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Do you know some good post apocalyptic books?
I only know these books, although I have not yet read:

- The Road
- The Postman
- Il Cavallo Venduto, by Scerbanenco (I don't know if there is a international version of this book)
- The Shannara Saga
- A Canticle for Leibowitz
- Player One
- The Long Tomorrow
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Ask in the /sff/ general. They might help you there.
Ps: don't read ready player one, I dare you.
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>>8176046

>Ps: don't read ready player one, I dare you.

You're not the only one who tells me to avoid that book. Is this really so bad?
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>>8176010
Lucifer's Hammer

>at a wedding
>talking with some fellow pretty educated nerds
>talking post-apoc books
>metion lucifer's hammer
>silence
>...anon isnt that the one where the comet strike starts a race war?

awkward in real life
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>>8176118

why's it awkward? I don't get it.
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>>8176069
The forced references get old really quickly. The author seems intent on drilling into your brain that he grew up as a nerd in the 80's because every single page has some reference to a movie, song, arcade game, or some other facet of 80's nerd culture. Not only that but the target audience seems to be middle/high-school so the writing style is simple and the plot is pretty thin.
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>>8176243

Damn, sounds like a hipster book.
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>>8177997
It's mainstream as fuck.
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>>8176010
Earth Abides
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Earth Abides by George R. Stewart is a fantastic book
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Is this good?
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>>8176118
thanks!! heard about this, but forgot the name

Also!

EVERYONE skip On The Beach by Neville shute, shit's boring as clockreading

World War Z was a great book
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>>8178508
hahahahaha

just mentioned from top of page

NO!!
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>>8178510
and I am Legend was decent book fodder
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>>8176010
i liked "Eternity Road" from McDevitt

"April 10, 2079 the trains started running empty"
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>>8178469
>>8178488

Might get it if this isn't a samefag
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Like i said in the now dead /sffg/, Metro 2033, it's fucking great.

Also, anybody know if i need to read 2034 to understand the plot of 2035? Planning ahead here.
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