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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2022 11:39:52 GMT 10
The "Bill the Galactic Hero" series by Harry Harrison and Co.
It's absurd comedy science fiction, but it nails things like military life and government really well. In one of the books, the hero, Bill, gets swept along in a popular revolution as a bystander. At the penultimate moment, everyone steps aside but him. Turns out everyone else was an undercover government agent. The entire revolution was orchestrated by the government, and it only caught one "revolutionary"... who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
(Note, this was written in 1965 and not after 2020)
Pure absurdism. Ridiculousness and utter stupidity in every paragraph. In other words, it is required reading on how to survive modern times.
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Post by dirtdiva on Jan 17, 2022 0:17:39 GMT 10
I am reading a series called the Surviving the EMP Series by Ryan Casey. It has 3 books and specifically about a post apocalyptical world after an EMP attack.
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Post by rosebud on Oct 4, 2022 20:33:50 GMT 10
I have recently read a series called Yellow Death Chronicles by Peter R. Hall. It is a 3 book series. Book One is "Yellow Death: Arrival". It is set in England. "John is socially inept and friendless. When a pandemic all but wipes out humanity, the solitary life suits him well - at first.But events force him to make choices where he must work with, trust and lead others. This is against all his natural instincts, but the freedom of the new society depends on it. This first book explores morality and the essence of humanity. Arrival takes us through the end of civilization and the circumstances which begin to sculpt a reclusive loner into a military commander. Autism meets the apocalypse."
I liked this because it was a bit different from the usual apocalypse stories.
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Post by rosebud on Oct 5, 2022 15:01:07 GMT 10
I love reading, but sometimes I get fed up with US prepper/apocalyptic/doomsday style of fiction. I have recently found 2 books which I found worthwhile reading. "The Day the Tide Kept Rising: The pandemic was nothing compared to this" by Greg Jefferys. The Ross Shelf ice sheet slides off Antartica causing tsunamis in Tasmania and Eastern Australia and rising sea levels worldwide. The author has researched well in areas of archaeology, paleo-climatology and the effects of the end of the last ice age on humans of 10,000 years ago.
2nd book is "The Steading: A Story of Survival and New Beginnings" by Peter Wood. Set loosely in Wales sometime in the future when the human race is in danger of extinction. The author is autistic, so the story is told almost entirely without spoken dialogue, but is very readable. Part guide to survival and the basics of homesteading, it also sets out a more positive possibility for a future where rampant and destructive modernity has vanished. Earth has become a properly functioning ecosystem. I will read this book again at some stage.
Both of these books are available from amazon.com.au in paperback or kindle unlimited.
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Post by SA Hunter on Oct 5, 2022 20:07:06 GMT 10
Started Pandemic (The Extinction Files) by A.G Riddle last night. Made it to page 40 but had to force myself to sleep or else Id've been up all night reading it. Only 664 pages to go!
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Post by rosebud on Oct 6, 2022 19:02:25 GMT 10
Started Pandemic (The Extinction Files) by A.G Riddle last night. Made it to page 40 but had to force myself to sleep or else Id've been up all night reading it. Only 664 pages to go! I just bought this one on your recommendation using Kindle Unlimited so it costs nothing. I'll have to finish reading "The Day the Tide Kept Rising" first (see my previous post). I'd rather read than watch TV.
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