Apocalypse Lit

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Riddley Walker
1.  Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
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  "One boy and his pack of dogs search for meaning in post-apocalyptic Kent. A wildly inventive novel that creates a whole language and culture from scratch. Shamelessly plundered for 'Cloud Atlas'."
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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
2.  The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
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  "Herein you will find the answer to life, the universe and everything. You might be a tad disappointed, but it is guaranteed to make you laugh."
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The Road
3.  The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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  "A relentlessly bleak and ugly glimpse of the future in a world without an ecosystem. Not for the faint-hearted, or anybody fond of punctuation."
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The Drowned World
4.  The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard
The list author says:
  "Ballard was our prophet of the near future, here he pre-empts our current concerns with global warming"
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Blindness
5.  Blindness by Jose Saramago
The list author says:
  "A grim and shockingly brutal dress rehearsal for doomsday and a journey to the dark side of human nature."
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The Memoirs of a Survivor
6.  The Memoirs of a Survivor by Doris Lessing
The list author says:
  "Lessing's apocalypse happens slowly, almost casually, and this makes it somehow more terrifying and believable. Taps into contemporary fears of feral youths and societal breakdown."
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Planet of the Apes (Penguin Modern Classics)
7.  Planet of the Apes (Penguin Modern Classics) by Pierre Boulle
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  "The book that inspired the film of the same name."
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Judge Dredd: The Apocalypse War (2000AD Presents)
8.  Judge Dredd: The Apocalypse War (2000AD Presents) by John Wagner
The list author says:
  "More cold war madness, this time set in the future. Classic satirical Dredd from 2000AD's 1980s heyday."
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When the Wind Blows
9.  When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs
The list author says:
  "Briggs demonstrates with signature black humour how woefully unprepared we were/are for thermonuclear war"
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Earth Abides
10.  Earth Abides by George Rippey Stewart
The list author says:
  "After a plague kills nearly the whole population of the planet, one survivor takes on the task of rebuilding civilisation. Much less bleak than 'The Road' but none the less powerful for it."
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The Death of Grass (Penguin Modern Classics)
11.  The Death of Grass (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Christopher
The list author says:
  "A dark and bleak eco-apocalyspe novel from the 1950s that cuts savagely through the myth of the 'stiff upper lip' and shows how the thin 'veneer of civilisation' will vanish once food becomes scarce."
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Hothouse (Penguin Modern Classics)
12.  Hothouse (Penguin Modern Classics) by Brian Aldiss
The list author says:
  "In the distant future the earth has stopped spinning, humans are devolving and it's man vs. vegetable"
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Oryx and Crake
13.  Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
The list author says:
  "A well-researched novel taking current concerns about genetic splicing, the internet and growing social divisions to their extreme. When biotechnology gets into the wrong hands, it's armageddon time"
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I Am Legend (Gollancz)
14.  I Am Legend (Gollancz) by Richard Matheson
The list author says:
  "A similar premise and location to 'Earth Abides', except this guy is alone in a world full of zombies"
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Galapagos
15.  Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
The list author says:
  "A biting cold war satire, bitterly funny and so full of ideas it will make your head hurt"
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (Bantam Spectra Book)
16.  A Canticle for Leibowitz (Bantam Spectra Book) by Walter M. Miller Jr.
The list author says:
  "One of the few science fiction novels to take on religion, a sprawling epic spanning twelve centuries, centred on the efforts of an obscure monastic order to preserve scientific knowledge."
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