what is YOUR favorite fictional Self-Sufficiency and Preparedness book? (wheat, good, light)
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What is YOUR favorite fictional Self-Sufficiency and Preparedness book?
I'll start.
One I'm rereading right now: Alas, Babylon. 1959, by Pat Frank. I like the line in the book, toward the beginning:
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This was Randy's first act to meet the emergency, and it was to prove the least useful.
Spoiler
Oh and I love how the lady Alice, the librarian who gets the gossip from Florence, who works at western union, tells Alice about the Alas Babylon message. Alice calmly looks it up in the King James Bible and knows exactly what's going on (teotwawki
I'd have to think on which was my favorite, but I recently read a teen fiction book Life As We Knew It. It's part of a series and, although the catalyst for the story's catastrophe is a stretch, the preparations they make to survive are interesting. I think it's good that this type of story is available to teens. I only read the first book, though.
I liked Last Light too. The follow-up Night Light was good and the series goes on.
I have to have hope. Like I said in the other thread, The Road was way too depressing.
I'd have to think on which was my favorite, but I recently read a teen fiction book Life As We Knew It. It's part of a series and, although the catalyst for the story's catastrophe is a stretch, the preparations they make to survive are interesting. I think it's good that this type of story is available to teens. I only read the first book, though.
It's true, you do pick up useful information here and there from these fictional accounts.
"Alas, Babylon" was my first and remains an old friend. I reread it once a year. "Malevil" is quite good if you can find a translation. Then there's "The Death of Grass," "One Second After", and "Lucifer's Hammer." I actually got started thinking about this stuff reading Robinson Crusoe, The Swiss Family Robinson and The Mysterious Island (in all cases the books are vastly superior to the movies).
The Host, written by the same author that wrote the Twilight series, has a group of people hiding from aliens that have to rely on the group and go back about a hundred years in self-sufficiency. They make their own soap, grow their own wheat and vegetables, have no medicine, etc. I really, really enjoy the story and have read it several times. Unfortunately, it did not translate well when made into a movie. I was reminded of this story when someone mentioned Falling Skies in the other thread. It sounds like there may be some similar attributes in that series.
Since "Going Home" was such a great read, I just picked up "Surviving Home" By. A. American. I hope this sequal is good as the first book. gonna reading next weekend when I go camping.
"Alas, Babylon" was my first and remains an old friend. I reread it once a year. "Malevil" is quite good if you can find a translation. Then there's "The Death of Grass," "One Second After", and "Lucifer's Hammer." I actually got started thinking about this stuff reading Robinson Crusoe, The Swiss Family Robinson and The Mysterious Island (in all cases the books are vastly superior to the movies).
all of those (I have Malevile in English) plus I would also add Earth Abides
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