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Just read Alas, Babylon, 50's America sounds 180
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Date: July 14th, 2016 7:29 AM Author: Outnumbered Patrolman Fanboi Even post nuclear war sounds better than now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30924037) |
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Date: July 14th, 2016 7:36 AM Author: Maniacal dilemma golden age of labor--the man could support his family working in a factory while the wife raised the family...supply and demand--the immigration moratorium of the 1920s was more or less still in effect, and in addition, blacks were still more or less segregated, most of them living and working in their own districts...
the civil rights era and the immigration reform bills which came later, were effectively a coup by global capitalism, and the beginning of the end for white labor. |
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Date: July 21st, 2016 3:44 AM Author: flesh sticky generalized bond dragon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30986826) |
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Date: September 20th, 2016 12:52 PM Author: stubborn sooty space isnt that book meant for 6th graders to read (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#31451562) |
Date: July 14th, 2016 7:33 AM Author: Multi-colored place of business i need to read that
ever read any classic ray bradbury like something wicked this way comes? it can be a little overwrought sometimes, but his vision of '50s america is probably GOAT: wholesome and principled yet forward looking and forward thinking, the best of both worlds |
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Date: July 14th, 2016 7:37 AM Author: Maniacal dilemma love me some bradbury...the small town utopia, but with the threat of the evil stranger... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30924056) |
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Date: July 14th, 2016 7:38 AM Author: Multi-colored place of business yupppp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30924058) |
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Date: July 17th, 2016 12:29 PM Author: vivacious brilliant mediation love of her life Death is A Lonely Business is a hidden gem by Bradbury, I felt like it was written specifically for me (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30951631) |
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Date: July 14th, 2016 7:38 AM Author: Ebony Contagious New Version Woah rsf reads? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30924059) |
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Date: July 14th, 2016 7:38 AM Author: Passionate brunch thats a good book (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30924062) |
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Date: July 14th, 2016 7:40 AM Author: Outnumbered Patrolman Fanboi any recommendations on other WW3/post-apocalyptic fiction? I am going to read Goodbye To All That on zozo's reco, but I'll need something after. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30924066) |
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Date: July 14th, 2016 7:42 AM Author: Maniacal dilemma The Death of Grass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Grass Wikipedia The Death of Grass is a 1956 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel written by the English author Samuel Youd under the pen name John Christopher
A film adaptation, No Blade of Grass (1970), was produced and directed by Cornel Wilde. |
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Date: July 17th, 2016 12:25 PM Author: Glassy bateful parlour mfcr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30951603) |
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Date: July 14th, 2016 7:43 AM Author: Passionate brunch A Canticle for Leibowitz is also good (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30924082) |
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Date: July 14th, 2016 7:44 AM Author: Multi-colored place of business love that book (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30924088) |
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Date: July 14th, 2016 7:57 AM Author: Outnumbered Patrolman Fanboi I read the summary for that one, sounds 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30924112) |
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Date: July 14th, 2016 8:00 AM Author: Passionate brunch i also suggest the twilight zone episode 'Time Enough At Last' (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30924121) |
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Date: July 14th, 2016 8:04 AM Author: Floppy medicated locus chad Excellent book (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30924133) |
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Date: July 14th, 2016 7:43 AM Author: Multi-colored place of business I've heard good things about Swan Song and The Stand is a classic of the genre
As far as realistic post-apocalypse/ww3 film goes, I can wholeheartedly recommend When the Wind Blows, and I have heard good things about The War Game, Testament, Threads, Fail-Safe and Panic in the Year Zero |
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Date: July 14th, 2016 8:00 AM Author: Outnumbered Patrolman Fanboi TY, will cop (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30924120) |
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Date: July 14th, 2016 8:03 AM Author: Floppy medicated locus chad This is one of my favourite genres, aside from Alas Babylon:
Earth Abides Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang A Canticle for Leibowitz I am Legend The Handmaid's Tale The Day of the Triffids The Stand The Chrysalids The Drowned World The White Plague
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Date: July 17th, 2016 12:37 PM Author: Glassy bateful parlour tyty, picking up those I haven't read yet.
I could not get into The Drowned World. Should I give it another go, or are the first 50 pages pretty representative? |
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Date: July 21st, 2016 5:13 AM Author: Floppy medicated locus chad They are. There's something about that book that I find very evocative. I like it but I suspect that may be a minority opinion.
