Writer’s Note: Before talking about fictionalized apocalypse stories, it’s important to address up front another very real apocalypse that is happening in Syria and Turkey right now.
It's really great! And this is coming from someone who really doesn't like scary movies/shows, esp. zombie apocalypse content. It's scary, but so well done!
My teenage years, and a decent part of my adult life has been enjoying the genre of apocalypse fiction. My absolute favorite was Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm. The one that got the most action from me is Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank. I was so angry at the actions of the main character and his utter inability to make the right decisions that it inspired me to put a question to all my friends, so that they might ponder BEFORE the disaster/atom bomb/whatever happened. In the story, the protagonist is given 24 hours notice that nuclear war is going to happen, and that his brother's wife and two children will be joining him. Whoa. Did he make some crazy useless panic buys! I got some awesome responses from my friends, which made up for the book!
One Second After is the book from this genre that has stuck with me the most and got me to do some emergency preparedness, enough for about 6 weeks survival without any basic utilities or ways to get food.
I just finished Earth Abides. Written in 1948, it is one of the first apocalyptic novels ever written. It was very good. I liked the way at the end, 50 years after the Great Disaster, he ends up not really being sure that civilization was any better and was even worse in some ways. He especially likes the way people are more cooperative and less competitive because their survival depends on it.
Thank you, Elizabeth. I got to try The Last of Us :).
It's really great! And this is coming from someone who really doesn't like scary movies/shows, esp. zombie apocalypse content. It's scary, but so well done!
My teenage years, and a decent part of my adult life has been enjoying the genre of apocalypse fiction. My absolute favorite was Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm. The one that got the most action from me is Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank. I was so angry at the actions of the main character and his utter inability to make the right decisions that it inspired me to put a question to all my friends, so that they might ponder BEFORE the disaster/atom bomb/whatever happened. In the story, the protagonist is given 24 hours notice that nuclear war is going to happen, and that his brother's wife and two children will be joining him. Whoa. Did he make some crazy useless panic buys! I got some awesome responses from my friends, which made up for the book!
One Second After is the book from this genre that has stuck with me the most and got me to do some emergency preparedness, enough for about 6 weeks survival without any basic utilities or ways to get food.
I just finished Earth Abides. Written in 1948, it is one of the first apocalyptic novels ever written. It was very good. I liked the way at the end, 50 years after the Great Disaster, he ends up not really being sure that civilization was any better and was even worse in some ways. He especially likes the way people are more cooperative and less competitive because their survival depends on it.