new post apocalyptic books

[goofy9er]

I've been doing some searches for post apocalyptic fiction and all i can find is older more classis books. i was just wondering if anybody can suggestion newer books?

 

[elvet]

I haven't read it, but The Road by Cormac McCarthy is getting rave reviews, not in the least from Stephen King. It's his top pick for best book of the year.

Simple, stripped to the bare bones, this story of a man's effort to keep his son alive and to find any place of refuge in the wake of a great disaster is the finest achievement of McCarthy's career. I thought it was almost the perfect narrative — spare in its beauty and constantly driven forward by its own interior urgency. Impossible to put down, in other words.

 

[that old guy]

I quite liked Armageddon's Children by Terry Brooks.

The only cautionary note is that it is the first book in a news series that is going to be some sort of bridge between his Word and Void and Shannara series' (serieses? ). It also leans heavily towards the fantasy end of the spectrum.

 

[ras'matroi]

I read The Sky-Lords some time ago and liked them a lot.
( amazon-link )

 

[Junomidge]

What about the Miocene Arrow, Sean McMullan?

 

[dsmith]

I haven't read it, but The Road by Cormac McCarthy is getting rave reviews, not in the least from Stephen King. It's his top pick for best book of the year.

The Road was very good!

 

[westpl]

Just read The Road by Cormac McCarthy. I would definitely recommend it. My favorite of all time is John Wyndham The day of the Triffids. Wish I could find another like that.

 

[Blue Tyson]

There are all those Deathlands and Outlands type series, too. David Gemmell's Jerusalem Man trilogy.

 

[The_Warrior]

Hmm,i've been looking for alot of post=apocalyptic novles too.

 

[j d worthington]

I'd also strongly recommend Wyndham's Re-Birth (a.k.a. The Chrysalids). Given the way so many look at the possibility of the apocalypse's religious overtones, this is perhaps an even more timely book today than in the period in which it was published.

It's a rich field, but these days it's a good deal harder to pull off, as it's an idea that's been done so much that it's become more the subject of parody than of serious stories. However, for those who'd like a look at some ideas on the sub-genre:

Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And this one gives a fairly good list, with various subdivisions:

SF: Cosy Catastrophe Biblio

whereas this one lists those in the "Dying Earth" sort of tale (not restricted to Vance's stories....)

Dying Earth subgenre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[HappyHippo]

The Left Behind series by Tim La Haye and Jerry B Jenkins are quite good. Based on Armageddon as described in the book of Revelation, but with techno and romance and intrigue thrown in.

I mention it here because they are apparently sci-fi, which gobsmackled me slightly, but what do I know?

also, a good classic which you might not have tried is A Gift Upon the Shore by M K Wren.... really, really evocative and intense read.

 

[swish]

For some it is an utopia and not a dystopia, but Margaret Atwoods Oryx and Crake might fit.

If you like manga Nausicaä is a must.

 

[Winter Lord]

The Magic Time trilogy, by Mark Scott Zicree and others.
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews.
Dies the Fire, The Protector's War, and Meeting at Corvalis by S.M. Stirling.

 

[Robert M. Blevins]

Have to go with 'The Road' as well. I have never read anything quite like it.