Without firing a shot

[cstone]

Go fill out another Form 1 and a few 4473s to relax.

[Great-Kazoo]

Go fill out another Form 1 and a few 4473s to relax.

Domo Arigato, sensei. HAI.

[DavieD55]

[StagLefty]

GK you thinking about the Foreign and Domestic Enemies series ?

[Great-Kazoo]

GK you thinking about the Foreign and Domestic Enemies series ?

That's the one[s] 1st of the series i tried 2x to read, without any headway. IMO the author made the protagonist such an unlikable person, it wasn't enjoyable to read.

[JohnnyEgo]

I'm going to be a heretic and say that I thought 'One Second After' sucked!
Read like a thematic plundering of Niven's 80s classic, 'Lucifer's Hammer'.
Right down to the cannibalistic black gangs.

I've got an entire bookshelf of Post-Apocalyptic literature, and I'd rank it amongst the worst.
Though I suppose if you are not a fan of the genre, it makes for a convenient review of the half dozen source novels it copies.

This is what happens when I post before coffee.

[HoneyBadger]

The difference between the last crusade and the next one is that the last one was fought in "battles" at specific times and locations in often distant lands. The next one will not be so well defined because we will have been completely infiltrated (if not already) and the enemy will be nearly impossible to identify. They have the numbers. They have the will. Do we have the will to fight back? Do we have the will to do what is necessary? What will it take? Just some things to reflect upon before you leave your house or take your family into town this weekend...

[Great-Kazoo]

I'm going to be a heretic and say that I thought 'One Second After' sucked!
Read like a thematic plundering of Niven's 80s classic, 'Lucifer's Hammer'.
Right down to the cannibalistic black gangs.

I've got an entire bookshelf of Post-Apocalyptic literature, and I'd rank it amongst the worst.
Though I suppose if you are not a fan of the genre, it makes for a convenient review of the half dozen source novels it copies.

This is what happens when I post before coffee.

You're no longer our neighbor. I WASH MY HANDS

[Sawin]

I'm going to be a heretic and say that I thought 'One Second After' sucked!
Read like a thematic plundering of Niven's 80s classic, 'Lucifer's Hammer'.
Right down to the cannibalistic black gangs.

I've got an entire bookshelf of Post-Apocalyptic literature, and I'd rank it amongst the worst.
Though I suppose if you are not a fan of the genre, it makes for a convenient review of the half dozen source novels it copies.

This is what happens when I post before coffee.

Haha, no worries. I don't have any sort of attachment to it, just that I enjoyed the book. Now, I am not naive to the fact that's clearly the product of my not being a connoisseur of Post-Apocalyptic literature or even modestly "well read"... I guess I need to read more of the originals. Do you have any favorites or ones you'd strongly recommend?

p.s. - be sure to drink your coffee

[JohnnyEgo]

You're no longer our neighbor. I WASH MY HANDS

Isn't this like the sixth time this has happened? The last one being when I suggested I'd put breakfast sausage in my spaghetti sauce?

Haha, no worries. I don't have any sort of attachment to it, just that I enjoyed the book. Now, I am not naive to the fact that's clearly the product of my not being a connoisseur of Post-Apocalyptic literature or even modestly "well read"... I guess I need to read more of the originals. Do you have any favorites or ones you'd strongly recommend?

p.s. - be sure to drink your coffee

I read a lot, because I have a lot of time as a passenger in airplanes. I say that to say that I may well be a jaded and/or pretentious snob in my literary tastes, and I won't be offended if you like something I don't, or dislike something I do.
That being said, I'll give you two recommendations that I think are very well written and reasonably realistic, with one being from the 40s and the other being more contemporary:

"Earth Abides" by George R. Stewart. An epidemic based apocalypse novel, following the days before through many decades after the event. This was written in the 40s, but holds up pretty well to a more contemporary audience.

"Station Eleven" by Emily St. John Mandel. A contemporary novel written by a woman, so there is a lot of internal monologing going on. That said, her narration of the end of the world is pretty compelling, as is her thought process behind what happens when the bullets mostly run out.

I'm guessing I have about 40 or so novels with the post-apocalypse theme running through them, crowded in with all the Dickens, Melville, and Voltaire from when I used to have an hour long train commute to work.