Post Apocalyptic Fiction

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


“Oryx and Crake” is a beautifully written book set in a dystopian future where genetic engineering has gone wrong. 

The book follows two plot lines. “Snowman” finds himself alone; slowly starving…

The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


The Water Knife is a lives up to its title: it’s a sharp, mean and violent story set in a grim near future US on the verge of civil war over water. The story unfolds in Phoenix, Arizona as…

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Station Eleven is a book that cannot be categorised easily. Is it science fiction? Is is literary fiction? Is it post-apocalyptic fiction? It is all of the above, and yet it does…