The Book of Eli and The Road had some good setups.

Your mum's arse after I was finished with it

TLOU

Destiny

Metro does a good job. Makes it bleak and has an alternative view on an apocalypse rather than an American Fallout or MadMax-type deserts.


In the books it adds a lot more background into it. Rumours fly around of how other underground railway networks survived, how the pre-apocalyptic leaders survived in the tunnels of "Metro 2" below them (some say the tunnels are even next to the normal ones), the near-mythical bunker of D6 and what's inside, how a tank crew survived in their tank in the less irradiated rural areas for a few years, etc, etc. This all adds to the atmosphere that these people desperately hope such small and insignificant things in their new world where barely anyone is expected to live past 40-50, need geiger counters to safely eat any fish, and death is the currency. But there's also the entertainment, albeit mostly just prostitution, there's also "The Bolshoi", from a famous theatre above ground, to an artistic (or money grabbing, depending how you see it) show held at the station there.

EDIT:
Also has it's touch of odd, like most Apocalyptic setting seem to have. Anyone who scavenges outside doesn't look at the stars upon the Kremlin, as it "captures" them and they end up walking into it and never returning. The bio-weapons used in that area rendered it undamaged in the blast, but no-one can venture there and there's a boiling mass of...goo... in the Metro tunnels below it. Don't get me started on "Homo Novus" and the fucking Librarians...

Fallout and TWD

Tales of the Dying Earth, I guess. Although to be accurate you'd have to say it takes place after innumerable apocalypses, not just one.

If a lot of the speculation is true, A Song of Ice And Fire.

hwat




Ot: Metro series

Quote from: Endork on October 20, 2015, 05:21:37 AM

Quote from: baecunself on October 20, 2015, 03:43:09 AM

If a lot of the speculation is true, A Song of Ice And Fire.

hwat




Ot: Metro series

GRRM wrote a lot of sci fi before ASOIAF. And there's a lot of evidence to suggest that the planet it's set on is actually a society recovering from some kind of apocalypse and is actually a planet set in GRRM's previous sci-fi universe. I could find a video explaining it better if you want.

yes please

Quote from: Endork on October 20, 2015, 05:29:49 AM

Quote from: baecunself on October 20, 2015, 05:23:52 AM

Quote from: Endork on October 20, 2015, 05:21:37 AM

Quote from: baecunself on October 20, 2015, 03:43:09 AM

If a lot of the speculation is true, A Song of Ice And Fire.

hwat




Ot: Metro series

GRRM wrote a lot of sci fi before ASOIAF. And there's a lot of evidence to suggest that the planet it's set on is actually a society recovering from some kind of apocalypse and is actually a planet set in GRRM's previous sci-fi universe. I could find a video explaining it better if you want.

yes please

This playlist goes over it all. I'd highly recommend having it on in the background to listen to (You don't really need the video, just the audio)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCsx_OFEYH6vAkHO0gakDrZ8Kuteu-nUn

thanks bacon

You fucking kids and your conspiracies in TV shows.

"Ash was in a coma the whole time."

"All the children in the Rugrats died and are just apart of Angelica's imagination."

"Will Smith died in the fight in West Phili where he was born and raised."

"Hal is just Walt in WitSec."

No, kill yourself.

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Quote from: baecunself on October 20, 2015, 05:32:46 AM

Quote from: Endork on October 20, 2015, 05:29:49 AM

Quote from: baecunself on October 20, 2015, 05:23:52 AM

Quote from: Endork on October 20, 2015, 05:21:37 AM

Quote from: baecunself on October 20, 2015, 03:43:09 AM

If a lot of the speculation is true, A Song of Ice And Fire.

hwat




Ot: Metro series

GRRM wrote a lot of sci fi before ASOIAF. And there's a lot of evidence to suggest that the planet it's set on is actually a society recovering from some kind of apocalypse and is actually a planet set in GRRM's previous sci-fi universe. I could find a video explaining it better if you want.

yes please

This playlist goes over it all. I'd highly recommend having it on in the background to listen to (You don't really need the video, just the audio)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCsx_OFEYH6vAkHO0gakDrZ8Kuteu-nUn

thanks bacon

no problem ender

watched one and a half so far, and so far these a really good.

Quote from: Endork on October 20, 2015, 07:22:04 AM

Quote from: baecunself on October 20, 2015, 05:37:57 AM

Quote from: Endork on October 20, 2015, 05:37:36 AM

Quote from: baecunself on October 20, 2015, 05:32:46 AM

Quote from: Endork on October 20, 2015, 05:29:49 AM

Quote from: baecunself on October 20, 2015, 05:23:52 AM

Quote from: Endork on October 20, 2015, 05:21:37 AM

Quote from: baecunself on October 20, 2015, 03:43:09 AM

If a lot of the speculation is true, A Song of Ice And Fire.

hwat




Ot: Metro series

GRRM wrote a lot of sci fi before ASOIAF. And there's a lot of evidence to suggest that the planet it's set on is actually a society recovering from some kind of apocalypse and is actually a planet set in GRRM's previous sci-fi universe. I could find a video explaining it better if you want.

yes please

This playlist goes over it all. I'd highly recommend having it on in the background to listen to (You don't really need the video, just the audio)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCsx_OFEYH6vAkHO0gakDrZ8Kuteu-nUn

thanks bacon

no problem ender

watched one and a half so far, and so far these a really good.

Yeah. They're pretty in-depth.

Yeah, and with how the ASoIaF is set up it's fun to listen to other peoples theories even if you don't agree.

Quote from: Endork on October 20, 2015, 07:29:59 AM

Quote from: baecunself on October 20, 2015, 07:25:12 AM

Quote from: Endork on October 20, 2015, 07:22:04 AM

Quote from: baecunself on October 20, 2015, 05:37:57 AM

Quote from: Endork on October 20, 2015, 05:37:36 AM

Quote from: baecunself on October 20, 2015, 05:32:46 AM

Quote from: Endork on October 20, 2015, 05:29:49 AM

Quote from: baecunself on October 20, 2015, 05:23:52 AM

Quote from: Endork on October 20, 2015, 05:21:37 AM

Quote from: baecunself on October 20, 2015, 03:43:09 AM

If a lot of the speculation is true, A Song of Ice And Fire.

hwat




Ot: Metro series

GRRM wrote a lot of sci fi before ASOIAF. And there's a lot of evidence to suggest that the planet it's set on is actually a society recovering from some kind of apocalypse and is actually a planet set in GRRM's previous sci-fi universe. I could find a video explaining it better if you want.

yes please

This playlist goes over it all. I'd highly recommend having it on in the background to listen to (You don't really need the video, just the audio)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCsx_OFEYH6vAkHO0gakDrZ8Kuteu-nUn

thanks bacon

no problem ender

watched one and a half so far, and so far these a really good.

Yeah. They're pretty in-depth.

Yeah, and with how the ASoIaF is set up it's fun to listen to other peoples theories even if you don't agree.

YEah. I'm on AFFC and I'm loving the series thus far.

Later today I'll sit down and listen to as many as I can

Glukhovsky created the perfect post-apocalyptic world when he wrote Metro. You know why? There's no fucking deserts.

YES

HAving nuclear fiction set in nuclear winter is amazing. Probably helps that it's set in a fairly irregular location (IE not america) than most fiction.

Metro or Ergo Proxy