Zombie Apocalypse Serialized Novels

I actually haven't read too many books about a zombie apocalypse. I guess '48 might qualify, but I can't remember too many others.

I just came across a trilogy of zombie books by Dave Wellington. They were originally published in serialized installments, and can still be read for free on his site, but the full printed novels are supposed to come out around April of '06. They're supposed to be pretty good, so I'll have to check them out.

Welcome fans of Destructomundo!

I'd like to offer a hearty welcome to all of you who found my humble site by way of the mention on this week's episode of Destructomundo. If you're a fan of stories of any of the various apocalypses that make up the Doomorama, feel free to browse through the books I've added to my list, and to suggest ones that I don't have yet.

I'd be particularly interested in hearing about foreign language books translated into English, like Malevil or Level 7.

Of course, only after I received this bump in traffic did I realize that the service I use to populate the list in the left pane is not working exactly as I thought it would. It's supposed to be showing all the books that I've added to my list, mostly ones I've read, but a few on my "to read" list, but actually, it's only showing the ones I added most recently.

To browse through my complete list, check out my user page on Reader2.com.

Thundarr is Still Way Cool

A few days ago I recieved a set of Thundarr the Barbarian DVDs I bought off of Ebay. Thundarr was never officially released on DVD, so what you can find now days are VHS transfers, but the quality of the ones I got is absolutely amazing. Full menus for each episode, synopses, and great video quality.

If you're looking for some old fashioned post-apocalyptic fun, pick up a set for yourself.

Starting a New Book

I finally finished the book I was reading (the first spinoff novel from the tv series 24; was really lame), and now will be starting Dies the Fire, by S.M. Stirling. Seems to take place in the present day, after some sort of magical event happens and electricity and gunpowder simply stop working.

I've always wondered how long it would take for society to collapse from something as simple as an extended lack of electricity. We'll see what Mr. Stirling thinks.

Added a Link

I added Post-Nuke Online Graphic Novel to the links section. I haven't read it yet, but it looks pretty cool.

Got My Own Hosting

It won't matter to most of my readers (since no one has seen the site yet anyway,) but I moved from the free Blogspot hosting to hosting of my own.

My own hosting lets me get rid of the Blogger toolbar that comes with the free account, and also to play around with favicons (the little icon that appears in the addressbar next to the URL.)

Less than $3 bucks a month with GoDaddy.com; can't beat that.

Another great list is the one put together by Paul Brians, Professor of English at Washington State University, Pullman, as the bibliography for a five-chapter dissertation he wrote on atomic war in fiction. The list itself is several pages long with descriptions and other information for each book.

Doomorama

For a good complete list of post-apocalyptic books, films and tv series, take a look at the Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction page on Wikipedia. It's got a good long list with links to more info.

I'll be limiting my Reader2.com list to books I've already read or that are on my personal wishlist.

Online Book Lists

I came across a site the other day, Reader2.com, that allows you to keep lists of books that you've read or want to read.

You can tag your submissions with whatever terms you think would best allow others looking for similar books to find them. The cool thing is that you can subscribe to RSS feeds of other user's lists with interests close to yours. You can even have an RSS feed of your own lists appear on your own website or blog.

Hence, the list to the left. For now, it's just a jumble of read books and my wishlist, but eventually, I'll figure out how sort the feed and keep them separate.

And hopefully, by the time you read this, the cover images will be aligning properly.