Just Read The Road... What Next?

jcb33 · 21 Dec 2009 at 23:13

Hey all,

Just finished the road, which I found to be fantastic, however while I love Post apocalyptic books I only own three, The Road, I am Legend and World War Z, all of which I have loved, but sadly finished.

Now I really want something similar to read, I love the lone survivors kind of story, however do not know of any similar books, so if anyone could suggest some that would be great!

Thanks for any help!
Jcb33.

semi-pro waster · 22 Dec 2009 at 08:48

My initial suggestion would be anything as it couldn't fail to be better than The Road but since you liked it... I've heard good things about The Postman by David Brin and John Wyndham with Day Of The Triffids is worth a read as is his The Kraken Wakes.

Sankari · 22 Dec 2009 at 09:53

TKW is epic old skool sci-fi and utterly believable. Not like the pointless drivel you get these days.

yer_averagejoe · 22 Dec 2009 at 10:45

I'd recommend Memoirs of a Survivor by Doris Lessing. Its pretty strange in places (some people hate this, i liked it) but on the whole a very good read and takes a strikingly different angle to a post apocalyptic future than most.

nands · 22 Dec 2009 at 10:54

For a slightly different angle you could try The Stand by Stephen King, good book.

Mat · 22 Dec 2009 at 10:57

Might not be quite what you're after but Last and First Men is a fantastic read covering many post apocalyptic scenarios...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_and_First_Men

smit101 · 22 Dec 2009 at 11:40

semi-pro waster said:
My initial suggestion would be anything as it couldn't fail to be better than The Road

Have you read it? or are you just making a smart arsed comment based on a review or something you've read? To crticise someone for liking a certain book,film or style of music is completely retarted tbh,we all draw different conclusions from written word and film,we can view things on all different kinds of levels.

you come accross as a pompous know all who thinks only his taste is relevant,if you can't answer the op's question without condescension and criticsm why bother posting at all.

hood1971 · 22 Dec 2009 at 12:18

^^Cause its the internet, where half arsed sarcy comments are not met with the fist it deserves.

Anyway back to topic, I was absorbed by the road - very good book, and hopefully film will be treat it well.

Try Rings of Ice by Piers Anthony - loved it as a teenager, need to dig it out again to see if it holds up as an adult.

gurusan · 22 Dec 2009 at 12:25

Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien

Great story they had us read in school.

...and I thought The Road was brilliant. Perhaps you could explain why you thought otherwise?

Meridian · 22 Dec 2009 at 16:39

This is from the last time someone asked this question, and this from the time before.

M

semi-pro waster · 22 Dec 2009 at 20:39

smit101 said:
Have you read it? or are you just making a smart arsed comment based on a review or something you've read? To crticise someone for liking a certain book,film or style of music is completely retarted tbh,we all draw different conclusions from written word and film,we can view things on all different kinds of levels.

you come accross as a pompous know all who thinks only his taste is relevant,if you can't answer the op's question without condescension and criticsm why bother posting at all.

Yes, I've read it. I wouldn't be dismissing it so glibly if I hadn't. If you want to do the search then you can find my comments on it when I read it for the OcUK book club but in essence it's a good idea badly done with an unnecessarily distracting writing style.

It wasn't intended as a criticism of the original posters taste, it was meant as a lighthearted criticism of the book although carelessly worded perhaps. I did also offer other suggestions that I believe are worthwhile but feel free to dismiss them also as part of my condescension.

Meridian · 22 Dec 2009 at 21:06

It will probably be no surprise to some when I also say that I think "The Road" is over-rated as well. Not bad, just not as great as some people are making out. There are better post-apocalypse books. Top of the tree is probably Canticle for Leibowitz, but I can't guarantee that everyone would like it. It's certainly unique.

M

manic111 · 22 Dec 2009 at 22:16

Meridian said:
It will probably be no surprise to some when I also say that I think "The Road" is over-rated as well. Not bad, just not as great as some people are making out. There are better post-apocalypse books. Top of the tree is probably Canticle for Leibowitz, but I can't guarantee that everyone would like it. It's certainly unique.

M

I'm not somebody who has read a great deal of post-apocalyptic books, but what I found outstanding about The Road was the characterisation and, more importantly, the ways that the two main characters interacted; there was genuine feeling and palpable tension, which is not something which many books induce. I look at The Road not as a great post-apocalyptic book, but as a greatly personal one.