Hoping for a little help here - Doomer Fiction

I'm looking for extremely depressing books. I know, I'm weird, but it's what I like to read.

Preferably PAW related, or SciFi, along the lines of On The Beach, or The Road.

There are too many happy endings out there.

 

I've got a book for you.
3 actually.

American Apocalypse.
He's written AAI, AAII and AAIII, two of which are available in physical form, all of them are available for free in blog format. He's currently writing his way through AAIV.

Wonderful books, very few happy endings. Generally well written, really well researched.

Enjoy!

One more, "Oryx and Crake." Often described as disturbing. I really liked it. Not a happy ending. Yes it's Margaret Atwood, get past that, it's worth your time.

 

Seconded! That is a good story. I didn't know Nova had gotten it put into a book, I lost track of the story after DC burned up! Thanks for the heads up Jennie.

 

I'm all about spreading the Nova love.

 

Forgot all about this. Not long after posting this, I found One, by Conrad Williams.



Holy crap that was intense. There are a few scenes in that book that will stick with me until I die.

 

It seems like an interesting book. I'll look for it in the library. It was interesting reading the blurbs of the different post apocalyptic books featured on that Amazon page. I scrolled down the Amazon page mentioned in the link above, and found to my amusement, a book authored by G.W. Bush with the title of "Decision Points" Go figure!!!

 

The Coward's Way of War - http://www.survivalmonkey.com/forum/reading-room/21910-cowards-way-war.html

The Living Will Envy The Dead - http://www.survivalmonkey.com/forum/reading-room/21837-living-will-envy-dead.html

 

Hi

A link to a very long list of suggested reading. Its not totally comprehensive and I make no claim that all of them are good but there is enough to keep you busy for a while

List of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Did I miss something?

I saw no reference to the excellent VANDENBERG by Oliver Lange (1971).

 

AH AH AH BLASPHEMY! No one has listed:
A Canticle for Liebowitz - Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Deus Irae - Phillip K. Dick & Roger Zelazney
Z for Zachariah - Robert C. O'Brien
Ahhhh I feel better

 

anything written by Larry McMurtry

 

The auther of the Road, Cormac McCarthy, has wtitten many dark novels. Right now I am reading Blood Meridian. Terrific.