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> On Jul 3, 9:12 pm, Gas Bag <shazl...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> > I have recently read "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy. Although it was a
> > 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.

> If by "this genre" you mean "postapocalyptic travel stories," the
> grandaddy of the genre is THE STAND, by Stephen King, though it
> couldn't be more different in style from the McCarthy.

> Others include EMERGENCE by David R. Palmer, SWAN SONG by Robert
> McCammon, DAMNATION ALLEY by Roger Zelazny, A BOY AND HIS DOG by
> Harlan Ellison, most of the stories in THE BOOK OF THE DEAD (edited by
> John Skipp and Craig Spector) and the graphic novel series THE WALKING
> DEAD by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard.

> kdb

> I recall reading a short story by Ray Russell in Playboy magazine many years
> ago about a 16 year old girl who along with her dog are the last survivors
> on earth.  After the death of her dog the girl heads north because she has
> never seen snow and wants to before she dies.  She has given up hope of
> seeing anyone else alive and I remember the story ended with a sad little
> poem she writes the last line of which was something like "....and death, my
> husband, will claim me for his bride."

> Can't remember the title.  Ring a bell with anyone?

> Dave in Toronto