Post-apocalyptic sperging -

[DatBepisTho]

The cold times are approaching;
Fallout 76 is going to suck, outdoor activities are going to be limited and suck, Bethesda will never release Fallout novels as anything but a cashgrab and Bepis needs more post-apocalypse books to sperg about.

So, without further ado, the sperging:
Alas, Babylon or The Postman would have to be my faves even if one gets a little lame in how it handled the final showdown with the major antagonist. Martian Chronicles, When the Wind Blows and Ridley Walker get special mention as runners-up for fave tho.

-Outside of YAs trying to be this genre and dissolving into asinine romances that no one would care about, I haven't encountered one I would mention as absolute trash. The Road was an exhausting slog and World War Z had its moments but still lacked something, however.

I know it sounds spoon-fed, but what are some of your favorite/most hated novels?

 

[Varg Did Nothing Wrong]

The Road was meant to be exhausting, at least emotionally. It was also kinda short.

I would call The Martian Chronicles tangentially related to post-apocalyptic fiction but it's certainly not the focus.

Stephen King's "The Stand" is a great post-apoc book if you get the unabridged version, and also enjoy Stephen King novels.

 

[DatBepisTho]

The Road was meant to be exhausting, at least emotionally. It was also kinda short.

I would call The Martian Chronicles tangentially related to post-apocalyptic fiction but it's certainly not the focus.

Stephen King's "The Stand" is a great post-apoc book if you get the unabridged version, and also enjoy Stephen King novels.

Agreed on the Chronicles.

As for the Road I think the exhaustion made it seem longer than it was. Was not prepared for that after a friend sang it's praises tbh.

Is the Stand novel as much as a trip as the for TV series? I remember a literature teacher mentioning a midget gimp beat Trashman sometimes and that was definitely one thing missing from the live action. I am grateful for the show though. "My life for you" wouldn't be near as memetic had it not been uttered on screen.

 

[1Tonka_Truck]

I really enjoyed the Black Tide Rising series. It puts some real effort into how someone could create zombies and how to deal with them.

 

[Varg Did Nothing Wrong]

Is the Stand novel as much as a trip as the for TV series? I remember a literature teacher mentioning a midget gimp beat Trashman sometimes and that was definitely one thing missing from the live action. I am grateful for the show though. "My life for you" wouldn't be near as memetic had it not been uttered on screen.

I don't remember a midget gimp, but the unabridged version has a crazy greaser from Louisiana that picks up Trashman in his fucking flake orange hot rod Ford Deuce Coupe and then they have some adventures in drinking Coors and driving fast. All that shit got cut out for the original release.

It's worth a read dude, even if some of the bits can get tiresome.

 

[DatBepisTho]

I don't remember a midget gimp, but the unabridged version has a crazy greaser from Louisiana that picks up Trashman in his fucking flake orange hot rod Ford Deuce Coupe and then they have some adventures in drinking Coors and driving fast. All that shit got cut out for the original release.

It's worth a read dude, even if some of the bits can get tiresome.

Hm. Maybe she got two King move crossed? Sounds good as I'm curious to see if those adventures are what fried Trashman's brain.
I'll see if the local library has the brick version, thanks man.

@1Tonka_Truck
Is it a big read as a series or is it on going?

 

[1Tonka_Truck]

Is it a big read as a series or is it on going?

Last I checked it is 4 books and right around 2000 pages total.

 

[MilkAddict]

Don't worry about Fallout 76. If there is enough escalation and tensions rise, anyone has the potential to eventually achieve the ultimate form. A great soft jelly thing.

 

[HG 400]

Salute of the Jugger.

 

[JustStopDude]

I enjoy Metro. The video game is based on a book series...based on Fallout. The original author allows others to add to the universe. Unfortunately, much of the books are in Russian so most Americans do not get exposed to them.

 

[Bagronkleton]

Hm. Maybe she got two King move crossed? Sounds good as I'm curious to see if those adventures are what fried Trashman's brain.
I'll see if the local library has the brick version, thanks man.

Brick version is definitely worth a read. It fills in a lot of character development for Trashman and others that were cut out because the publisher pretty much said this has too many pages, what is this supposed to be? a novel?

 

[OB 946]

Metro series is good, Alas, Babylon is great, A Canticle for Leibowitz is my favorite of all time, tbh, A Boy and His Dog is fucked but entertaining, The Road captures the true essence of hopelessness imo, Zone One is a decent zombie one. Cat's Cradle also a good one. There is a lot of stuff I really enjoy in the post-apoc genre, unfortunately pretty much anything since 2000 is trash tho.

 

[DatBepisTho]

I think the Metro series being exclusively in Russian print is a crying shame.

Also will look into the other series suggested above, but did anyone read Station Eleven?

 

[millais]

Metro series is good, Alas, Babylon is great, A Canticle for Leibowitz is my favorite of all time, tbh, A Boy and His Dog is fucked but entertaining, The Road captures the true essence of hopelessness imo, Zone One is a decent zombie one. Cat's Cradle also a good one. There is a lot of stuff I really enjoy in the post-apoc genre, unfortunately pretty much anything since 2000 is trash tho.

I'm in the middle of reading the posthumously published sequel novel to Canticle for Leibowitz. I like it much better than the original novel, since the entire sequel takes place in one era of the setting so there's much more space and time available for fully fleshing out that era, as opposed to the original which has three very different eras to establish in the span of one novel.

 

[HarvurdChikee]

has anyone said a boy and his dog? because a boy and his dog.

 

[AnOminous]

Damnation Alley by Roger Zelazny is good. Trashy, but good. The movie adaptation is pretty much ass, though.

The Quiet Earth is a good movie.

Le Dernier Combat is a fantastic and practically unknown movie starring nobody and directed by nobody. Well, they were nobodies at the time anyway. It was directed by Luc Besson and starred Jean Reno. It's a grim b&w apocalypse with no dialogue. Well, two words. I guess Besson nerds have probably watched it, but you barely ever hear about it.

The Lathe of Heaven is a brilliant novel by Ursula K. LeGuin, with a fantastic film adaptation that was made by PBS and then buried over some dumb music copyright dispute, and a shitty film adaptation 20+ years later that should be ignored. It's more alternate realities than apocalyptic but a few of the alternate realities are basically apocalypses.

 

[The Shadow]

Check out The Earth Abides for a really early take on Post-Apoc novel.

I Am Legend is often overlooked as novels go since it's more regarded as horror than post-apoc. Last Man on Earth and Omega Man are both really fun adaptations for different reasons. The Woll Smoth version is...pretty much a garbage mid 2000s movie.

 

[Tragi-Chan]

Check out The Earth Abides for a really early take on Post-Apoc novel.

I Am Legend is often overlooked as novels go since it's more regarded as horror than post-apoc. Last Man on Earth and Omega Man are both really fun adaptations for different reasons. The Woll Smoth version is...pretty much a garbage mid 2000s movie.

Yeah, I Am Legend is a great book, and it’s a real shame no one has the balls to do a loyal adaptation.

It’s not a novel, but Threads is a great post-apocalyptic movie if you’re not into sleeping.

 

[Francis E. Dec Esc.]

If you want to read a really bad post-apocalyptic book, pick up one of James Wesley Rawles' Patriots books. They're basically Christian Dominionist propaganda masquerading as a novel.