Neon City – A Post-Apocalyptic Road Trip
Neon City from 1991 is Stagecoach in the post-apocalypse, with toxic clouds, concentrated sun storms, and a few Mad Max-style road chases thrown in to keep the characters on their toes.
Deluge – One of the Earliest Post-Apocalyptic films from 1933
Wikipedia’s list of Apocalyptic films begins with a film called End of the World from 1916, and…
Half Novel / Half Survival Guide – Pulling Through by Dean Ing
Pulling Through by Dean Ing is a classic nuclear war survival story from 1983, but also a practical “how to survive” guide.
Time Enough At Last by Lynn Venable
Time Enough At Last by Lynn Venable – The short story from 1953 that served as the basis for the classic Twilight Zone episode.
This is Not a Test (1962)
Late one night on a rural road in the western US, a policeman sets up a roadblock and begins stopping all traffic. When several cars and a big truck have stopped, he and the others learn the reason for this roadblock…
The Day Called X (1957) – Nuclear Attack Dramatization
A Day Called X is a dramatized CBS documentary film set in Portland, Oregon, in which the entire city is evacuated in anticipation of a nuclear air raid.
The Fifth Horseman (1946)
A series of audio dramas released as part of a campaign to convince the American public to accept a plan to put all nuclear weapons under United Nations control.
Target One – X Minus One (1957)
A trio of time travelers goes back in time to try to prevent the nuclear apocalypse that has ravaged the planet, which they believe can be achieved by assassinating just one man – Albert Einstein.
Another Appearance on the Post Apocalyptic Media Podcast – June 2021
In this episode I joined Shawn of PostApocalypticMedia.com to talk about the week’s post-apocalyptic news. We talked about the new season of War of the Worlds, the upcoming WOOL series on Apple TV+, and then a non-spoiler discussion of Sweet Tooth on Netflix.
Watched Glen and Randa
A few weeks ago, I was inspired by this post on the Post Apocalyptic Movie Mania blog to move Glen and Randa a little higher up on my Netflix queue. It took a few weeks for me to get to it, but it finally arrived, and I watched it tonight.
Scourge of an Agnostic God by Michael Juge
Scourge of an Agnostic God is a straight up EMP-event post-apocalyptic novel, complete with societal collapse, starvation, plague, and normal everyday people taking up arms to protect their homes and their families.
Finally Read The Long Loud Silence by Wilson Tucker
Even though The Long Loud Silence wasn’t exactly what I was expecting, I’m still happy to have read it, and to be able to cross it off my list. If you happen to come across a copy for a good price, I would definitely suggest you pick it up.