Sues BookNook | Apocalypsathon 2019 announcement! @suemoro | Uploaded August 2019 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
#Apoc2019
Hosting my first Readathon!

Definition of apocalyptic fiction: Apocalyptic science-fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization through nuclear war, plague, or some other general disaster. Post apocalyptic science-fiction is set in a world or civilization after such a disaster.

Challenges: Read books featuring the following apocalypse scenarios:

A Zombie Apocalypse
A Nuclear / Technological Apocalypse
A Pandemic Apocalypse
An Alien Invasion Apocalypse
A Climatic Apocalypse
An Astronomical Apocalypse

Suggestions:

Mary Shelley-The Last Man (plague)
goodreads.com/book/show/966835
H.G.Wells-The War of the Worlds (alien invasion)
goodreads.com/book/show/8909
Richard Matheson-I Am Legend (vampire apocalypse)
goodreads.com/book/show/547094
Cormac McCarthy-The Road (unspecified cataclysmic event)
goodreads.com/book/show/6496926
Josh Mallerman-Bird Box (unknown creature / psychological effects on humans)
goodreads.com/book/show/18498558
Rick Yancey-The 5th Wave (alien invasion)
goodreads.com/book/show/16101128
John Wyndham-The Day of the Triffids (alien plants attack the population)
goodreads.com/book/show/826846
Margaret Atwood-Oryx and Crake (plague)
goodreads.com/book/show/46756
Octavia Butler-Parable of the Sower (man made apocalypse)
goodreads.com/book/show/52397
Emily St. John Mandel-Station Eleven (plague)
goodreads.com/book/show/20170404
Susan Beth Pfeffer-Life As We Knew It (meteor knocks moon into Earth’s orbit)
goodreads.com/book/show/213753
P.D. James-The Children of Men (infertility)
goodreads.com/book/show/77223
Pat Frank-Alas, Babylon (nuclear apocalypse)
goodreads.com/book/show/38169
Pierre Boulle-Planet of the Apes (man made apocalypse)
goodreads.com/book/show/414895
Mira Grant-Feed (Newsflesh #1) (Zombies)
goodreads.com/book/show/7094569
Dan Wells-Partials (Terminator /weaponized virus causing infertility)
goodreads.com/book/show/12476820
William R. Forstchen-One Second After (War/EMP pulse)
goodreads.com/book/show/4922079
Brian K. Vaughn- Y: The Last Man / graphic novel series (virus wipes out all men on Earth but one)
goodreads.com/book/show/156534

Non-Fiction:

Alan Weisman-The World Without Us
goodreads.com/book/show/248787
Phillip Plait-Death From the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End...
goodreads.com/book/show/3864977

September Science Fiction Readathons:
SFF180: Space Opera September: youtu.be/enNE784ZJ60
Spine Breakers: Tome Infinity and Beyound 3: youtu.be/aKHlWA9Ndeg
Tome Infinity: Tome Infinity and Beyond 3: youtu.be/oLmHKqyMj3w

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