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Vonnegut, Saunders: The Best Books To Help You Enjoy The Apocalypse

First Posted: 10/04/10 01:19 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 06:55 PM ET

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I've never been much of a joiner, but I am a member of a Facebook group called "The Worst Part of a Zombie Apocalypse will be Pretending It's Not Awesome." I've never outgrown my childhood fascination with end times.

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beautifuldreamer
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10:42 AM on 10/10/2010
J. G. Ballard's The Drowned World, The Drought, The Crystal World, and The Wind from Nowhere.
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wm1066
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05:45 PM on 10/05/2010
On the Beach, by Nevil Shute.
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revko
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12:30 AM on 10/05/2010
"Everybody Poops"
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Occam123
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08:42 PM on 10/04/2010
I always thought that The Drowned World by J.,G. Ballard had  an attractive Weltschmerzy  vibe.
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03:08 PM on 10/04/2010
A Canticle for Leibowitz and pretty much all of J.G. Ballard's writings. But triplettam 'Dhalgren' is the best choice.
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triplettam
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01:19 PM on 10/04/2010
Dhalgren.
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Occam123
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08:42 PM on 10/04/2010
Yuck.
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triplettam
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03:19 AM on 10/05/2010
My point being it would make you enjoy the Apocalypse more. Comparatively. :)
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