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A review by krakentamer
The End of the World as We Knew It by Nick Cole
4.0
I acquired this ebook almost 3 years ago, but hadn't read it until just now. It had sat in my kindle app for so long that I'd developed a bit of banner blindness to it, and it took until I made a concerted effort to clean out older stuff for me to finally crack it open. I'm glad that I finally got around to reading it, as I found it to be quite enjoyable, and a refreshingly more realistic (well, at least: plausible) view of post-apocalyptic society. Except for the zombies, of course. I've consumed a ton of zombie-based entertainment, and I'd long ago reached peak zombie (part of the reason that this book sat unread for so long); but this one takes an interesting approach in that the word "zombie" is not even mentioned until the last quarter (or less). The end of the world isn't brought about by the zombies themselves - it's the Plague wiping out 99%+ of the population that's the true disaster, with the infected/undead/zombies becoming another obstacle - dangerous but controllable.
In this new society, we don't see villains swooping in to take over; instead, the remnants of the government and the military do their best to provide some degree of societal continuity. People are still trying to help each other, and don't just automatically resort to barbarism.
I also appreciated the idea of a Hardrive [sic] Archaeologist, because of course that would be a profession in the future, especially after a societal and infrastructure collapse.
In this new society, we don't see villains swooping in to take over; instead, the remnants of the government and the military do their best to provide some degree of societal continuity. People are still trying to help each other, and don't just automatically resort to barbarism.
I also appreciated the idea of a Hardrive [sic] Archaeologist, because of course that would be a profession in the future, especially after a societal and infrastructure collapse.