[WakingDown]

Oh, and don't forget In The Country of Last Things, by Paul Auster. And, After the Plague, by T.C. Boyle.

[knoppix2004]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Barbara', '-') Stephen King, "The stand", how people and society cope with a sudden worldwide collapse (a plague in this case).
Any further suggestion?

[some_guy282]

That Ill Wind book sounds very interesting. Just bought a copy off eBay. First edition.

[KrellEnergySource]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'E')arth Abides!! That's it. Thanks... I'm going to try to find a copy of that and read it again... crumbled freeways... dried out car tires... no more gas... I can only remember scattered parts.

EastBay

[ReJoyce]

This doesn't really qualify, but there are similarities to post peak. I recently read the Depression novel "Tobacco Road" by Erskine Caldwell. The book starts out with the Lester family trying to steal turnips from an in-law, because they hadn't eaten anything as good as a turnip in a long time.

The edition I have has a foreword by Lewis Nordan, who described his childhood during the forties. He says that while he knew families like the Lesters, most families were better off and had enough electricity to power lights and a radio. Everything old may soon be new again!

[kevincarter]

I just finished a fiction book called KABOOM, its very PO related since the story happens during and after the peak. There were many things that I wanted to say so I sat down and wrote them. I still have to add some footnotes and expand some parts but you can read the whole story for free at http://www.marketingvictims.blogspot.com/ , the only catch is that since I’m from Spain the book is right now in Spanish only. If I find the time and the help I'll translate it.

[julianj]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'j')ulianJ
I'd add The Parable of the Sower by Octavia S. Butler: she's unique in being as far as I know, the only black female SF writer, and this book is about survival in a disintegrating US: I felt it was horribly realistic - it's not about PO, in fact I don't think it states explicitly why the USA falls into chaos, but it did seem very convincing to me.

[Tinman]

The Postman By David Brin http://www.davidbrin.com/postmansample1.html
Ecotopia

On the Road By Jack Kerouac

Not a novel but a must read for a post peak world " Walden" by Henry David Thoreau.

[EndOfSewers]

The Greatwinter Trilogy by Sean McMullen.

This one is kind of different. In self defense, whales develop a psychic Call, a kind of siren song that sweeps across the land luring any large animals (including humans) into the sea. In the chaos that ensues as civilization collapses, orbital defenses are activated that bombard and destroy any vehicles over a certain size or speed, and any use of electricity. The society that develops under the constraints of the Call and the orbital watchers is interesting to say the least. The first 2 books deal with development of a computer composed of matrices of human computing elements working at desks, the 3rd centers on a feudal society where the knights fly biplanes (with wingspans limited to less than 30 feet or ZAP!).

[Snowstorm]

"Giants in Their Steps" by Dalle Allen Pfeiffer, very long but worth it.

[medicvet]

I just finished reading all three books in the "Dies the Fire" trilogy, and they were simply awesome. The second is called "The Protector's War", and the third, "A Meeting at Corvallis". Have to be the best set of books I think I have read in many years.

I have read and have in my library: The STand (full version of course),
Alas, Babylon
Lucifer's Hammer
Friday

and really want to get ahold of Earth Abides..remember reading it a long time ago and haven't read it since.

Here is an book available online only, and I honestly think it compares very favorably with any of the above titled books; I was that impressed. It's called Lights Out, and it's about what takes place among a group of people after an EMP burst...hope someone here reads it and likes it because it is well worth the read:

http://www.giltweasel.com/stuff/LightsOut-Current.pdf

[simontay78]

Saw this trailer for a book regarding peak oil call "The Last Light"

Youtube Trailier "The Last Light"

A trailer for Alex Scarrow's 2nd novel, a conspiracy thriller based around Peak Oil

I haven't able to get this book yet...but the writer is ONLINE so you can actually send him a message via youtube!

Hmmm

[yportne]

I do not see Ape and Essence by Aldous Huxley. Toward the end a usable energy source was discovered, a large number of buried books where once stood the Los Angeles Public Library. Nuclear war had caused global cooling . A band of survivors burned the books to keep warm..

[RacerJace]

"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy is a post apocalyptic story of survival and the human condition ... it's a beautifully written story about a terrifying possibility.

"Last Light" by Alex Scarrow. I've just started reading this one and oh my god it's like my nightmares have been published in fictional print. This book describes to the enth degree what a rapid collapse of civilization would be like if oil were to suddenly stop flowing.

[eXpat]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('simontay78', 'S')aw this trailer for a book regarding peak oil call "The Last Light"

Youtube Trailier "The Last Light"

A trailer for Alex Scarrow's 2nd novel, a conspiracy thriller based around Peak Oil

I haven't able to get this book yet...but the writer is ONLINE so you can actually send him a message via youtube!

Hmmm

[TheTurtle]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', ' ')I must have read Earth Abides but I don't remember it either. What is it about?

[tsherry]

Let me humbly submit my own two works, 'Deep Winter' and 'Shatter'.

Both involve the depletion of oil, as well as other significant issues....

Electronic versions are available at lulu.com, http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=846285

for five bucks each. I'm selling autographed copies as well directly, for less than the cost on line (It ticked me off that they set such a high price on the things...)

Anyway, for what it's worth....