“Lot” and “Lot’s Daughter” – Ward Moore
In the aftermath of nuclear war, a man named Jimmon sees all his built-up middle-class resentment explode in civilization’s twilight. Yet Jimmon reaps what he sows…
Tag Archives: post apocalyptic
The Book of Etta – Meg Elison
Etta always felt more at home on the road, taking the guise and persona of “Eddy” instead. But when slavers seize her friends and raid her home, Etta vows to avenge them.
Dark Universe – Daniel F. Galouye
A post-apocalyptic society built in the darkness of underground caverns finds its world-view tested when strange monsters emerge, bringing with them a terrible screaming silence.
Walk to the End of the World – Suzy McKee Charnas
A post-apocalyptic dystopia set in a hyper-masculine society, where a trio of male anti-heroes and their female slave set out on a journey to the far ends of the world.
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife – Meg Elison
When she went to sleep, the world was dying. When she awoke, it was dead. As one of the last surviving women, she must make her way through a treacherous wasteland.
The Scarlet Plague – Jack London
Sixty years after a plague killed most of the world’s population, the last man who remembers pre-collapse civilization tries to tell the story of the plague times to his savage grandkids.
The Silent Multitude – D.G. Compton
A dreamy psychological tale of the four people who stay in Gloucester while the city collapses around them from an interstellar, concrete-eating plague.
Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel
An ambitious novel spanning decades, Station Eleven look at human relationships before and after an apocalyptic flu epidemic levels society and decimates the population. Don’t miss it.
The Pastel City – M. John Harrison
An aging warrior-poet answers a summons to war, fighting for the young queen of Viriconium, city at the end of time. Far-future decay clothed in the raiments of sword-and-sorcery.
Hothouse – Brian Aldiss
Tens of thousands of years into the far flung future, the Earth has become a veritable hothouse, home to new forms of plant life that threaten humanity with extinction.
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang – Kate Wilhelm
In the face of a looming eco-apocalypse, a small band of survivalist scientists turn to cloning to preserve the human race. The clones, of course, have other goals in mind.
