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There's also a WW Z podcast... I don't know if it's just the book broken up into parts or if it's something else... I'll check it out.
This is one of my favorite types of books, so I've read quite a few of them.Reading Blindness right now, and although it's the translated (english) version it's pretty great.
I'm not much further ahead of you on this one at the moment. I could be wrong, but I think these short interviews are what make up the entire book. It's a different way to advance the story.Have you gotten to the Paul Redeker part yet?
Yeah, it gets pretty irritating after awhile. I probably should have mentioned that.
I read two of those. :/
Nope.I'm not much further ahead of you on this one at the moment. I could be wrong, but I think these short interviews are what make up the entire book. It's a different way to advance the story.Have you gotten to the Paul Redeker part yet?
I read "When Worlds Collide" about 40 years ago (man am I getting old) and loved it. Never read "after Worlds Collide". I agree the movie was cheesy but I enjoyed it.
how were they?
Keep reading. I really loved the setup, once you get into it. It's an epic story told in a very personal, stripped down way from many points of view. It was great to read after getting thru the Song of Ice and Fire series, which is ridiculously heavy on names and details. This is the opposite.Also, I will never hear "The Trooper" by Iron Maiden again and not think of this book.Nope.I'm not much further ahead of you on this one at the moment. I could be wrong, but I think these short interviews are what make up the entire book. It's a different way to advance the story.Have you gotten to the Paul Redeker part yet?
I stopped after two.
Apocalyptic.
Good call. Haven't seen Damnation Alley by Zelazny mentioned yet. It was made into one of the worst films ever but it was a decent book, albeit very "pulpy".And the extremely wonderful Hawkwind had a song based on it, another strong recommendation.
I would put this book in this category. Loved it.There is a decent thread on it here if your interested.
Just finished Blindness yesterday. I kind of want to see the movie now to see what they do and do not show. Basically, when everyone goes
I've seen it on PA lists often enough. That made me buy book one, anyway.
The Passage is the best book I have read in the past few years. Everyone I've loaned it to either loved it and couldn't put it down, or had to stop reading it cause it got too intense. I can't wait for the next one.
Part 2 is coming out soon
http://www.amazon.com/Twelve-Book-Two-Passage-Trilogy/dp/0345504984/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344312404&sr=1-1&keywords=cronin
I'd say no, but I can see why you'd say it dips it's toes in the genre.
the world literally goes to poo.
The one I remembered first of his was "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream". Always stuck with me.
Was just coming to post this. One Second After is short, fairly intense read on just how fast society alls apart after an apocalyptic event, especially one that simply takes away your electronics. It's very real in its narrative taking place just outside of Asheville, NC where the author actually live. Great book.http://www.onesecondafter.com/
Before I read this one, I didn't even know what an EMP was. You can tell the author has done his homework and the scenario he describes post-EMP seems very realistic to me. However, don't go into this book looking for great characterization or dialogue - it's pretty rudimentary and all of the characters are well-worn archestypes. To be fair, though, I doubt the author was going for the Great American Novel here and was just using the fiction angle to inform. Anyway, pretty fast and enjoyable read with a few "oh crap1" moments.
I liked One Second After, too, though I swear it was self-edited. "Should of.." and "could of...", both of which were routinely used, were simply passed over by whoever edited the thing and that's just unacceptable.
Maybe I should give swan song another stab. I remember really liking the beginning, and slowly losing interest as it became more and more fantastical. I really liked Oryx and Crake, and am a big Atwood fan. I always recommend The Handmaid's Tale in dystopian discussions too. Haven't gotten around to reading After the Flood yet. Thought I read it's not exactly a sequel - more just in the same universe and time as Oryx and Crake.
Book is more depressing.I read "Lucifer's Hammer" after someone mentioned it here. Meh.
Harry Turtledove also wrote an "Alternative History" book about an EMP attack done by aliens invading Earth and starting the invasion with an EMP attack. Oh yes, and the EMP attack took place in 1943 and the story centered on WWII so that you had Nzais vs. Allies vs. Aliens and all electronics were disabled so no internal combustion engines would work. Steam power and diesel engines were the main forms of power that would still work, because there was no spark.
Just finished Handmaid's Tale. Liked it enough to want to read more Atwood.And Shuke, since we have similar tastes, I'll trust you on Swan Song and put that one on my list.
Was that a different book from the Lizards invasion series? They caught us in the middle of WWII, too, but I don't remember EMPs being used. Everybody still had working machinery.I've been seeing promos for a new tv series coming along called "Revolution," I think, which is supposed to be about life after the power goes out. It appears that people get skilled with swords pretty quickly.
