Books and movies

[Drinkthekoolaid]

What are your favorite shtf/disaster/end of the world type books and movies?

Have any of them influenced you or made an impact on you?

Have you referred any to friends or family, did they give any feedback?

 

[Phazer]

https://www.amazon.com/World-War-Oral-History-Zombie/dp/0307346617

 

[E the massive]

Not really SHTF. But it did make an impact.

 

[tirwin1]

This is a great book because it was written by a guy with first hand experience in a SHTF scenario. Lots of helpful information on day to day living in troubled times.

https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Survi...896015&sr=1-1&keywords=modern+survival+manual

I would say it definitely influenced me in terms of prepping for uncertainty. One of the themes is the rather low probability of a scenario where you and some buddies move to a cabin deep in the woods. In fact he argues against that approach. (No matter how remote a location, if you got there so could someone else. And if you are outnumbered way out in the middle of nowhere your chances of surviving the encounter decline rather quickly).

I have shared it with friends and family. I bought a second copy to share. Only one of them actually took it seriously. The rest think I am nuts. Time will tell I suppose.

 

[SigLady]

My husband watches all the SHTF movies. I leave the room when he does- they make me want to hide under the bed (And ditto for Alex Jones.)

 

[Magnus]

The Road and World War Z. By far the most horrifying worst case scenario movies ever seen.

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

Believe it or not in school I had to read Alas Babalyon. Which I thought was fantastic and totally got me interested in the genre.

Later in life i would watch the typical disaster / end of the world /zombie movies and Tom Clancy war books etc..

Only after having a family of my own and stumbling across the book One Second After did everything all of a sudden click for me. It was a book that made me re-evaluate things I never thought of. I was so distressed I could barely sleep for a day or 2 after reading it. And then I decided I needed to be prepared and try to control more things in my power and not allow myself or family to be an ignorant unprepared victim. I don't want to rely on others. So actually I went out and bought my first ever personally owned guns and slowly started trying to gather things I should have on hand.

After that I read the sequel one year after, now waiting for the last book in the trilogy to be published. I've read most of the books in the patriots series as well. I've also read more of the educational books like "lights out" which is frightening how unprepared our government is and other books like fieldcraft, atlas shrugged etc..

As somewhat of An off shoot about getting into the prepping/survival genre I now read a lot more alternative news sites and I'm much more politically aware of what's going on In government. I feel I've learned a ton and have personally grown in the last 5 years. I want to keep teaching myself new skills and learning.

 

[Podmonkey]

Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, the book not the awful movies. It's not a SHTF work exactly though the earth is destroyed early on!

 

[Plater1]

This is a great book because it was written by a guy with first hand experience in a SHTF scenario. Lots of helpful information on day to day living in troubled times.

https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Survi...896015&sr=1-1&keywords=modern+survival+manual

I would say it definitely influenced me in terms of prepping for uncertainty. One of the themes is the rather low probability of a scenario where you and some buddies move to a cabin deep in the woods. In fact he argues against that approach. (No matter how remote a location, if you got there so could someone else. And if you are outnumbered way out in the middle of nowhere your chances of surviving the encounter decline rather quickly).

I have shared it with friends and family. I bought a second copy to share. Only one of them actually took it seriously. The rest think I am nuts. Time will tell I suppose.

I read this same book a few years ago. The author lived through the economic collapse in Argentina in 2001. That country went to crap in a hurry and just getting to work(if you still had a job) was a game of life and death. Just feeding his family was a challenge most Americans can't begin to understand.

 

[freddy]

Movie: "Chosin" circa 2010.

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

I vaguely remember a tv series from the early to mid 2000s where it was about a small town in Kansas after a nuclear attack.

Does anyone remember what it is called?

 

[AK68]

I vaguely remember a tv series from the early to mid 2000s where it was about a small town in Kansas after a nuclear attack.

Does anyone remember what it is called?

The name of the show was called "Jericho".

 

[Bananabandit]

That little survival handbook is good. Maybe someone can help with the name.

 

[E the massive]

Children of Men - Wikipedia

 

[Jackalope]

I've been a fan of apocalyptic fiction since I was a kid, as we had to read "Alas Babylon", "A Canticle for Leibowitz", and "When Worlds Collide" for a class. In the 80's, the novel "Lucifer's Hammer" made a big impression on me, it's a long, detailed and scary book. More recently, "One Second After", "The Borrowed World", and "A World Made by Hand", with its sequels all made an impression on me. The "A World Made by Hand" novels were all written by James Howard Kuntsler, a transplanted New Yorker who now lives in Greenwich, NY, and his novels take place in the same Washington County locale, which is interesting. Kuntsler also wrote the "Long Emergency" which dealt with peak oil, but since then he seems to have transferred over to the peak everything school of thought.

Film wise, "When Worlds Collide" is interesting, and I've heard rumors that the film may be re-made. The novel upon which the movie is based is very good, and its sequel "After Worlds Collide" is good too, but they're traditional science fiction. The film "Panic in the Year Zero" isn't bad for its age. The problem with many of the modern apocalyptic movies is they go over the top, look at the film "2012". Oh yeah, there's "Damnation Alley", which ends as the principle characters reach the relative safety of Albany, NY!

 

[Plater1]

I've been a fan of apocalyptic fiction since I was a kid, as we had to read "Alas Babylon", "A Canticle for Leibowitz", and "When Worlds Collide" for a class. In the 80's, the novel "Lucifer's Hammer" made a big impression on me, it's a long, detailed and scary book. More recently, "One Second After", "The Borrowed World", and "A World Made by Hand", with its sequels all made an impression on me. The "A World Made by Hand" novels were all written by James Howard Kuntsler, a transplanted New Yorker who now lives in Greenwich, NY, and his novels take place in the same Washington County locale, which is interesting. Kuntsler also wrote the "Long Emergency" which dealt with peak oil, but since then he seems to have transferred over to the peak everything school of thought.

