Postapocalyptia, british postapocalyptic books, world war 3iii three fiction, best young adult fiction about the end of the world, nobe. For the past year, she has lived in a remote valley with no evidence of any other survivors. Fortunately it is easy for anyone to clear the destruction potential of the h bomb. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Richard rhodes, pulitzer prizewinning author of the making of the atomic bomb and arsenals of folly. Meant more for children than young adults, this book describes the dropping of the atomic bomb on hiroshima in simple terms. Yes, teen fiction can be dark but it shows teenagers they. Most people now living are too young to remember the cuban missile crisis. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. The volume on nuclear war concerns itself with the questions of how a nuclear war will begin or if it is even possible. Aug 15, 2014 the nuclear war fun book langer and thomas 1982. Worldcat has a bunch of holdings and many are in public libraries.
Mar 20, 2015 many people assume young adult fiction will always be heavy on issues, and there are some big ones in this book, which tackles faith and death, but the questions are born out of, and always in. Each topical section contains from four to eight digested articles in matched pairs. The first nuclear war a third world war kiss by christian. Yabc is your first stop for all things bookrelated.
Nov 29, 2018 from an alternate civil war history with zombies to a contemporary murder mystery, the best young adult novels of 2018 deliver unique tales worth sharing. Includes an exploratory foray into the san francisco bay area by a nuclear submarine to check on radiation levels. Feb 01, 2018 for the first time in decades, its hard to ignore the threat of nuclear war. This book is presented as a debate between the authors on what united states policy. This list of nuclear holocaust fiction lists the many works of speculative fiction that attempt. Z for zachariah is a postapocalyptic sciencefiction novel by robert c.
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Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the doomsday machine. Revisiting the paranoia of the cold war era, this list will envelope books involving an end times scenario via our nuclear appetite. This list of nuclear holocaust fiction lists the many works of speculative fiction that attempt to. Nuclear war survival skills upgraded 2012 edition red dog nuclear survival. From an alternate civil war history with zombies to a contemporary murder mystery, the best young adult novels of 2018 deliver unique tales worth sharing. Founded in 1998 by now author kimberly pauley as a basic stopover for people looking for information on young adult books, yabc has since evolved into one of the largest professional book recommendation sites targeted towards tween and teen readers. End of the world literature postapocalyptic fiction on. I started this bibliography partly for selfish reasons. This book analyses the 1980s as a nuclear decade, focusing on british and united states fiction. Late cold war literature and culture the nuclear 1980s.
Jonathan schells seminal 1982 book the fate of the earth had awakened readers to the unthinkable prospect of a nuclear war that would devastate most life on the planet. Neutralism is an admission of philosophical exhaustion. An enduring debate third edition by scott douglas sagan and kenneth n. If you enjoyed the style world war z then you should most certainly read it. List of apocalyptic and postapocalyptic fiction post. From blast waves and radiation to a nuclear winter, the detonation of multiple nuclear bombs would cause worldwide destruction. Let us hope that trump and the khazarian mafia in washington do not even approach the language that they will come out on top if they happen to attack russia. The survivors of the blast suffer through radiation, nuclear winter, feuds between rival groups and radiationinduced mutations, eventually evolving into a new species, homo superior. Ann burden is sixteen years old and completely alone. A what to do while there is a nuclear war going on while in a f. With its stunning, new, intheroom revelations, and with fred kaplans deep knowledge of nuclear strategy, the bomb is the best overview yet of the worlds continuing struggle to come to terms with the threat of nuclear war.
Yes, teen fiction can be dark but it shows teenagers. War, viruses, natural global disasters, genetically modified humans, computers run amok, you name it. Things can always be worse and you can rely on novelists to put that phrase into cold, hard words on the page. The book details three generations of a family during the aftermath of a nuclear war. Discover the possibilities and preventative measures against nuclear war in this gripping book. The actual story takes place about ten years after warday with a journalist traveling across the postwar united states. In the 1950s, people worried about communism and nuclear war, and science. Evolution of nuclear strategy book by lawrence freedman. Top 10 books about the cold war books the guardian. Most works on nuclear strategy focus on arguing whether nuclear war is still possible, how a nuclear war would be fought, or if mutually assured destruction is a stable and inevitable strategy.
Noahs ark and the flood that wiped earth clean of wicked mankind is an early example of postapocalyptic writing but the modern genre of end of the world literature can be traced back two centuries to mary shelleys the last man published in 1826. Around 1980, it was plague and danger from space, and science fiction reflected those concerns. Top 10 books about the cold war the long, nuclear armed standoff that followed the second world war was a terrifying parody of peace which inspired some brilliant literature francesca kay. I really didnt expect to find this book still hanging around in a library, but i was wrong. Didnt have any cool fiction to share this week, but i did find this in my pile of weird books. Usually people count world wars, but from a bit from now on, there are wars, there are world wars, and there are nuclear wars. Viewpoints are presented on the questions of surviving a nuclear altercation and the worth of nuclear arms agreements. In a world shatteringly altered by a nuclear bomb, philip singer finds himself in the unlikely role of leader for his family.
It reads more like alternate history now, but it was a brutal hard science fiction take on what nuclear war would do to 1980s america. This list of nuclear holocaust fiction lists the many works of speculative fiction that attempt to describe a world during or after a massive nuclear war, nuclear holocaust, or crash of civilization due to a nuclear electromagnetic pulse. Hell on earth roleplaying game, in which the earth is reduced to a haunted, radioactive wasteland as a result of the four horsemen of the apocalypse ravaging the planet shortly after an eldritch. Shadow on the hearth by judith merril 1950 a novel about a young housewifes ordeals in the aftermath of nuclear attack the silo series by hugh howey 2011 a nuclear exchange is used to cover up a nanobot attack. Apocalyptic and postapocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of science fiction, science fantasy, dystopian or horror in which the earths technological civilization is collapsing or has collapsed. Its probably one of the most popular areas of young adult. Classic young adult novel taught in many california schools, on the beach describes the slow decay of civilized australian society after the entire northern hemisphere is wiped out by nuclear war. Young adult apocalypse not on this list is especially popular. Carnegie medal for stone cold, a young adult novel about homelessness. Russia would annihilate us in a nuclear war veterans today. World war iiteen fiction, historical fiction teen fiction. A year after the war, a stranger in a radiationproof suit approaches her valley. Very compelling story dealing not only with the immediate after effects of nuclear war, but with the conflict between preserving knowledge and destroying it. A book which puts the facts about fallout, its causes and consequences, before the american people in a factual and unambiguous way.
But the smoke from a distant campfire shatters anns solitude. The eight best young adult books and why grownups should. Buy brother in the land puffin teenage fiction new ed by robert swindells isbn. The young adult book series countdown by daniel parker, in which a demon wipes out the entire human population save for teenagers. The book is a series of vignettes in which illprepared people have a. Ive studied nuclear war for 35 years you should be. Ranging across genres including literary fiction, science fiction, postapocalyptic fiction, graphic novels, childrens and young adult literature, thrillers and horror, it shows how pressing nuclear. Alas, babylon by pat frank, on the beach by nevil shute, the compound by s. Staying above the war of ideas is not a spiritual triumph. A fiction book that takes place as the author experiences the nuclear bombing of the united states by the russians and sets out to travel around the the country to write about the aftermath of the war. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. One of the great strengths of this book is its objectivity.
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