
I'm mainly looking for modern, end of the world/civilization books. Thanks though!!
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Posted 15 April 2012 - 07:04 AM
Pretty typical book for this genre and I'm going to bet you've read it. The Stand, by Stephen King. If you haven't read it, drop what you are doing and go get a nice hard copy. Unless of course, you have one of those nifty kindles. 
The Road is another great novel. The movie was well written as well!! Can't go wrong with a book which won the Pulitzer Prize!!
The Road is another great novel. The movie was well written as well!! Can't go wrong with a book which won the Pulitzer Prize!!
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Posted 15 April 2012 - 02:03 PM
I Am Not Resisting, on 15 April 2012 - 02:28 AM, said:
World War Z was a wonderful read, so much so that I read it twice.
If you like zombie stuff, give Day by Day Armageddon a try.
It's written as a series of journal entries by a survivor of the zombie apocalypse.
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Posted 15 April 2012 - 03:30 PM
try this one :- http://www.amazon.co...34503795&sr=1-1
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Posted 15 April 2012 - 04:12 PM
I have definitely read The Stand, wonderful book as well! I haven't read the others that were suggested since the last time I posted so I may have to look into those! Thanks everyone!
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 06:09 AM
The Gideon books by Lincoln and Child.The second one just came out.
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Posted 16 April 2012 - 02:01 PM
Earth Abides by George R Stewart
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Posted 20 April 2012 - 11:14 PM
Try Shadow Man by Cody McFadyen.... it echoes Silence of the Lambs but is way more diabolical.
Once, Special Agent Smoky Barrett hunted serial killers for the FBI. She was one of the best–until a madman terrorized her family, killed her husband and daughter, and left her face scarred and her soul brutalized. Turning the tables on the killer, Smoky shot him dead–but her life was shattered forever.
Now Smoky dreams about picking up her weapon again. She dreams about placing the cold steel between her lips and pulling the trigger one last time. Because for a woman who’s lost everything, what is there left to lose?
She’s about to find out.
Once, Special Agent Smoky Barrett hunted serial killers for the FBI. She was one of the best–until a madman terrorized her family, killed her husband and daughter, and left her face scarred and her soul brutalized. Turning the tables on the killer, Smoky shot him dead–but her life was shattered forever.
Now Smoky dreams about picking up her weapon again. She dreams about placing the cold steel between her lips and pulling the trigger one last time. Because for a woman who’s lost everything, what is there left to lose?
She’s about to find out.
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 02:44 PM
A great apocolypse-type book is Without Warning by John Birmingham. Its about a large energy bubble that just appears, well, without warning over the United States. Hawaii, Alaska, and a little bit of Seattle is pretty much all that is left. The people left in these areas must try to rebuild America and there is a lot of other action and stories that happen on the side. There is a sequel called After America if you do decide to read it, which I highly recommend.
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