Good TEOTWAWKI Books?

It's been a VERY long time since I read them, but I remember really enjoying the Pelbar Cycle (a series of seven books) by Paul O Williams.
http://www.scifan.com/series/series.asp?SR_seriesid=774

Amazon Post-Apoc List

Another

yet another

EmptyWorld, a post-apoc fiction site.

I have an archived copy of Triple Ought in MS Word 97 format (810k in size). If anyone wants a copy of it, just send me a PM.

Lucifer's Hammer, Footfall, and Farnam's Freehold are all excellent books.

You also may want to check out some of the Post Apacalyptic setting mass market paperback series.

The Guardians
Traveler
Wingman

Are some that come to mind.

Aside from several already mentioned (Lucifer's Hammer, Footfall, Alas Bablyon, The Stand, Triple Ought, Farnham's Freehold) check out David Gerrold's "War Against the Chtorr" series, if you can find it. It isn't finished yet and I wish it would get wrapped up, but it's very good. Gerrold wrote "The Trouble with Tribbles" for the original Star Trek, BTW.

Also, "A Canticle for Leibowitz" is an outstanding post-apocalyptic novel.

Some additional good ones.

I did like Emergence. Just somehow forgot about it.

The Folks of the Fringe by Orson Scott Card. - Card has some other good ones.

Warrior and Wanderer and Witch by Donald E. McQuinn (3 book series)

I have another, but I can't find it and can't remember the name off hand. Been too long since I read it.

What does teotwawki stand for?
-Mike

Thanks!

The Gardians, The Wingman, only ones I didn't see listed. Both better in high school then now.

Check out "Malevile" by Robert Merle.

"On the Beach" by Nevil Schute.

A little old ... sixties, I think. The last vestiges of human civilization left on earth, in Australia.

Australia, because that's the last stop for the worldwide fallout from the nuclear war in the northern hemisphere.

Nothing hokey, no aliens or techno-babble, just a really good read about the last days of some really good people.

I read it every five years or so ... get chilled every time.

Thank you Sisco.I tried to post it Earth Abidesbut somehow got distracted, a very good story my copy is a .25$ thrift store version.I read it 4 or 5 yrs ago during my bug book phase. The Hot Zone, Rainbow 6, & Ebola.

I know its a movie The Omega Man w/Charlton Heston,good,Iwonder if there is a book. Thanks

I know its a movie The Omega Man w/Charlton Heston,good, Iwonder if there is a book.

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Yes. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson.

http://www.pamedia.com/books/iamlegend/
http://www.thearnoldfans.com/movies/iamlegend/iamlegend.htm




http://www.pamedia.com/

Surprised nobody's mentioned the Democratic Party Platform yet.

Steve

Just read the Consultant what was there. Where does a person get the entire story? Not a bad story and I like the Beast. Anyone know where the ending is?

May I suggest a couple of additional Heinlein books for your reading pleasure.

Tunnel in the Sky - short term survival test goes bad

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

The latter is not a TEOTWAWKI novel, but this tale of revolution in the pursuit of freedom has a lot of food for thought.

For an ironic take on surviving bureaucrats

you might consider Stanislaw Lem's NOTES FOUND IN A BATHTUB. Lem was (is? dunno if he's still alive) an Eastern Bloc sci fi writer who actually managed to get some stuff published in the west during the cold war. Not the easiest reading, as I recall, but the idea is that the notes are those found in excavation of the ruins of the pentagon following a teotwawki war, basically reflecting the bureaucrats attempts to keep the place running in spite of reality. Though many of us veterans think that happens to be what's been going on for a long time now!

I read a book in high school titled 'Alas Babylon'

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I remember that book, it was a great read when I was 14. I'm going to have to pick up a copy and see if its still entertaining. You should also check out The Harry Turtledove "World War" series. Not exactly post-apocolyps, but definatly TEOTWAWKI.

Btennison
QUOTE]"Out of the Ashes" by William W. Johnstone, available from Barnes & Noble Six books in a series, end of the world, heavy para military & weapons, etc.. Excellent read![/QUOTE]

This series has over 24 books now.

I walked out of "The Postman" at the theatre, after listening to the tapes. Time now to read the book!

I'm on the last twenty pages of "Invasion USA" by William W. Johntone published 2006. It's a very well-written story about illegal immigration, Mara Salvatrucha, the treasonous ACLU, and a heroic Vietnam vet who takes a stand.

Another vote for Patriots, really enjoyed it. Also really like The Omega Man, although I haven't read I Am Legend yet, it's on my list. As a side note, there is supposed to be a movie version of I Am Legend coming out in 2007. Starring Will Smith. I personally think Nick Cage would have been a better choice, but I am still looking forward to it. Always thought there should have been a modern re-make of The Omega Man.

-jagd

Just saving the thread!