Good shtf Book Suggestions

[Wiggity]

Idk if it qualifies as shtf, but Tom clancy's booms are absolutely awesome.

[BBossman]

The next in the series "Day by Day Armageddon: Origin to Exile" is set to release on 09-27-11. Its available for pre-order on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Day-Armageddon...6630206&sr=1-5

[sammage]

The next in the series "Day by Day Armageddon: Origin to Exile" is set to release on 09-27-11. Its available for pre-order on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Day-Armageddon...6630206&sr=1-5

Unfortunately, that's actually a compilation of the first two books, along with some bonus content. Great books all the same.

[BBossman]

Unfortunately, that's actually a compilation of the first two books, along with some bonus content. Great books all the same.

yeah I see that now, good thing i didn't pre order. Got my hopes up when I saw it...

[Blstr88]

Just started reading "Without Warning" by John Birmingham. So far so good. Unfortunately I've been trying to read it here and there inbetween work and it's going very piecemeal which I dont like...Im about 100 pages into it though. Gonna stop bringing it to work and save it for when Im home.

[Blstr88]

yeah I see that now, good thing i didn't pre order. Got my hopes up when I saw it...

They'll be a third next year, Day by Day: Shatter Hourglass.

I finished Without Warning today too, it was good. It was definitely a TEOTWAWKI kind of book, however it focused on the bigger picture really, not so much individual survival. I liked it enough to order the sequel "After America". Also ordered James Rawles newest book coming out next week "Survivors: A Novel of the Coming Collapse". I have mixed feelings about Rawles other 2 books, but I'll give this one a shot. (I work on drill ships and during my time at sea I have nothing else to do when Im not working anyway, so I read a LOT).

Oh also, the book "Lights Out" is now available too. I seem to remember it being well liked but was never available in a paper copy (only via download). Well I threw that in my Amazon cart too...

[docsherm]

I started to read Survivors: A Novel of the Coming Collapse by James Wesley, Rawles last night. So far I am about 5 chapters into it and I have to say that it is a very good book. Much better then Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse . It has the same premise as the first book, as a matter of fact it is almost the exact same "build up". The first thing is that it is much more realistic and it is not filled with the "how to" stuff like the first one was.

Like I said i am only 5 chapters into it but it is a very good book so far and I recommend it.

[Travis B]

I started to read Survivors: A Novel of the Coming Collapse by James Wesley, Rawles last night. So far I am about 5 chapters into it and I have to say that it is a very good book. Much better then Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse . It has the same premise as the first book, as a matter of fact it is almost the exact same "build up". The first thing is that it is much more realistic and it is not filled with the "how to" stuff like the first one was.

Like I said i am only 5 chapters into it but it is a very good book so far and I recommend it.

I felt that it was more rushed than Patriots. But a few of the story lines in Survivors were so much better than those in Patriots.

[Blstr88]

I started to read Survivors: A Novel of the Coming Collapse by James Wesley, Rawles last night. So far I am about 5 chapters into it and I have to say that it is a very good book. Much better then Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse . It has the same premise as the first book, as a matter of fact it is almost the exact same "build up". The first thing is that it is much more realistic and it is not filled with the "how to" stuff like the first one was.

Like I said i am only 5 chapters into it but it is a very good book so far and I recommend it.

Ordered mine on Amazon last week, should be waiting for me when I get home next week. Looking forward to it. I didnt love Patriots by any means but I did enjoy it, so Im looking forward to Survivors.

[phirehawk]

Ordered mine on Amazon last week, should be waiting for me when I get home next week. Looking forward to it. I didnt love Patriots by any means but I did enjoy it, so Im looking forward to Survivors.

I just finished Survivors last night. I was unimpressed. I waited to order it until "Book Bomb" day for the author and seldom do I anticipate a book release. I was hyped up... it let me down. Not only was there less information, there were too many fragmenting stories that didn't really have an ending. This seems to be a lead-in book to his next book which would appear to be the struggle against the provisional government. I was disappointed, very disappointed.
I loved the re-release of Patriots, and must say that I will read the third of his novels, but not with the same anticipation I had to read this one. JWR, you are capable of much better. Focus on one story line at a time and develop each one. Write more novels for each line/region. When you have this many plots in one book you lose detail and story. I kinda felt like I was reading a book of short stories that were broken up and all mixed together.