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Seeking Post-Apocalyptic Recommendations
May 12, 2007 | MississippiMasterpiece

Posted on 05/12/2007 11:46:45 AM PDT by MississippiMasterpiece

I just finished reading "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy and am interested in reading other post-apocalyptic novels. I would welcome any recommendations from fellow Freepers, excluding the "Left Behind" series.

Many Thanks.


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To: MississippiMasterpiece

I recently finished The Road as well. It was very good. I am interested in seeing the responses you get.


21 posted on 05/12/2007 1:13:55 PM PDT by USMCWife6869 (Godspeed Sand Sharks.)
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To: MississippiMasterpiece

The Stand by Stephen King scared the crap out of me when I was younger. I still consider it to be Stephen King’s best work.


22 posted on 05/12/2007 1:25:51 PM PDT by USMCWife6869 (Godspeed Sand Sharks.)
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To: MississippiMasterpiece
Year Zero by Jeff Long was a fun read.
23 posted on 05/12/2007 2:02:42 PM PDT by Enosh (†)
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To: BenLurkin

Ahhh welll . . .

I wonder how many demonic forces cluster around that site in Georgia


24 posted on 05/12/2007 2:02:45 PM PDT by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
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To: MississippiMasterpiece

How about a book on gardening?


25 posted on 05/12/2007 2:03:29 PM PDT by Porterville (God is love and Dog is evol)
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To: MississippiMasterpiece
Well, you can always watch a Kevin Costner movie, but I prefer The Road Warrior.


26 posted on 05/12/2007 2:05:38 PM PDT by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)
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To: MississippiMasterpiece
The Taking by Dean Koontz. Oh, yeah.
27 posted on 05/12/2007 2:09:04 PM PDT by Enosh (†)
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To: USMCWife6869

I still think about “Captain Trips” whenever there’s a flu epidemic.


28 posted on 05/12/2007 3:12:51 PM PDT by FReepapalooza
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To: MississippiMasterpiece

“The Postman” - the novel, not the movie, is good post-apocalyptic.

“Eternity Road” is set hundreds of years after an apocalyptic war and was fairly interesting.

“Day of the Triffids” - absolutely classic, I highly recommend.


29 posted on 05/12/2007 3:16:12 PM PDT by JenB
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To: MississippiMasterpiece

“This Immortal” by Roger Zelazny.


30 posted on 05/12/2007 3:51:23 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Death is perishable. Faith is eternal.)
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To: Boston Capitalist; MississippiMasterpiece

Can we be friends? I loved both of those books!


31 posted on 05/12/2007 6:30:29 PM PDT by Vor Lady (When is the next ship leaving for Barrayar and can I be on it?)
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To: LibFreeOrDie

I’ve gone blank on the author’s name but along those lines, “The Last Ship”. Author’s notes give a nod to “On The Beach” so if you like that I suspect you’d like this as well.


32 posted on 05/12/2007 7:23:22 PM PDT by Fire_on_High (I am so proud of what we were...)
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To: Fire_on_High

Whoops, found the name. William Brinkley.


33 posted on 05/12/2007 7:29:35 PM PDT by Fire_on_High (I am so proud of what we were...)
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To: USMCWife6869
"The Stand" was Stephen King's best work in my opinion as well. It was one of his early novels before he became famous and his publisher felt it was too long and cut about 200 pages out of it. It has since been released in its full unabridged version and it's worth getting. A good book to bring to the beach.

My favorite character was "Trashcan Man."

34 posted on 05/12/2007 7:48:22 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (I am 74 days away from outliving Curt Hennig (whoever he is))
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To: MississippiMasterpiece

save


35 posted on 05/12/2007 7:49:10 PM PDT by krunkygirl (force multiplier in effect...)
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To: SamAdams76

I have long since lost my copy of The Stand. I should definitely get a new copy. I feel really old these days. I just finished Stephen King’s son’s (Joe Hill) book “Heart Shaped Box”. It was a good read, and I found it reminiscent of the Stephen King I used to know and really enjoy. But I kept thinking that he just wasn’t old enough to have a son that was old enough to write a novel. Then, when I was looking on Amazon for The Stand, I saw that it was published in ‘78. Good gravy.


36 posted on 05/12/2007 8:01:45 PM PDT by USMCWife6869 (Godspeed Sand Sharks.)
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To: Vor Lady

Sure thing.


37 posted on 05/12/2007 10:49:57 PM PDT by Boston Capitalist
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To: MississippiMasterpiece

It is SO funny to stumble across these old threads and go “But you missed...”

No Blade of Grass

The White Plague (!!!)

The Midwich Cuckoos

Weirdest post-apocalyptic movie I have EVER seen: The World, the Flesh, and the Devil starring the Banana-Boat man himself, Harry Belafonte

If you’re still out there MM, I really mean the !!! on the White Plague


38 posted on 08/15/2010 8:56:52 AM PDT by Peet (<- A.K.A. the Foundling)
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To: MississippiMasterpiece
"A planet where apes evolved from men?"

"Don't look for it Taylor. You might not like what you find."

The book was pretty good. The movies got sillier over time, but they were quite a franchise in their day.

39 posted on 08/15/2010 9:08:52 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Compact Theory)
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