Re: Post Apocolyptic Literature

Thanks everyone for your responses. I think this will be a good place for me to start. I greatly appreciate your help. Here is a list of what everyone has suggested:


Farham's Freehold by Robert A. Heinlein -

The Comet by W.E.B. Du Bois
The Jewels of Aptor and Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
Fallout and Clay's Ark and the Imago series by Octavia Butler
Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
War & Mir trilogy by Minister Faust (Malcolm Azania)
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Domino Falls by Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes
Mindscape by Andrea Hairston
Zone One by Colson Whitehead

The Year of the Quiet Sun by Wilson Tucker

Octavia Butler's works


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From: Science Fiction and Fantasy Listserv <[email protected]> on behalf of Reynolds, Susan <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: [SF-LIT] Post Apocolyptic Literature

The majority of the books on this list are YA - http://blog.leeandlow.com/2012/08/30/diverse-dystopias-a-book-list/  I highly recommend The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi which deals with race, gender, issues of genetic engineering and 'human' rights.

My first thought was to check out Octavia Butler's works and other speculative fiction authors of color. The wonder of speculative fiction is the ability to place yourself and the "other" in the story and there are so many examples that while not strictly racially tied to color or ethnicity are analogous to civil rights and race relations in the story.  I think you will have a great time doing your literature search.

Susan Reynolds
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From: Science Fiction and Fantasy Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Sullivan
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 9:14 AM
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Subject: Re: [SF-LIT] Post Apocolyptic Literature

> I am looking for assistance in regards to a possible dissertation
> topic. I am interested in finding texts that I can look at more
> closely and consider racial relations in post apocalyptic literature.
> One of the questions that I have been considering is that post
> apocalyptic lit exists in a post racial society. Are there any
> novels/graphic novels that you would suggest for me to look at first? I greatly appreciate your thoughts and suggestions.

"The Year of the Quiet Sun" by Wilson Tucker is the first that comes to mind.

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Bob Sullivan
Schenectady County (NY) Public Library

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