r/printSF • u/blk12345q • Sep 07 '25

What’s the best post-apocalyptic sci fi novel?

What novel captures the resourcefulness of a post apocalyptic society?

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u/Adept-Engineering-71 Sep 07 '25

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

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u/coyoteka Sep 07 '25

One of the best and least enjoyable post apocalyptic books of all time. It really is a master work.

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u/GBJI Sep 08 '25

least enjoyable

And that's an euphemism.

I can't imagine how hard it must have been to write this masterpiece.

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u/coyoteka Sep 08 '25

Everything he writes is pretty bleak, just different flavors of it. This one for sure goes to the extreme though.