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Post by Matthew on Jan 11, 2012 19:56:21 GMT
Only been going for two years but finally gotten around to putting one of these up which seem pretty standard on every other message board around.
So if you are new or even been here for a bit please feel free to say hello and give us all a potted bio of how you ended up as a fan of our rather dark and yet also in a strange sort of way optimistic fictional genre and anything else you might think relevant.
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Post by northernraider1 on Jan 12, 2012 9:38:02 GMT
Hello folks NR from County Durham here, Prepper by choice and rampant colector of PA fiction books, started off with Day of the Triffids decades ago, then long interval before reading Alas Babylon, then The Survivalist series by Jery Ahern, from there i went insane and spent years reading just about every PA book I could find.
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Post by Matthew on Jan 12, 2012 19:07:47 GMT
Hello.
Been a fan of the genre ever since seeing an episode of the second series of Survivors on the BBC in the 70's and feeling all excited because it was set at the Oval and it was a place I was familiar with, having been born and bred in South London.
Then in the 80's with all the cold-war paranoia mixed with things such as 'Threads' and an illicit screening of 'The War Game' at my school grabbed my imagination and this was cemented by reading such things as 'Day of the Triffids' and second hand copies of the various John Christopher novels and so on along with 'The Stand' by Stephen King.
And the first two Max films (never really got in the third one). Fired my imagination in ways that still surprise me now. Throw in a load of cheesy Italian post-apoc themed films that were badly dubbed and so awful that they were good fun and you have an addiction that has never waned since.
Came to the whole Zombie part of things a little later in life after having a bit of a snooty attitude towards it but am now more than happy to indulge although I still find myself preferring the classic Romero shuffler Zombie to the recent evolution to the fast moving Ragers in such things like the '28' days franchise.
The more hard-nosed survivalist/prepper part of things is not really my 'cup of tea' but I confess to finding it more and more interesting but I am happier enjoying the comforts of civilisation and think that things will probably not fall apart. Give me a home-made Casserole, the company of some like minded chums and copious amounts of booze and I am happy to pontificate for hours about the 'what ifs' rather than actually doing anything practical and sense I would not make a good 'survivor'.
I set up this board back in February 2010 as I thought that the British variant of the post-apoc genre deserved its own little niche and like to think we have had a gentle little mooch around a wide variety of subjects but am always open to suggestions about how we might appeal to a wider audience along with being all ears to anybody with more tech knowledge who might be able to make the website look a bit more up to date.
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Post by edwin on Jan 12, 2012 21:00:25 GMT
Hooked on PA novels for ever since Death of Grass and Day of the Triffids since I was I was about eleven. Then the Michael Joseph publications. Same time Hobbit and lord of the Rings were weaving their spells, likewise Mary Renault's early greek novel " The King must die".
Historical novels could fill in PA scenarios when there was a dearth of decent sci-fi around, let alone PA. For example Alfred Duggan was an historical writer whose "The Conscience of the King" deals with Britain after the Romans have left which in the historical knowledge of the time was as PA as you could get.
Thing about PA novels is that I can always reread them with enjoyment becuase they strike a deeper cord than just being a "good read".
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Post by edwin on Jan 12, 2012 21:13:15 GMT
The time of Survivors was a funny one with The Good Life being Survivors with jokes as it were. Was heavily into self-sufficiency reading John Seymour's book "Fat of the Land" as enjoyably as a novel. Tried the self-sufficient way on a large garden with a sort of PA scenario running in the head at the same time.
Became a volunteer Community Technical Adviser for the Emergency Planning Department of Wiltshire County and got into the whole nuclear and other defence bits.
Recently have switched to a sort of hunter-gatherer sort of mindset which is a bit PA and a bit preppy but mostly because I enjoy doing part of it and because some of the books on it are as readable as Fat of the Land. There is also a recent,to me, crop of historical novels that take one back to the Mesolthic and Early neolithic. These compliment the archaeological books dealing with most of prehistory.
Simple rule I reckon for survival: you should be capable of making and handling a boat such as a coracle or a canoe and the same with a bow. That for me is the basis of it all. Maybe not those two items literally but their equivalent are it.
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Post by northernraider1 on Jan 13, 2012 9:29:05 GMT
"The more hard-nosed survivalist/prepper part of things is not really my 'cup of tea' but I confess to finding it more and more interesting but I am happier enjoying the comforts of civilisation and think that things will probably not fall apart. Give me a home-made Casserole, the company of some like minded chums and copious amounts of booze and I am happy to pontificate for hours about the 'what ifs' rather than actually doing anything practical and sense I would not make a good 'survivor'."
