Compiling a list of survival novel recommendations

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headforthehills
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I had never head of goodreads.com until I read that Amazon and bought them or something, but the web site has some good search options with genres for apocalyptic and post apocalyptic. It is quite a frustrating site to use though and the iApp is a big disappointment. I did also buy the first part of Final Dawn on the recommendation of goodreads, so I will soon find out if that is any good.......
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Duckie wrote:Thanks Tanstaafl!

A pleasure :D
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I've just signed up to Goodreads, that looks an interesting site. I've signed up to get recommendations based on what I like.
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hi,
Anybody read " One second after"?

One Second After is a 2009 fiction novel by American writer William R. Forstchen

I think that's a great novel about a post social collapse.
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This is great topic lot to look through, no excuse to be bored any more
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One Second After is a great book, a proper novel, not just a list of guns and ranting.

Last Light is the same, excellent book.

Lucifer's Hammer - old school SF, and absolutely brilliant.

Anything by John Wyndham except Chocky, which isn't teotwawki. He's terribly gentlemanly, tho.

Couple of Jerry Young's are particularly good - Disaster in the Burbs, Conspicuous Consumption.
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For me, it has to be Day Of The Triffids by John Wyndham. Then The Death Of Grass by John Christopher. Lastly , The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
There are many more of course,all worthy of a read.
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jansman wrote:For me, it has to be Day Of The Triffids by John Wyndham.
Agreed. He writes extremely well and depicts the different reactions of people to the collapse of their world.
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I'm enjoying the NewsFlesh trilogy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feed_%28Grant_novel%29