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[cubanlord]

in terms of picking a new book! I just graduated with my M.S. Ed. and am ready to really start enjoying myself (I am taking the month of May off to just relax). Any suggestions? Genre you ask? I am looking for some post-apocalyptic books. I mean REALLY GOOD STUFF. If you could, please post on here the name of the book and the author and....if [size=9][color=violet]possible[/color][/size]....a brief summary of the book.

I really enjoy stuff like:

I am legend
The Stand
Resident Evil

you get the idea..

[Lao Wai]

I love post-apocalyptic stuff too. I highly recommend 'The Road' by Cormack McCarthy. It was a fantastic book.

A summary, not from me:

Cormack McCarthy�s �The Road� chronicles the journey of a man and his son as they struggle to survive in a dying world. The fate into which the world has fallen is never fully explained. Everything is dead or dying. Ash and snow fall from the sky to cover what the great fires have destroyed. One can easily imagine a nuclear winter or at least a self-imposed disaster.

[Stormy]

Domain by James Herbert

Domain is a truly disturbing Cold War era disaster thriller. WWIII breaks out and, in a spine tingling opening, London is flattened by a nuclear bomb. As survivors as well as the walking dead (i.e. those suffering from the slow death of radiation poisoning) struggle out of the rubble, the giant rats once again arise to feed.
In this final entry in the rats saga, bestselling British horror novelist James Herbert expertly combines the then popular post apocalyptic survival yarn with the standard rats action for a truly awesome read. His vignette narrative style is perfectly suited for the location hopping that the epic scope of the story calls for. One chapter in particular, concerning a survivor in a sealed off bomb shelter with a most unwelcome cat for a companion, has been reprinted as a short story in several horror anthologies. Even if you have not read the previous entries, and, considering that the rats themselves are the only returning characters, you don't need to, any fan of action laced horror will find something to enjoy here. Herbert was at the height of his game with this novel and I give it my highest recommendation.

I didn't write the synopsis 'cos it's late & I really should go to bed....however this one I filched off some website is a pretty good summary. This is one of my fave books. Read it alone late at night by candlelight in a dark alley.
Ok, rambling, bedtime.

[jou ma se poes]

Day Of The Triffids by John Wyndham.

[Fishead soup]

High Rise by JG Ballard.

This is about a ultra Modern convienient high rise apartment complex.
The building itself becomes a metaphor for the human condition. When the convieniences break down the occupants become irritable and quickly find scapegoats. This leads to a downwards spiral. The residents guadually
revert to their primal urges.

[cubanlord]