Matty the sole objective of survivalism and prepping is continuity, IE being well enough prepared that if TSHTF or a major disaster arrives you are ready and equipped to continue to live in reasonable comfort and still have your casseroles. The object of prepping is survival in comfort through good planning and prepping.
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Post by Matthew on Jan 15, 2012 10:08:26 GMT
Matty the sole objective of survivalism and prepping is continuity, IE being well enough prepared that if TSHTF or a major disaster arrives you are ready and equipped to continue to live in reasonable comfort and still have your casseroles. The object of prepping is survival in comfort through good planning and prepping. Casseroles are good although I think I will have to go back to calling them stews.
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Post by mithrilwisdom on Jun 20, 2012 13:49:22 GMT
Greetings from Cardiff, everyone I'm a fantasy fan normally, though I'm a recent convert to the world of PA through zombie fiction after reviewing a few PA novels on my blog. I'm also trying to lose weight and get into shape through my own zombie fitness program, and looking forward to getting some tips from the community
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Post by level4 on Oct 8, 2012 15:08:16 GMT
Re; Introductions Greetings and glad to be amongst like -minded readers and the darkly visionary. I am from long beach new york/ wrong beach New york. i guess i've been an apocalyptic thinker since the air raid drills in my Brooklyn elementary school. the -up against the wall below the windows in a tight body ball-that i hope you do not remember.i have been reading books like "The Stand", "Lucifer's Hammer" ,"Swan Song", And watching films like "On the beach", "Virus",and "Threads" for at least 35 of my 47 years. I am a painter, and multi-media artist and have worked apocalyptic and horror themes for most of my life. I'm glad to see there are many literature and survival knowledgeable people here. I'm always up for some great vast cataclysmic stories and conspiracy theories. Permission to come aboard, accepted graciously.
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Post by edwin on Oct 8, 2012 15:26:04 GMT
Welcom level
Is level4 from a book about a nuclear bunker or possibly a film about a plague research establishment or what please?
Have some of the USA films about nuclear ARP. Have you seen Panic in Year Zero?
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Post by lor on Dec 1, 2012 20:01:09 GMT
Hiya, I wonder how many people had their first foray into the PA genre with the original Survivors? Me included...I confess I even enjoyed the updated modern version, I live near Manchester so was familiar with some of the locations.
That, Day of the Triffids and Dawn of the Dead. I'd still count Day of the Triffids as one of my all time favourite books. Watched Dawn of the Dead last night though and to be honest it's starting to look a bit ropey in parts.
Big fan of zombie fiction, can't wait for Day-by-day Armageddon to be released this month and am looking forward to mid season finale of the Walking Dead this week.
By no means a survivalist I have to admit it's something that often pops into my head when engaged in the mundane (how would the myopic amongst us manage/should I get that big bag of rice and stash it in the loft)
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Post by edwin on Dec 2, 2012 8:02:34 GMT
Hi Ior
Welcome. As well as Day of the Triffids and Survivors were Death of Grass and the Comedy The Good Life part of the mix as well?
Eyesight is a thing rarely covered in PA books or films. Care to elaborate?
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Post by lor on Dec 2, 2012 11:57:09 GMT
I've never watched the Good Life with that view - nowadays I can see the relevance, but green fingered I am not! I do have the Death of Grass lined up sometime and always on the look out for similar works of fiction.
Eyesight - I'm short-sighted, fairly helpless without my glasses/contacts. Whenever I watch something set Post-disaster one of my first thoughts is 'where are they going to acquire glasses'. One of the main characters in Revolution wears them - fifteen years after the event. That's good going for specs, did he have a spare pair/did he pick some up that happened to match his prescription/are they just really well made long lasting specs? This also applies to long term medication but I don't dwell on that to the same degree.
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Post by Matthew on Dec 3, 2012 16:47:50 GMT
Welcome on board If you want a sad little fact the Volvo used in the 'Good Life' was the same one featured in the early episodes of the first series of 'Survivors'. The BBC knew how to make money go further then !
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Post by lor on Dec 3, 2012 21:11:53 GMT
What's even sadder is that now I'll probably spend the next hour looking for them both on youtube!
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