It's the end of the Baker's Dozen Challenge so it was only fitting I saved The End for my final book. I read After the Apocalypse, a short story collection by Maureen McHugh. Rather than explain the whole world and everything that had changed, we saw through the eyes of ordinary people just trying to get by.
I liked seeing what the world looked liked to everyday people after that particular disaster. It's what my own experience would be like in the same situation. So many people write about the post-apocalyptic heroes or warriors we'd like to be rather than the regular people we are.
'The Naturalist' gave a unique take on zombies while 'Useless Things' showed a devastated economy not too different from our own. 'Special Economics' showed what happened in China after the bird flu wiped out a large part of the population. 'The Effect of Centrifugal Forces' is about a brain rotting disease transmitted in processed chicken. There were others but these were the ones that really resonated with me.
I liked the new take on a post-disaster/apocalyptic world. It was very refreshing. If this is a sub-genre you like, definitely give this a read.
I'm really pleased I was able to finish this challenge early. I'm debating what to do for my next book challenge. I want to do something longer like the 42 Book Challenge or the Alphabet Challenge but with more freedom that I've done previously.
I liked seeing what the world looked liked to everyday people after that particular disaster. It's what my own experience would be like in the same situation. So many people write about the post-apocalyptic heroes or warriors we'd like to be rather than the regular people we are.
'The Naturalist' gave a unique take on zombies while 'Useless Things' showed a devastated economy not too different from our own. 'Special Economics' showed what happened in China after the bird flu wiped out a large part of the population. 'The Effect of Centrifugal Forces' is about a brain rotting disease transmitted in processed chicken. There were others but these were the ones that really resonated with me.
I liked the new take on a post-disaster/apocalyptic world. It was very refreshing. If this is a sub-genre you like, definitely give this a read.
I'm really pleased I was able to finish this challenge early. I'm debating what to do for my next book challenge. I want to do something longer like the 42 Book Challenge or the Alphabet Challenge but with more freedom that I've done previously.
1) Another World – Wild Cards edited by George R. R. Martin
2) Learned Something – Animals Make Us Human by Temple Grandin
3) Movie Book – The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
4) Graphic Novel – Fanboys vs. Zombies Vol. 1 by Sam Humphries
5) Dust – You Don't Sweat Much for a Fat Girl by Celia Rivenbark
6) Nonfiction – A Little F'ed Up by Julie Zeilinger
7) Reread – Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (as read by Wil Wheaton)
8) Shorts – 20something Essays by 20something Writers
9) Fiction – The Rosie Project by Graeme Simison
10) Shiny – Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay
11) Retelling – Classics Mutilated edited by Jeff Connor
12) Wild Card – Will Grayson, Will Grayson by Jon Green and David Levithan
13) The End – After the Apocalypse by Maureen McHugh
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