Best British Apocalypse Fiction

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The Day of the Triffids (Penguin Modern Classics)
1.  The Day of the Triffids (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Wyndham
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  "A classic of the first water. When 90% of the world's population are blinded, the sighted must decide whether to take responsibilty for them or abandon them to their fate..."
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Threads [DVD] [1984]
2.  Threads [DVD] [1984] DVD ~ Karen Meagher
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  "Possibly the single best evocation on television of a modern-day apocalypse. Utterly chilling, and all too real..."
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Survivors - Series 1-3 Box Set [DVD] [1975]
3.  Survivors - Series 1-3 Box Set [DVD] [1975] DVD ~ Survivors
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  "Seminal 70s post-apocalyptic series. Forget the recent remake, it's the original that best captures the desperation of hand-to-mouth survival..."
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28 Days Later : Limited Edition (2 Disc Set) [2002] [DVD]
4.  28 Days Later : Limited Edition (2 Disc Set) [2002] [DVD] DVD ~ 28 Days Later
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  "Brilliant modern zombie-holocaust that borrows aplenty from Day of the Triffids and other earlier apocalypse fiction, but more than stands on its own feet."
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V for Vendetta
5.  V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
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  "Alan Moore's classic graphic novel is set in a grim totalitarian Britian where Facists seized power in the wake of a world-wide nuclear war. Superb."
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The Kraken Wakes
6.  The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham
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  "The master of the British apocalypse imagines a creeping menace from beneath the sea emerging to challenge man's superiority..."
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The War of the Worlds
7.  The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
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  "The original sci-fi apoalypse novel. Over a century old and still an absolute triumph."
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After London or Wild England
8.  After London or Wild England by Richard Jefferies
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  "An underrated masterpiece that's an early forerunner of War of the Worlds, Triffids, and most subsequent London-set apocalypse fiction."
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The Quatermass Collection: The Quatermass Experiment / Quatermass 2 / Quatermass & the Pit [DVD]
9.  The Quatermass Collection: The Quatermass Experiment / Quatermass 2 / Quatermass & the Pit [DVD] DVD ~ Reginald Tate
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  "Nigel Kneale's Quatermass trilogy, whose final arc, Quatermass and the Pit, sees London brought to the brink of oblivion by a long-dormant alien menace..."
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'48
10.  '48 by James Herbert
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  "Blistering, fast-moving adventure fiction set in an alternate 1948, in the wake of Hitler's last aggressive revenge..."
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When the Wind Blows
11.  When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs
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  "Beautiful, moving and underplayed graphic novel of the apocalypse through the eyes of one elderly working-class couple."
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: v. 2
12.  The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: v. 2 by Alan Moore
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  "The second outing for Alan Moore's Victorian hero extravaganza takes as its cue H.G Wells' War of the Worlds."
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Doctor Who - The Dalek Invasion Of Earth [DVD] [1964]
13.  Doctor Who - The Dalek Invasion Of Earth [DVD] [1964] DVD ~ William Hartnell
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  "In this second apperance of the Daleks, the Doctor and co return to London to find them in control of a shattered and broken mankind..."
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The Death of Grass (Penguin Modern Classics)
14.  The Death of Grass (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Christopher
The list author says:
  "A contemporary of John Wyndham, this author's take on the apocalypse is every bit as well-realised but more grounded in reality."
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The Chrysalids
15.  The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
The list author says:
  "Wyndham's tale of mutant children struggling with hate, fear and prejudice in a low-tech, feudal society hundreds of years after a devestating nuclear war."
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Dead Set (re-package) [DVD]
16.  Dead Set (re-package) [DVD] DVD ~ Chizzy Akudolu
The list author says:
  "Charlie Brooker uses a fictional series of Big Brother as a springboard to the beginning of an unrelentingly grim, totally terrifying and deliciously mean-spirited zombie holocaust."
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