rwl@uvacs.UUCP (Ray Lubinsky) (10/09/85)
> In answer to the fellow who asked for an After-The-End anthology. > > The after-doomsday theme is one that has been handled often in > both sci-fi and mainstream literature. Geez! If you're going to post this to sf-lovers, too, please don't use the term ``sci-fi''. ``SF'' is much nicer. ``Sci-fi'' brings to mind Japanese monster flicks. > Damnation Alley. Zelazny (or perhaps Silverberg, I forget > which). Pretty road-warriorish. It was Zelazny. Not particularly at his best. Never saw the movie they made out of this. Anyone seen it and/or liked it? I didn't see the original article, but if the requester was looking for stories set after the fall of civilization (not necessarily ours), I'd recommend: ``Nightfall'' by Isaac Asimov. A classic short story about a world orbitting multiple suns, forever in daylight, where civilization crumbles each epoch in which all of the planet's suns are eclipsed simultaneously. ``A World Out Of Time'' by Larry Niven. Thrown three million years into the future by a relativistic space voyage, the hero returns to Earth to find the survivors of humanity living among the ruins. -- Ray Lubinsky University of Virginia, Dept. of Computer Science uucp: decvax!mcnc!ncsu!uvacs!rwl
benson@dcdwest.UUCP (Peter Benson) (10/15/85)
Earth Abides by George Stewart is a great man-in-the-rubble
story. The catastrophe is non-nuclear. The post-catastrophe
re-building is insightful and interesting.
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ucbvax!sdcsvax!dcdwest!benson | mdm@ecn-pc.UUCP ( Mike D McEvoy) (10/18/85)
> >Let's not forget Nevil Shutes book On the beach. This was one of the first >classics of the after the destruction type. It deals with the situation >as encountered by an American submarine on duty at the start of the War. >Both the movie and the book are excellent. > Bob... Arg... Both the movie and the book may have been good from a literary standpoint, but from a standpoint of technical accuracy they were a disaster. Typical doomie viewpoints that ignored little things like the short half life of fallout, etc. Even at that time, we had a fairly good understanding of the true effects of a nuclear war (at least high level effects of radiation). Literary license has never been a valid excuse for gross technical/scientific errors. No Flame intended to you Bob, it's just that authors who practice their craft should keep their facts straight - it does a dis-service to write "hard" science fiction from a position of authority and call it science fiction. Fantasy is a much better label. Big Mac
cm@unc.UUCP (Chuck Mosher) (10/24/85)
I have not seen mentioned an excellent series of books that came out fairly recently by Paul O. Williams. They are about man's comeback from a nuclear Armegeddon which had pushed the level of society down to a nomadic tribal culture. I really enjoyed them. The titles are: The Breaking of Northwall The Ends of the Circle The Dome in the Forest The Fall of the Shell (my favorite) An Ambush of Shadows The Song of the Axe (2nd favorite) I recommend reading them in order. Although not necessary, it fleshes out references in subsequent books to create a more solid feel for the cultural milieu. They are published by Del Ray. Enjoy! Chuck Mosher !decvax!mcnc!unc!cm
clelau@wateng.UUCP (Eric C.L. Lau) (10/26/85)
In article <389@unc.unc.UUCP> cm@unc.UUCP (Chuck Mosher) writes: > >I have not seen mentioned an excellent series of books that came >out fairly recently by Paul O. Williams. They are about man's >comeback from a nuclear Armegeddon which had pushed the level >of society down to a nomadic tribal culture. I really enjoyed >them. The titles are: > The Breaking of Northwall > The Ends of the Circle > The Dome in the Forest > The Fall of the Shell (my favorite) > An Ambush of Shadows > The Song of the Axe (2nd favorite) > > Chuck Mosher > !decvax!mcnc!unc!cm I've also enjoyed this series called the Pelbar Cycle. The seventh, and from the looks of the the last, in the series just appeared in the bookstores up here in Canada. It's called _The_Sword_of_Forbearance. It essentially brings to a climax all the preceding events and characters. I wouldn't exactly say that this is a recent series. The first book came out about seven years ago I think, I'm too lazy to check. All in all it's a good series about the resurrection of civilization in North America. The characters are a bit predictable at times but usually quite interesting. The main weakness in the last book is an overabundance of main characters. If you haven't read any of the previous books it can get overwhelming but I guess that's true for any closing or last book in a series. Eric Lau ...!{utcsri|ihnp4}!watmath!wateng!clelau