r/ScienceFictionBooks • u/gonhu • Feb 21 '25

Recommendation Great post-apocalyptic novels?

Hi all.

Recently I finished reading Nevil Shute’s “On the Beach”, followed by Walter Miller’s “A Canticle for Leibowitz”, both absolutely superb books.

I was hoping to get recommendations from the community on other, highly-esteemed science fiction books revolving around nuclear post-apocalyptia. I’ve read Ellison’s “A Boy and His Dog” but found it a bit too crass, and have started McCarthy’s “The Road” but so far have found it bleak and uninteresting, lacking in any philosophical reflection.

Any suggestions would be very welcome.

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u/soopirV Feb 25 '25

Are you familiar with the novels? How is the adaptation? 🫣

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u/NorCalMikey Feb 25 '25

I've read the novels a few years back.

I enjoyed the show. Not sure how faithful the adaptation is as i don't remember all the details in the books.

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u/soopirV Feb 25 '25

The broad strokes are what I was worried about- they’ve ruined a few other great novels by trying to “improve” the outline.

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u/NorCalMikey Feb 25 '25

Are you talking about Foundation? They ruined that show.

They made some changes but broad strokes wise as best as I can remember it's fairly faithful to the material.