Film wise, "When Worlds Collide" is interesting, and I've heard rumors that the film may be re-made. The novel upon which the movie is based is very good, and its sequel "After Worlds Collide" is good too, but they're traditional science fiction. The film "Panic in the Year Zero" isn't bad for its age. The problem with many of the modern apocalyptic movies is they go over the top, look at the film "2012". Oh yeah, there's "Damnation Alley", which ends as the principle characters reach the relative safety of Albany, NY!

Wow, the safety of Albany, NY. That's clearly the definition of fiction.

 

[Automan21]

World War Z
Day After Tomorrow
Armageddon

 

[GTN]

I have a tough time reading anything. Books, magazines, even instructional books. I have to read a page a couple of times before the content sinks in. I've been this way since I was a kid.
I would really like to be able to these type of books. Are there any that are real easy to read?
Thanks

 

[GOPerfect]

I have a tough time reading anything. Books, magazines, even instructional books. I have to read a page a couple of times before the content sinks in. I've been this way since I was a kid.
I would really like to be able to these type of books. Are there any that are real easy to read?
Thanks

The Survival series by A. American

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=a.+american

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

I have a tough time reading anything. Books, magazines, even instructional books. I have to read a page a couple of times before the content sinks in. I've been this way since I was a kid.
I would really like to be able to these type of books. Are there any that are real easy to read?
Thanks

This wasn't that tough of a read. not sure how realistic it is, it's basically prepper porn but its fun to read.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003...36_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=patriots+series

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

Hey GTN another idea I see you are in WNY, if you are in Erie county the Erie county library system has a bunch of books you might like. Instead of buying them you can just borrow them for awhile. Just a thought.

 

[GTN]

Not in Erie but that's a good idea

 

[prambo]

The name of the show was called "Jericho".

That show disappeared quickly, too - Oh MY!! Bad poo-poo guns were necessary, and 911 was, well, gone! And FEMA never showed!

 

[prambo]

I have a tough time reading anything. Books, magazines, even instructional books. I have to read a page a couple of times before the content sinks in. I've been this way since I was a kid.
I would really like to be able to these type of books. Are there any that are real easy to read?
Thanks

Check to see if they are available as "audio books".

One of my favorites - "Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Colllapse" by John Wesley, Rawles is available as an audio book, perhaps many others, although at Amazon it costs $14.95/mo after free trial- https://www.amazon.com/Patriots-Nov...swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1479153547&sr=8-1
Also check your local library - I'm surprised at what our 3 county system has up here in The 'Hood.

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

Check to see if they are available as "audio books".

One of my favorites - "Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Colllapse" by John Wesley, Rawles" is available as an audio book, perhaps many others, although at Amazon it costs $14.95/mo after free trial- https://www.amazon.com/Patriots-Nov...swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1479153547&sr=8-1
Also check your local library - I'm surprised at what our 3 county system has up here in The 'Hood.

I borrowed 3 books from the patriots series from Erie county library. Fun reads

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

That show disappeared quickly, too - Oh MY!! Bad poo-poo guns were necessary, and 911 was, well, gone! And FEMA never showed!

I only caught a few episodes of this series (back before dvr) and what I saw I really liked. But as you said for some reason it was quickly pulled.

Can't have regular people being the good guys looking out for each other and using guns since the government can't save you...

 

[HIghlander]

Don't know if this is true reason but look if you want about Jericho.

The real reasons Jericho was canceled

 

[AK68]

Hey GTN another idea I see you are in WNY, if you are in Erie county the Erie county library system has a bunch of books you might like. Instead of buying them you can just borrow them for awhile. Just a thought.

If the Erie County Library doesn't have what you are looking for, on their web page is a thing called the "Inter Library Loan" system. It allows you to borrow a book, music CD, movie etc., from libraries across the U.S. and have it shipped to a library near you so you can borrow it. Simply do a search by the title or ISBN number ( I get this number off of Amazon) and put in a request. I've done it many times. If you need help getting started just ask for help at your local library.

 

[Kwalsh]

I loved damnation alley!!!

I just watched it recently on my firestick

George peppard and Jan Michel Vincent are husterically corny in it

 

[warrendee]

I've been a fan of apocalyptic fiction since I was a kid, as we had to read "Alas Babylon", "A Canticle for Leibowitz", and "When Worlds Collide" for a class. In the 80's, the novel "Lucifer's Hammer" made a big impression on me, it's a long, detailed and scary book. More recently, "One Second After", "The Borrowed World", and "A World Made by Hand", with its sequels all made an impression on me. The "A World Made by Hand" novels were all written by James Howard Kuntsler, a transplanted New Yorker who now lives in Greenwich, NY, and his novels take place in the same Washington County locale, which is interesting. Kuntsler also wrote the "Long Emergency" which dealt with peak oil, but since then he seems to have transferred over to the peak everything school of thought.

Film wise, "When Worlds Collide" is interesting, and I've heard rumors that the film may be re-made. The novel upon which the movie is based is very good, and its sequel "After Worlds Collide" is good too, but they're traditional science fiction. The film "Panic in the Year Zero" isn't bad for its age. The problem with many of the modern apocalyptic movies is they go over the top, look at the film "2012". Oh yeah, there's "Damnation Alley", which ends as the principle characters reach the relative safety of Albany, NY!

"Lucifer's Hammer" is a great and underrated book.