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Both a SHTF and a horror novel series but:
The Passage Trilogy: (only two books available thus far) 1. The Passage 2. The Twelve 3. The City of Mirrors (released date is Oct 2014) It's a great series written around the an infectious disease that turns humans into bloodthirsty monsters and one child who was injected with the virus who, without giving out spoilers, doesn't become a monster and ages extremely slowly because of it. The three books span a time period of hundreds of years after the destruction of modern society chronically both the immediate struggle to survive the near species ending event, to the decades and centuries later of different groups of humans trying to make their way in the world while still under constant threat of attack by the monsters in the darkness.
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Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven.
Its an excellent read. Written in the late 70's but still great today. Also, "Home" series by A. American is a good prepper-fiction book series. The first in the series is called "Going Home." |
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I used to live on Lake Success and jumped off that bridge they blew-up in the book. |
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Liberators: A Novel of the Coming Global Collapse Hardcover – October 21, 2014
http://www.amazon.com/Liberators-Nov...0400140&sr=1-1 Sounds like a great read. |
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Another vote for this one
positively uplifting after reading The Road, lol Also good is I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson
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Here are my top reads so far:
The Home Series. Great book on SHTF and a man who is a prepper. The series was written by a prepper and he seems to know his stuff. He gets very in detail about what the character is carrying, his preps, etc - sometimes TOO in detail for me, but at least you don't catch him saying things like "clip" when he means magazine. Book 1: Going Home Book 2: Surviving Home Book 3: Escaping Home Book 4: Forsaking Home Book 5: TBD but its going to be published soon. World War Z. One of my favorites - the movie wasn't even close to the book. The Postman was a great post-apocalypse novel. They made the movie "based" on this book but it was completely bastardized. The Stand by Stephen King. Great, fun read for SHTF. Not very technical but one of my favorite King books. I Am Legend. They also made a movie very loosely based on this book. The book is a fun read and has an interesting ending. The Contamination Boxed Set (Books 0-3). I picked this up for .99 and decided to give it a try. Its not the best written but if you want something cheap and interesting, this fits the bill. There are books 4 and 5 but I dont really have the desire to read them after the first three. The first "three" books are the equivalent of a single standard book. Divergent Series. I don't know if it's been mentioned in this thread yet but if you liked Hunger Games, you'll probably find this interesting. I've read the first two books but I haven't made it into the third yet, the first one is the best. I haven't seen the movie so I can't comment on how they relate. Last edited by Lifeon2whls; 09-15-2014 at 10:41 AM.. |
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Just finished up the Perseid Collapse series by Steven Konkoly last night - two thumbs up!
The series starts with the Jakarta Pandemic which is characterized as a prequel to the Perseid Collapse series. As the title implies this is about a SHTF event driven by a worldwide pandemic. The main characters in the book live in Maine, and the book is about how they deal with the crisis in their neighborhood. The Perseid Collapse series itself is three books, The Perseid Collapse, Event Horizon and Point of Crisis. They follow the same group of characters during and following a second SHTF event. Rather unique to see two independent SHTF events of this scope in one series, but the first book does set up some of the things that happen in the interim between the two events. All four books are action packed thrillers that keep you on the edge of your seat throughout. The books are well written, with good character development. One of the main characters is ex-military, and there are a lot of military oriented battle action sequences in all three books. If that's not your cup of tea than these may not be for you. It's not clear whether this is the end of the series or not. Certainly the story is left at a point where there could be another book, but there isn't any commitment to a 5th book in the series.
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I just finished Day of Wrath a novella by William Forstchen (One Second After). Very up to date story about a ISIS attack on the US. It is a short, easy (to follow) read but I found it tough to get through because of the subject and vivid descriptions.
