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From: ver...@hinet.net.au
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:43:53 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Mon, Jul 21 2008 9:43 am
Subject: Re: Cormack McCarthy’s "The Road" – similar works?
On Jul 4, 2:12 pm, Gas Bag <shazl...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> I have recently read "The Road" by Cormack McCarthy. Although it was a By total happenstance, I have lately read "The Road", seen I Am > short book, I thought it was extremely well written – brilliantly > crafted. I am trying to find other books (and) movies of this genre, > but it hasn’t been easy. > I’m already well aware of 28 Weeks/Days Later, and I Am Legend, but I > am looking for the more obscure alternative titles, if there are any. Legend, and read Jeanette Winterson's latest: The Stone Gods. She is another one who, like McCarthy, isn't a "sci-fi" author, but a writer who writes beautifully and tells whatever tale needs telling to "make the point" as an earlier post said. And movies: Children of Men is absolutely brilliant. You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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