Some good TEOTWAWKI reading....

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I have been lurking for 10+ months now and have picked up a lot of knowledge and insight from the postings on this forum. I -got it- as I was reading through Ed and Jennifer's book. As a member of the mainframer geek fold (not real super-geek abilities like Ed, Cory, Andy, or Infomagic though), I certainly comprehend the complexity and impossibility of the task. But you all know all about that though.

I have been spurred to post by Leo's 'Golden Age' posting in that it reminded me of a book that I had read, and while I have seen references to a few books on the the forum, nobody has really listed many. As a fan of the 'post-apocalyptic' genre, I thought I would give a fairly comprehensive list of books you can take a look at when taking a break from preparing. Enjoy!

Alas, Babylon Pat Frank The Postman David Brin A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller The Long Tomorrow Leigh Brackett The Hephaestus Plague Thomas Page On The Beach Nevil Shute Earth Abides George R. Stewart Lucifer's Hammer Jerry Pournelle & Larry Niven No Blade of Grass John Christoper Wrinkle in the Skin " The Long Winter " October the First Is Too Late Sir Fred Hoyle Tomorrow Philip Wylie Triumph " Timestorm Gordon R. Dickson Warday Whitley Streiber & James Kunetka Nature's End " Childhood's End Arthur C. Clarke Sidewise in Time Murray Leinster Day of the Triffids John Wyndham Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell Lathe of Heaven Ursula K. Leguin The Coming Dark Age Roberto Vacca

"The Long Tomorrow" is similar to Leo's post. Technology and large communities have been banned about a hundred years after a nuclear war. Very interesting. For even more comprehensive listings, check these sites out.

http://www.reed.edu/~karl/postapoc/postapoc.html http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/nuclear/nh-supplement.html

Keep those postings rolling in!

-- RJ on TX Gulf Coast (Y2Kgameover@yahoo.com), December 03, 1998

Answers

Did you forget James Wesley, Rawles "Triple Ought" or are my eyes going from too much programming ? Got to get a scope for my Benelli I guess...

-RC

-- Runway Cat (ruwnay_cat@hotmail.com), December 03, 1998.


Well, I didn't post the listing correctly and it all ran together. Le t me try again.

Alas,Babylon Pat Frank The Postman David Brin A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller The Long Tomorrow Leigh Brackett The Hephaestus Plague Thomas Page On The Beach Nevil Shute Earth Abides George R. Stewart Lucifer's Hammer Jerry Pournelle & Larry Niven No Blade of Grass John Christoper Wrinkle in the Skin " The Long Winter " October the First Is Too Late Sir Fred Hoyle Tomorrow Philip Wylie Triumph " Timestorm Gordon R. Dickson Warday Whitley Streiber & James Kunetka Nature's End " Childhood's End Arthur C. Clarke Sidewise in Time Murray Leinster Day of the Triffids John Wyndham Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell Lathe of Heaven Ursula K. Leguin The Coming Dark Age Roberto Vacca

http://www.reed.edu/~karl/postapoc/postapoc.html

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/nuclear/nh-supplement.html

We'll see if this does it.

-- RJ on TX Gulf Coast (Y2Kgameover@yahoo.com), December 03, 1998.


For those interested in Pac Rim issues, the following is a very cool book, dealing also with govt reaction to apocalyptic crisis. Very realistic.

Japan Sinks : A Novel by Sakyo Komatsu, Michael Gallagher (Translator), Barry Lancet (Editor), Michael Gallaher (Translator)

-RC

-- Runway Cat (runway_cat@hotmail.com), December 03, 1998.


Well, third time is not going to be the charm! I don't know what the text area in the posting page accepts. Is it all text or will it recognize HTML tags, etc...?

In the meantime, just read the jammed up lines - it is just book title and then author so it is not too hard to figure out. Back to lurking.

-- RJ on TX Gulf Coast (Y2Kgameover@yahoo.com), December 03, 1998.


I just finished Alas, Babylon due to the many recommendations here. I loved the book--thought many of Frank's premises and analyses were very realistic. I thought it was ridiculous, though, that seemingly only one family in this entire rural Florida town had seeds to plant a garden! Otherwise a good read.

Lucifer's Hammer is next.

-- Franklin Journier (ready4y2k@yahoo.com), December 03, 1998.



I was very impressed by Year of the Quiet Sun, by Wilson Tucker.

-- Tom Carey (tomcarey@mindspring.com), December 03, 1998.

"Nightfall" by Asimov and Silverberg, and "The Fourth Turning" (I forget the authors), both recommended here, are fantastic books.

Also just about anything by Robert Heinlein. And, of course, "Atlas Shrugged." (once again)

I've read more than half the books on RJ's list, and there's not a dog in the bunch...

-- pshannon (pshannon@inch.com), December 03, 1998.


I'm currently reading "Y2K: The Day The World Shut Down" by Michael Hyatt and George Grant. Half way through and its pretty disappointing so far.

I also ordered from Amazon "Y2K It's Aready Too Late" by Jason Kelley, and "Y2K: The Millennium Bug" (this one comes highly recommended by Declan M. the Y2K-Wired journalist) by Don Tiggre.

-- Andy (andy_rowland@msn.com), December 03, 1998.


"I don't know what the text area in the posting page accepts. Is it all text or will it recognize HTML tags, etc...? "

RJ: Look for the Tips on Posting html thread. You'll find it in the admin/sysop category of the "older messages" section towards the bottom of the New Answers page. If you want to tell us a bit about yourself, you can do this on the "What About You" thread which is active.

-- Rob Michaels (sonofdust@net.com), December 03, 1998.


This forum accepts HTML tags. Try using the <.pre> <./pre> before and after your list, or the <.br> tag after each line.

-- Chris (catsy@pond.com), December 03, 1998.


How about Farnhams Freehold by RA Heinlien, Vandenberg by Oliver Lance, Malevil By Robert Merle, Breakdown by William Johnstone, Pandemic by Geoffery Simmons, Blizzard by George Stone, Famine by Graham Masterston, Siege by Edwin Corley, The Black Death by Gwyneth and John S. Marr and lastly cause it was in the end of the stack not cause it reflects Jan-00, ICE by Arnold Federbush. All these books make me think. And by thinking my head hurts.I hope I'm wrong but, WTF If I'm not what then and If I am then what then.

-- nine (nine_fingers@hotmail.com), December 04, 1998.

How about In Iron Years by Gordon R. Dickson, Legacy of Heorot by Niven & Pournelle

-- excop (excop@police.com), December 04, 1998.

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