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the autobiographical (some events in book are argued to be false) "Papillon" is one man's SHTF story that is a lesson on tenacity. while not a book written as a SHTF instructional guide, it is part of my personal library of survival related books.
i highly recommend the movie (Papillon) as well, with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman at their very best; one of those rare examples of a great movie being as powerful as the great book that it was based on. |
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I recently finished reading the Final Dawn series by Mike Kraus. It's one of the better series I've read, but not up there with the best. It's a little sci-fi, a little SHTF. The U.S. government has been working on developing nanobots that possess artificial intelligence. These nanobots can infect people and turn them into a sort of half human/half robot who's actions are centrally controlled. A rogue scientist tries to use this technology for his own purposes, and the results set off a disastrous chain of events.
Worth a read IMO.
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Got Amazon Kindle Unlimited - great deal. I downloaded TJ Reeder's Long Lonely Roader series 14-18 & Beware of Sleeping Dragons series 3. Also Thomas Ward's Tocabaga #6 &7. All free. These are all relatively short books and I was going to avoid continuing given the .99 - 2.99 price. However for 9.99 a month and given I read all this past month - a bargain for me. One can download 10 books at at a time. As you read you delete to get more. All good reads BTW.
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I recently picked up the 4th book in the Survivalist Series by A. American called Forsaking Home.
So far I've really enjoyed the series including this one. The 4th book goes is going into more detail about the 'how to' survival aspects of the main character and his group. Which isn't a bad thing, just slightly different than the previous 3 since quite a bit of time has been spent on what and how they are doing the things they are doing. Either way, the story is enjoyable and the characters are believable IMO. I also picked up James Wesley, Rawles latest book, Liberators which came out last week. I'm a big fan of his first novel Patriots however I skipped his last two books after reading reviews. For this installment I decided to check it out since the reviews were pretty good. I am working on finishing Forsaking Home first. A note about JWR's books though... they have heavy religious overtones. Which personally doesn't bother me (I'm not religious at all) but may bother some. It sounds like this book is very heavy with them.
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I just finished reading the McClane Apocalypse series by Kate Morris. There are 3 books so far (named McClane Apocalypse Book 1, 2 and 3), and per the note at the end of book 3 at least one more expected in 2015.
The premise is a WW-III type scenario in which nukes set off major tidal waves the devastate the coasts around the world and take out most infrastructure. The central characters are an extended family that was prepared, and lives on a nice isolated farm in TN. Two members of the family are doctors, and one of the husbands is a Army Ranger. He's joined by his brother and another friend, also Rangers. All this background to say that the situation is pretty idealistic, and while it creates a nice fantasy it's probably not reflective of the sorts of resources most of us would have at our disposal in a SHTF scenario. The series is generally well written. There is a lot of focus on the personal relationships among the characters, and as a result character development is much better than average for this type of book. Without spoiling the book let's just say that there are some interesting interpersonal dynamics portrayed in the book. Some may not like it, I thought it helped carry the book. I did catch a few spelling/grammar issues, but nowhere near as bad as some in this genre. Definitely worth a read IMO.
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Yeah that was a tough read especially since my wife works at a elementary school 20 miles from my house. good book even though. I highly recommend Matt Bracken. he also wrote a collection of short stories that is worth checking out.
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I enjoyed Bill Quick's Lightning Fall - see also http://theothermccain.com/2014/03/21...by-bill-quick/
EMP attack on the US. Political and social responses. Quick is a NorCal resident, and uses San Francisco as one of his geographic settings.
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That same author wrote "Patriots".
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I actually like World War Z. The movie has NOTHING to do with the book.
I like that it airs a lot of countries dirty laundry while hiding under the theme of being a zombie novel. Its a fun read! Not sure if it would be considered a SHTF book, but a lot of fun. |
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Merged the 2 threads; apologies for a little bit of disconnect from interleaving the posts by date, but that's how merges work.
I never use it, but apparently the vBulletin 'threaded' mode will straighten that out.
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Dog Stars is a new favorite of mine. Much better reading than the shoot-em up stuff.
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