Found Another List

I came across another good list of post-apocalyptic books at the Internet Book List. The first book on the alphabetical list was 12 Monkeys, which I never knew had been novelized.

I loved the movie (I considered 13thmonkey.com for this site, but it was already taken,) so I jumped on Ebay and picked up a used copy for 30 cents plus shipping. I'll let you know in a few weeks how it is.

Got Another Book Already

I got a Borders gift card for Christmas, so even though I'm still reading Batman, I went looking for a book to read next. I ended up grabbing The Big Empty, but J.B. Stephens. It's written for a 7th grade and up audience, but a lot of good post-apocalyptic novels are kids' books (Z for Zachariah and the Lois Lowry books come to mind.)

It follows a group of teens through a near-future dystopian society one year after a plague wipes out 2/3s of the population; sounds promising. I didn't realize it when I bought it, but it's the first of a set of four books, each of which got decent, but not steller reviews on Amazon.

I really like those kinds of books though, and I'm looking forward to a quick read, so I think I'm going to like it. We'll see...

Batman: No Man's Land is Fantastic

I'm about 2/3s through Batman: No Man's Land, and I know I'll finish this one; it's excellent, way above what I was expecting. I've collected comics off and on throughout my life, but I've never read any Batman titles, so what I knew about the character I learned from watching the recent movies. The book is great because it doesn't just deal with the surface level of the considerable amounts of action, but really goes deep into the motivations of each of the extremely varied characters, while at the same time, staying true to its comic book roots.

If you're interested in comic books or Batman at all, you should check it out.

Giving Up on Dies the Fire For Now

Even though I've been reading it for a month, I'm only about 2/3s through Dies the Fire, and I'm struggling to finish it. Having a two-year old at home, most of my reading is done in 20 minute blocks during my lunch hour each day, so it takes me a while to get through books these days.

To make matters worse, I stopped by Borders today and came across Batman: No Man's Land, and it looked good enough that I'm going to take break from Dies the Fire for a while.

This particular Batman story is a novelization based on a series of graphic novels from the last couple of years, by the same author. It's vaguely post-apocalyptic-ish as it takes place in a Gotham City devestatad by a disease and a major earthquake. A la Escape from New York, the entire city is quarantined from the rest of the country, and the remaining residents are left to fend for themselves.

Hopefully, I can get through this one a bit faster and then get back to finish the last one.

Found Some More Titles to Add to My List

Another pretty cool list is at http://www.crowbold.com/homepage/nukebib.htm. It's a list of post-apocalyptic books for young adults, but contains some of the standards of the genre that wouldn't be considered kids' books.

I recognize a lot of the titles, but there are a few listed that I've never heard of before.