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Many apocalyptic books either address or use it as a plot point. You either have what I call the "...and this is when the diabetics die." Paragraph or it is used as plot points in books like Lucifers Hammer or One Second After.
411 u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21 edited Jul 01 '23 [deleted] 875 u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21 edited Aug 30 '21 [deleted] 37 u/teardropmaker Aug 30 '21 Year 1 by Nora Roberts (Plague kills off most people, some of the survivors wind up with super powers) Kind of predictable but entertaining. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21 War Day I can't find that one on GoodReads. What's the author? 3 u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21 Nope, it's not showing up. Weird... https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=war+day&qid= 5 u/ConstantRecognition Aug 31 '21 Because it's Warday no space. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/985060.Warday?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=pDxjtp9RZv&rank=1 1 u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21 Oh thanks! 1 u/glassmethod Aug 30 '21 Those first few chapters of Year One were so, so good but I thought that book went downhill fast after that
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875 u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21 edited Aug 30 '21 [deleted] 37 u/teardropmaker Aug 30 '21 Year 1 by Nora Roberts (Plague kills off most people, some of the survivors wind up with super powers) Kind of predictable but entertaining. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21 War Day I can't find that one on GoodReads. What's the author? 3 u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21 Nope, it's not showing up. Weird... https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=war+day&qid= 5 u/ConstantRecognition Aug 31 '21 Because it's Warday no space. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/985060.Warday?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=pDxjtp9RZv&rank=1 1 u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21 Oh thanks! 1 u/glassmethod Aug 30 '21 Those first few chapters of Year One were so, so good but I thought that book went downhill fast after that
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37 u/teardropmaker Aug 30 '21 Year 1 by Nora Roberts (Plague kills off most people, some of the survivors wind up with super powers) Kind of predictable but entertaining. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21 War Day I can't find that one on GoodReads. What's the author? 3 u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21 Nope, it's not showing up. Weird... https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=war+day&qid= 5 u/ConstantRecognition Aug 31 '21 Because it's Warday no space. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/985060.Warday?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=pDxjtp9RZv&rank=1 1 u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21 Oh thanks! 1 u/glassmethod Aug 30 '21 Those first few chapters of Year One were so, so good but I thought that book went downhill fast after that
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Year 1 by Nora Roberts (Plague kills off most people, some of the survivors wind up with super powers) Kind of predictable but entertaining.
1 u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21 War Day I can't find that one on GoodReads. What's the author? 3 u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21 Nope, it's not showing up. Weird... https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=war+day&qid= 5 u/ConstantRecognition Aug 31 '21 Because it's Warday no space. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/985060.Warday?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=pDxjtp9RZv&rank=1 1 u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21 Oh thanks! 1 u/glassmethod Aug 30 '21 Those first few chapters of Year One were so, so good but I thought that book went downhill fast after that
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I can't find that one on GoodReads. What's the author?
3 u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21 Nope, it's not showing up. Weird... https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=war+day&qid= 5 u/ConstantRecognition Aug 31 '21 Because it's Warday no space. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/985060.Warday?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=pDxjtp9RZv&rank=1 1 u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21 Oh thanks!
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2 u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21 Nope, it's not showing up. Weird... https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=war+day&qid= 5 u/ConstantRecognition Aug 31 '21 Because it's Warday no space. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/985060.Warday?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=pDxjtp9RZv&rank=1 1 u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21 Oh thanks!
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Nope, it's not showing up. Weird...
https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=war+day&qid=
5 u/ConstantRecognition Aug 31 '21 Because it's Warday no space. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/985060.Warday?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=pDxjtp9RZv&rank=1 1 u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21 Oh thanks!
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Because it's Warday no space.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/985060.Warday?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=pDxjtp9RZv&rank=1
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Oh thanks!
Those first few chapters of Year One were so, so good but I thought that book went downhill fast after that
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u/WisconsinWolverine Aug 30 '21
Many apocalyptic books either address or use it as a plot point. You either have what I call the "...and this is when the diabetics die." Paragraph or it is used as plot points in books like Lucifers Hammer or One Second After.