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Message from discussion Cormack McCarthy’s "The Road" – similar works?

Michael O'Connor

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From: "Michael O'Connor" <mpoconn...@aol.com>

Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 22:31:25 -0700 (PDT)

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Subject: Re: Cormack McCarthy’s "The Road" – similar works?

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A few books that come to mind:

- Lucifer's Hammer by Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven, about a large
comet that strikes the Earth, and the aftermath. Very highly
recommended; they should have made a movie out of this instead of
making Armageddon and Deep Impact.

- Swan Song by Robert McCammon, about a nuclear war and the
aftermath. More of a horror/supernatural story, but a good read

- The Postman (I never read the book) but by all accounts much better
than the Costner adaptation.

- Warday by Whitley Streiber and James Kunetka, about two writers who
travel across America five years after a limited nuclear war to
document how life has changed. Very highly recommended; I wish
somebody would adapt this into a movie.

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