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Codeine

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53. He tends to fall apart when the ending comes along.

Mon Jan 5, 2015, 06:39 PM

Jan 2015

I love the almost-unmatched deftness and confidence of his voice (I contend that his is one of the most gifted prose stylists in American literary history) and his characters are always so compelling, but the man can't end a book to save his life.

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Post apocalyptic fiction [View all] left-of-center2012 Nov 2012 OP

Oh! Oh! Oh! SheilaT Nov 2012 #1

Another classic from the same time (1960) getting old in mke Nov 2012 #6

I second Canticle for Liebowitz SteveG Sep 2013 #42

The book you can't remember..was it dixiegrrrrl Apr 2014 #44

Not that book. SheilaT Apr 2014 #45

Thanks for a wonderful response left-of-center2012 Nov 2012 #2

Ami Rebecca Blackwelder Viva_La_Revolution Nov 2012 #3

Thanks left-of-center2012 Nov 2012 #4

"World War Z" krispos42 Nov 2012 #5

Zombies, eh ? left-of-center2012 Nov 2012 #7

Yeah, think Studs Terkel, not George Romero (nt) getting old in mke Nov 2012 #8

What makes it great is you could substitute any other disaster Telcontar Apr 2015 #64

"The Handmaid's Tale" FloridaJudy Nov 2012 #9

When I read "The Road" FloridaJudy Nov 2012 #10

I didnt think The Road was a global extinction Telcontar Apr 2015 #65

That's FUNNY!!! It was a great book, though. n/t codjh9 Nov 2012 #14

"The Pest House" by Jim Crace left-of-center2012 Nov 2012 #11

Interesting - codjh9 Nov 2012 #15

The Book of Eli left-of-center2012 Nov 2012 #12

I LOVE post-apocalyptic fiction. Some recent ones: codjh9 Nov 2012 #13

just read the first two of the Last Policeman trilogy lordsummerisle Dec 2015 #81

I hope you like the third as much as the first two. SheilaT Jan 2016 #82

Just finished World of Trouble lordsummerisle Jan 2016 #83

The Knowledge of Heaven and Earth phantom power Nov 2012 #16

One that has stuck with me for a long time is "Greybeard" Fumesucker Nov 2012 #17

"The Stand" by Stephen King is pretty good LARED Nov 2012 #18

The original version only. SheilaT Nov 2012 #19

I read it about thirty years ago LARED Nov 2012 #20

He tends to fall apart when the ending comes along. Codeine Jan 2015 #53

Deus Irae by Phillip K. Dick and Roger Zelazny. nt Liberal_Dog Nov 2012 #21

Also Farnham's Freehold by Robert A. Heinlein. nt Liberal_Dog Nov 2012 #23

I much prefer Dr. Bloodmoney as a post apocalyptic novel of PKD PufPuf23 Feb 2013 #31

Earth Abides ozone82 Nov 2012 #22

That's the one that came to my mind. Adsos Letter Dec 2015 #76

A couple more codjh9 Dec 2012 #24

"Wolf and Iron" by Gordon R. Dickson mwrguy Jan 2013 #25

my suggestions skippercollector Jan 2013 #26

The Disappearance is an amazing book. SheilaT Jan 2015 #56

The Changes Trilogy by Peter Dickenson (1970's) murpheeslaw Jan 2013 #27

Here's a few: AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #28

I enjoyed the Change series by Stirling. Hatchling Jan 2013 #29

I concur! OrwellwasRight Jul 2013 #38

Have you read the second series, which starts with The Sunrise Lands? murielm99 Jul 2013 #40

I loved the first three... Lizzie Poppet Nov 2015 #74

Wool bravenak Feb 2013 #30

A Canticle for Liebowitz TrogL Mar 2013 #32

The Penultimate Truth, by Philip Dick Moe Shinola Mar 2013 #33

The Peshawer Lancers, by S. M. Stirling Moe Shinola Mar 2013 #34

World Made By Hand & The Witch of Hebron by James Howard Kuntzler Moe Shinola Mar 2013 #35

Davy by Edgar Pangborn Wolf Frankula Jun 2013 #36

"Zone One: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead n/t FSogol Jul 2013 #37

Thanks to all who offered suggestions dusty trails Jul 2013 #39

A Canticle for Leibowitz JitterbugPerfume Sep 2013 #41

I must say X men final war john.matla Dec 2013 #43

Alas Babylon blindersoff May 2014 #46

War Day by Whitley Strieber & James Kunetka NeoGreen Aug 2014 #47

I also read that when it first came out. SheilaT Sep 2014 #48

Read that as kid. Codeine Jan 2015 #52

Station Eleven hermetic Dec 2014 #49

Just finished it myself and thought it was a great novel, full stop friendly_iconoclast Dec 2015 #78

The Last Man, by Mary Shelley Orrex Dec 2014 #50

Three for you. msedano Dec 2014 #51

I see a bunch of people suggesting A Cantacle for Leibowitz WhoIsNumberNone Jan 2015 #54

A Cantacle for Leibowitz left-of-center2012 Mar 2015 #59

This message was self-deleted by its author left-of-center2012 Mar 2015 #60

Stars Reach - John Michael Greer cantbeserious Jan 2015 #55

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Arcadiasix Feb 2015 #57

There's also a collection of apocalyptic and post apocalyptic SheilaT Feb 2015 #58

The Pesthouse by Jim Crace left-of-center2012 Mar 2015 #61

Farnham's Freehold by Robert A. Heinlein left-of-center2012 Mar 2015 #62

Eternity Road by Jack McDevitt left-of-center2012 Mar 2015 #63

I love apocalyptic and post apocalyptic fiction. ladyVet May 2015 #66

You wrote: left-of-center2012 May 2015 #67

lucifers hammer peasambo May 2015 #68

Have you tried lucifers hammer? left-of-center2012 May 2015 #69

I first read Lucifer's Hammer when it came out SheilaT May 2015 #70

Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank left-of-center2012 May 2015 #71

It's been a number of years since I read it lordsummerisle Dec 2015 #79

The first time I read "Lucifer's Hammer" SheilaT Dec 2015 #80

Ah, yes, Lucifers Hammer. SheilaT Jan 2016 #84

Here's a slightly newer series for everyone here: SheilaT Aug 2015 #72

I'm now reading for the second time Richard D Oct 2015 #73

Just read Bird Box lordsummerisle Dec 2015 #75

Bird Box: A Novel by Josh Malerman left-of-center2012 Dec 2015 #77