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61. The Pesthouse by Jim Crace

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Thu Mar 5, 2015, 12:04 PM

Mar 2015

The Pesthouse Paperback by Jim Crace

The Pesthouse takes place at some point in the future, a future that's uncharted because its residents have no way of reckoning with the past. Industrial America remains only in the smallest pieces: a clutch of coins, "pennies and dimes and quarters," found in the pebbled silt of a riverbank, "a square of patterned, faded cloth too finely woven to have been the work of human hands."

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Post apocalyptic fiction [View all] left-of-center2012 Nov 2012 OP

Oh! Oh! Oh! SheilaT Nov 2012 #1

Another classic from the same time (1960) getting old in mke Nov 2012 #6

I second Canticle for Liebowitz SteveG Sep 2013 #42

The book you can't remember..was it dixiegrrrrl Apr 2014 #44

Not that book. SheilaT Apr 2014 #45

Thanks for a wonderful response left-of-center2012 Nov 2012 #2

Ami Rebecca Blackwelder Viva_La_Revolution Nov 2012 #3

Thanks left-of-center2012 Nov 2012 #4

"World War Z" krispos42 Nov 2012 #5

Zombies, eh ? left-of-center2012 Nov 2012 #7

Yeah, think Studs Terkel, not George Romero (nt) getting old in mke Nov 2012 #8

What makes it great is you could substitute any other disaster Telcontar Apr 2015 #64

"The Handmaid's Tale" FloridaJudy Nov 2012 #9

When I read "The Road" FloridaJudy Nov 2012 #10

I didnt think The Road was a global extinction Telcontar Apr 2015 #65

That's FUNNY!!! It was a great book, though. n/t codjh9 Nov 2012 #14

"The Pest House" by Jim Crace left-of-center2012 Nov 2012 #11

Interesting - codjh9 Nov 2012 #15

The Book of Eli left-of-center2012 Nov 2012 #12

I LOVE post-apocalyptic fiction. Some recent ones: codjh9 Nov 2012 #13

just read the first two of the Last Policeman trilogy lordsummerisle Dec 2015 #81

I hope you like the third as much as the first two. SheilaT Jan 2016 #82

Just finished World of Trouble lordsummerisle Jan 2016 #83

The Knowledge of Heaven and Earth phantom power Nov 2012 #16

One that has stuck with me for a long time is "Greybeard" Fumesucker Nov 2012 #17

"The Stand" by Stephen King is pretty good LARED Nov 2012 #18

The original version only. SheilaT Nov 2012 #19

I read it about thirty years ago LARED Nov 2012 #20

He tends to fall apart when the ending comes along. Codeine Jan 2015 #53

Deus Irae by Phillip K. Dick and Roger Zelazny. nt Liberal_Dog Nov 2012 #21

Also Farnham's Freehold by Robert A. Heinlein. nt Liberal_Dog Nov 2012 #23

I much prefer Dr. Bloodmoney as a post apocalyptic novel of PKD PufPuf23 Feb 2013 #31

Earth Abides ozone82 Nov 2012 #22

That's the one that came to my mind. Adsos Letter Dec 2015 #76

A couple more codjh9 Dec 2012 #24

"Wolf and Iron" by Gordon R. Dickson mwrguy Jan 2013 #25

my suggestions skippercollector Jan 2013 #26

The Disappearance is an amazing book. SheilaT Jan 2015 #56

The Changes Trilogy by Peter Dickenson (1970's) murpheeslaw Jan 2013 #27

Here's a few: AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #28

I enjoyed the Change series by Stirling. Hatchling Jan 2013 #29

I concur! OrwellwasRight Jul 2013 #38

Have you read the second series, which starts with The Sunrise Lands? murielm99 Jul 2013 #40

I loved the first three... Lizzie Poppet Nov 2015 #74

Wool bravenak Feb 2013 #30

A Canticle for Liebowitz TrogL Mar 2013 #32

The Penultimate Truth, by Philip Dick Moe Shinola Mar 2013 #33

The Peshawer Lancers, by S. M. Stirling Moe Shinola Mar 2013 #34

World Made By Hand & The Witch of Hebron by James Howard Kuntzler Moe Shinola Mar 2013 #35

Davy by Edgar Pangborn Wolf Frankula Jun 2013 #36

"Zone One: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead n/t FSogol Jul 2013 #37

Thanks to all who offered suggestions dusty trails Jul 2013 #39

A Canticle for Leibowitz JitterbugPerfume Sep 2013 #41

I must say X men final war john.matla Dec 2013 #43

Alas Babylon blindersoff May 2014 #46

War Day by Whitley Strieber & James Kunetka NeoGreen Aug 2014 #47

I also read that when it first came out. SheilaT Sep 2014 #48

Read that as kid. Codeine Jan 2015 #52

Station Eleven hermetic Dec 2014 #49

Just finished it myself and thought it was a great novel, full stop friendly_iconoclast Dec 2015 #78

The Last Man, by Mary Shelley Orrex Dec 2014 #50

Three for you. msedano Dec 2014 #51

I see a bunch of people suggesting A Cantacle for Leibowitz WhoIsNumberNone Jan 2015 #54

A Cantacle for Leibowitz left-of-center2012 Mar 2015 #59

This message was self-deleted by its author left-of-center2012 Mar 2015 #60

Stars Reach - John Michael Greer cantbeserious Jan 2015 #55

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Arcadiasix Feb 2015 #57

There's also a collection of apocalyptic and post apocalyptic SheilaT Feb 2015 #58

The Pesthouse by Jim Crace left-of-center2012 Mar 2015 #61

Farnham's Freehold by Robert A. Heinlein left-of-center2012 Mar 2015 #62

Eternity Road by Jack McDevitt left-of-center2012 Mar 2015 #63

I love apocalyptic and post apocalyptic fiction. ladyVet May 2015 #66

You wrote: left-of-center2012 May 2015 #67

lucifers hammer peasambo May 2015 #68

Have you tried lucifers hammer? left-of-center2012 May 2015 #69

I first read Lucifer's Hammer when it came out SheilaT May 2015 #70

Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank left-of-center2012 May 2015 #71

It's been a number of years since I read it lordsummerisle Dec 2015 #79

The first time I read "Lucifer's Hammer" SheilaT Dec 2015 #80

Ah, yes, Lucifers Hammer. SheilaT Jan 2016 #84

Here's a slightly newer series for everyone here: SheilaT Aug 2015 #72

I'm now reading for the second time Richard D Oct 2015 #73

Just read Bird Box lordsummerisle Dec 2015 #75

Bird Box: A Novel by Josh Malerman left-of-center2012 Dec 2015 #77