re: Books about the end of the world

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The Postman

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i'm assuming leaps and bounds better than the move, right?

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The Postman


i'm assuming leaps and bounds better than the move, right?

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shite, sorry just seeing this.

But yeah, the movie has very very little in common with the book other than the general premise of a drifter finding the bag of mail and traveling from town to town pretending to be a Postman from the Reconstituted US Government in the East.


I will say that the last act of the novel is out of left field and takes away a bit from what was a really good post apocalyptic story.

I still like the book a lot and reread it often, but don’t blame Costner for trying to change the story in a way to avoid that ending.

That said, there were lots of ways to do it without changing the entire thing from the start.

Definitely still recommend it though for the first three quarters or so if you are a fan of the genre

Man, this was a tough read. I loved the concept, the setting and most of the plot. The problem I had was that Stephenson would drag you into 4 pages on some obscure scientific concept every four pages. It was a slog...

Since L Ron Hubbard has been thrown out here then...

Left Behind books

Based on a dispensationalist interpretation of prophecies in the Biblical books of Revelation, Daniel, Isaiah and Ezekiel, Left Behind tells the story of the end times (set in the contemporary era), in which true believers in Christ have been "raptured" (taken instantly to heaven), leaving the world shattered and chaotic. As people scramble for answers, an obscure Romanian politician named Nicolae Jetty Carpathia rises to become secretary-general of the United Nations, promising to restore peace and stability to all nations. What most of the world does not realize is that Carpathia is actually the Antichrist foretold in the Bible. Coming to grips with the truth and becoming born-again Christians, airline pilot Rayford Steele, his daughter Chloe, their pastor Bruce Barnes, and young journalist Cameron "Buck" Williams begin their quest as the Tribulation Force to help save the lost and prepare for the coming Tribulation, in which God will rain down judgment on the world for seven years.

"On The Beach" by Neville Shute. The Gregory Peck movie was good; the book is better.

"Resurrection Day" by Brendan DuBois

"Warday" by Whitley Strieber and James Kunetka

An as mentioned before, "Alas, Babylon," "The Postman," and "Lucifer's Hammer."