A Post-Apocalyptic Starter Kit!

[@upender6233]

I think JG Ballard’s The Drowned World, a post apocalyptic novel where global warming causes the most of the Earth to be uninhabitable, warrants a mention here. I read that book a couple of years ago and it absolutely blew me away.

[@Geraldsbliss]

THE LIST: 1. Pat Frank -- Alas, Babylon 2. Nevil Shute -- On the Beach 3. Walter M. Miller -- A Canticle for Leibowitz 4. George Steward -- Earth Abides 5. Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle -- Lucifer's Hammer 6. William Brinkley -- The Last Ship 7. S.M. Stirling -- Dies the Fire 8. Russell Hoban -- Ridley Walker 9. Craig Sargent -- The Last Ranger series 10. Ursula le Guin -- The Lathe of Heaven

[@yvettem.holland5072]

It's 2021 and I'm here listening to you talk about how possible it would be for an air- borne disease to wreak havoc on humans. At least COVID 19 doesn't have a 90% mortality rate.

[@txmatt2112]

Thanks for another great starter kit. These kits are pure gold for any reader at any level.

[@philtheo]

The 10 books cited in this video: Alas, Babylon (Pat Frank) On the Beach (Nevil Shute) A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter Miller) Earth Abides (George Stewart) Lucifer's Hammer (Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven) The Last Ship (William Brinkley) Dies the Fire (S.M. Stirling) Riddley Walker (Russell Hoban) The Last Ranger (Craig Sargent) The Lathe of Heaven (Ursula Le Guin)

[@eleninikolina1414]

Yay!! A starter kit! I think you could make a starter kit on anything, I would watch it :-) Fascinating, als always, thanks!

[@vilstef6988]

Fortunately for Australia, it was already mostly inhabitable on the fringes of the coast.

[@jamesholder13]

I really need to read Dies the Fire.

[@barbaramoignard6082]

The Lathe of Heaven is one of my very favourite books. My tbr just got longer - again! Thanks for the recommendations.

[@despk4308]

Awesome video!! Do you think you could add a bit of info on the books mentioned?

[@ryansmallwood1178]

Are you going to be doing a video on the origins and conventions of Dude Bro Lit?

[@thereadingcompanion9499]

Thank you Steve!! Please write the titles and authors on the info box! 🤗

[@saintdonoghue]

Gah - yes, sorry!

[@natsrome]

I've read a good chunk of these but not all of them. Canticle for Leibowitz is my favorite of the bunch- I'll have to check out some of the others.

[@AlwaysDoing]

Love this list! I'm curious, have you read Warday by Strieber and Kunetka? It was one of my favorite reads last year and I thought the epistolary-esque style worked well.

[@duffypratt]

Nice list. Surprised you could leave off Harlan Ellison’s A Boy and His Dog. I would have warned people that Stirling’s series gets much, much worse as it goes on. But the first three books are excellent.

[@michaelfeeney6108]

Thanks for these recommendations! Would you recommend the entire SM Stirling Change series? I believe it is 15 books total.

[@elenamakridina8196]

Thank you!!!!!:)))))))

[@saintdonoghue]

Your wish is my command! What Starter Kit would you like next?

[@elenamakridina8196]

@@saintdonoghue On vikings:)

[@RememberedReads]

Ah, with this introduction now I see where that pile seemingly random of "I stand with..." videos were coming from earlier today.

[@stephskipcain4599]

Would you be willing to read a draft of my post apocalyptic book?

[@stephskipcain4599]

Love your take on all of this. Also I'm great with criticism.

[@saintdonoghue]

Willing to? I'd be HONORED to! Email me! I'm at st.donoghue[at]gmail!

[@Gary_M]

How does he fit the big, gnarly pit bull on his Harley? Dies the Fire had a tv show, I think it was called Revolution. The first season wasn't bad, it got cancelled after season 2.

[@saintdonoghue]

The pit bull - Excalibur - is SO gnarly that he fits himself onto the Harley!

[@edwardcraig3704]

What do you think about the term "apocalyptic?" I prefer catastrophic.