Hello all, I want to get into apocalyptic books and such. Ideally without any zombies. I've been thinking of starting with either Earth Abides or The Dog Stars, would any of you have suggestions?
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>>7896485
>wants to "get into" apocalyptic books
>willing to give up some non-trivial fraction of his finite life to read contrived 2spooky4u lit
c'mon anon, it's 2016. have you read the greeks?
>>7896485
Here's what on the syllabus for the class I'm teaching on the subject come autumn:
Last Man by Mary Shelley
After London by Richard Jeffries
Endgame by Beckett
Return Journey to Swansea by Dylan Thomas
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
You could also look up:
Oryx and Crake (trilogy) by Margaret Atwood
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
Lucifer's Hammer by some guy
Canticle for Leibowitz by some other guy
>>7896492
>After London
Please, fellate me.
Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban is the GOAT apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic novel
>>7896498
Um... alright then. C'mere, big boy.
>>7896530
>slurping sounds and moaning. Occasional gagging
>>7896538
>o god! I'm going to....
>>7896542
>coughing and spitting out
>>7896545
>brushing teeth
Never again, just because he liked a book I like.
>quietly crying
>>7896485
Why do people hate on McCarthy's The Road? It's so beautiful but it also makes me feel the worst I have ever felt when reading.
Try Hater and its sequels, it's hilarious. Basically a percentage of the population has a genetic offshoot heritage that activates and makes them start maniacanly and compulsively attack and kill people, and the teest is that the Haters are doing it because they perceive the rest of the people wants to destroy THEM and that the normal people are the haters
>>7896555
My guess is because it's popular and McCarthy got interviewed by Oprah. /lit/'s a bit dumb that way.
>>7896555
Mediocre prose, bland characters, generally being generic as fuck
>>7896559
"Anything that can appeal to the many cannot be complex enough to appeal to the most intelligent of us."
-Albert Einstein
>>7896556
That sounds insane, I like it
>>7896555
I saw the movie as a kid, very good, made me cry
