SciFi and Fantasy Book Club discussion

Thought this might interest some:

End of the World Literature – Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

Yes, thanks for sharing. Yet more books to add to the to-read shelf. :)

Daybreak 2250 A.D. is on the list. That was my first post-apocalyptic read. I've read 9 of the books on the list. I guess I'm not as much of a junkie as I thought.

I've only read 8, but can think of quite a few others not on the list. I do appreciate seeing this list as it adds some I'd like to read (oh my tottering to-read pile!). Here are some of my favorites:

A strange trilogy starts with Sos the Rope by Piers Anthony. Something about this trilogy is very haunting, although I never cared for the last book much.

This Immortal is another good one. Roger Zelazny writes something like, "We'd destroyed our home like cockroaches. Did the wise, elder race reach for the roach spray? No, they helped us." A futuristic/mythologic journey through a ruined Earth. Very cool & possibly my favorite book of all time.

Brain Wave posits the end of our civilization in a completely different way - we outgrow it. We've developed in a portion of space that has a brain dampening effect. Our star system moves out of it & suddenly we all gain 200 IQ points or something. What happens when the average man is suddenly so smart that Einstein would be a drooling idiot by comparison?

A Matter For Men is a series of books where Earth is invaded environmentally. The Far Side of the Sky is a trilogy that preludes this action & gives us a better idea of what the furture Earth was like before our civilization crashes from the invaders.

Maybe I should be embarrassed that I've only read 2

I don't know how I forgot it, but another all time favorite is The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany. Similar in a lot of ways to Zelazny's "This Immortal".

Chris, no reason to be embarrassed by it. There are too many books out there. Just be happy you now have another 18 that come highly recommended.

I'm pretty pleased that I've 6! I don't really consider myself to be a singular genre type of guy, just whatever strikes my fancy!

So, the fact that I've read 6, own 2 more to read, and have at least 1 more on TBR list, means I'm doing pretty well with the post-apocolyptic genre, right?

Bumping up for Em.