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Date: September 19th, 2016 4:21 PM Author: Beady-eyed school cafeteria Man in the High Castle is well regarded as historical fiction (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#31445303) |
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Date: September 19th, 2016 4:22 PM Author: Outnumbered Patrolman Fanboi It's wildly different from the show right? So it won't be ruined for me already? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#31445313) |
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Date: September 20th, 2016 12:51 PM Author: Beady-eyed school cafeteria can't say, did you like the show? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#31451554) |
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Date: September 20th, 2016 1:46 PM Author: Outnumbered Patrolman Fanboi I did (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#31451984) |
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Date: July 14th, 2016 7:56 AM Author: razzle-dazzle friendly grandma Good book (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30924109) |
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Date: July 14th, 2016 7:57 AM Author: Floppy medicated locus chad That's a really good book. My Dad lent me his copy to read when I was about 12 and I must have read it at least 4 or 5 times since. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30924114) |
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Date: July 14th, 2016 8:17 AM Author: Outnumbered Patrolman Fanboi I'd like to add Level 7 to the list, that one was good. Just ordered Warday, A Canticle For Leibowitz, Earth Abides and Down To A Sunless Sea. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30924156) |
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Date: July 14th, 2016 8:18 AM Author: Passionate brunch 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30924158) |
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Date: July 18th, 2016 5:21 PM Author: Slate goyim bbw this is my favorite genre of fiction. but i've binge-read all these books and they legit make you a little more paranoid and pessimistic IRL. i read a light-hearted comedy book afterward and seriously felt different (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30962223) |
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Date: July 17th, 2016 12:10 PM Author: Outnumbered Patrolman Fanboi Going to read War Day now, it looks 18000000000 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30951517) |
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Date: July 17th, 2016 12:15 PM Author: racy sweet tailpipe location all i remember from that one is all the talk about salt deposits. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30951543) |
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Date: July 17th, 2016 12:25 PM Author: Outnumbered Patrolman Fanboi They cop all DAT salt and DEM crabs at blue crab run and save the day (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30951599) |
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Date: July 20th, 2018 4:52 PM Author: Hilarious community account (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#36467170) |
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Date: July 17th, 2016 12:26 PM Author: Glassy bateful parlour I love this book. It's like half Swiss Family Robinson, half On the Beach (also worth a read). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30951612) |
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Date: July 17th, 2016 12:28 PM Author: Outnumbered Patrolman Fanboi CR. I am pumped for War Day though, it looks really good. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30951625) |
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Date: July 21st, 2016 5:15 AM Author: Floppy medicated locus chad Me too. I think my lifelong affection for Florida (weird huh) springs from the idealised small town post-apocalyptic Florida in this book. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30986998) |
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Date: July 21st, 2016 5:16 AM Author: Passionate brunch "my lifelong affection for Flo Rida" (Rowan) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30986999) |
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Date: July 18th, 2016 4:16 PM Author: Outnumbered Patrolman Fanboi Read half of Warday last night. It's 180 so far, def pick it up (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30961790) |
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Date: July 21st, 2016 3:43 AM Author: Outnumbered Patrolman Fanboi finished Warday, def pick it up. TTT that they never wrote the proposed sequel :( (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#30986817) |
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Date: September 10th, 2016 10:42 AM Author: Outnumbered Patrolman Fanboi Earth Abides was good, but not as good (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#31374134) |
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Date: September 10th, 2016 10:44 AM Author: Floppy medicated locus chad A fair enough opinion. Have you read A Canticle for Leibowitz yet? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#31374143) |
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Date: September 10th, 2016 10:46 AM Author: Outnumbered Patrolman Fanboi It came in the mail while I was away. Planning to read it next. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#31374153) |
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Date: September 16th, 2016 3:15 AM Author: Outnumbered Patrolman Fanboi If i'm going to be real, A Canticle For Leibowitz was good, but not nearly as good as I expected from the fanfare ITT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#31419529) |
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Date: September 19th, 2016 4:14 PM Author: Outnumbered Patrolman Fanboi Reading Down To A Sunless Sea now. It's pretty poorly written and not as good as I'd hoped. I'm all out of post-apocalyptic fiction, so please MOAR suggestions. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#31445258) |
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Date: September 19th, 2016 4:33 PM Author: Demanding Twinkling Brethren On the Beach (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#31445411) |
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Date: September 19th, 2016 4:35 PM Author: Outnumbered Patrolman Fanboi CR, that will be part of my next order. I'd like to order 4-5 books at a time though, so if no good fiction in this genre, I'll round it out with some other types of books I suppose. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#31445427) |
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Date: September 19th, 2016 4:56 PM Author: Electric Ivory Shrine amazing how XO falls for propaganda (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#31445599) |
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Date: July 20th, 2018 4:51 PM Author: Hilarious community account (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3284798&forum_id=2#36467159) |