I'll suggest 2 post-apocalyptic books which take place in the distant future. "Riddley Walker" takes place almost 2400 years in the future of southeast England after a thermonuclear war in 1997 (the book was written in the mid '70s) and it is written in the English dialect of that distant time. The "expanded version" has a glossary which…
I'll suggest 2 post-apocalyptic books which take place in the distant future. "Riddley Walker" takes place almost 2400 years in the future of southeast England after a thermonuclear war in 1997 (the book was written in the mid '70s) and it is written in the English dialect of that distant time. The "expanded version" has a glossary which is helpful the first time you read it. This is a masterpiece by Russell Hoban
The second book is "Engine Summer" which takes place somewhere in North America at an undetermined future date, but probably two or three thousand years in the future. To say anymore would involve spoilers. It is by John Crowley.
I've read "Riddley Walker" -- a very odd book, to be sure! At some point I am sure I will have something about it on here, and its particular linguistic choices. "Engine Summer" is new to me!
I'll suggest 2 post-apocalyptic books which take place in the distant future. "Riddley Walker" takes place almost 2400 years in the future of southeast England after a thermonuclear war in 1997 (the book was written in the mid '70s) and it is written in the English dialect of that distant time. The "expanded version" has a glossary which is helpful the first time you read it. This is a masterpiece by Russell Hoban
The second book is "Engine Summer" which takes place somewhere in North America at an undetermined future date, but probably two or three thousand years in the future. To say anymore would involve spoilers. It is by John Crowley.
I've read "Riddley Walker" -- a very odd book, to be sure! At some point I am sure I will have something about it on here, and its particular linguistic choices. "Engine Summer" is new to me!