Feral Reading List

[Saguache]

There are few things I enjoy more than curling up with a good book. &nbsp;That curl gets even better when I'm engrossed in a story and its likely I'll be engrossed in said story if I find it relevant. &nbsp;I've read a few stories about our lifestyle and figured I'd share them in the dual hope that you enjoy these suggestions and that you might share your own. &nbsp;Try to limit suggestions to stories about living feral.<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Forty-Signs-R...ks&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1325623080&amp;sr=1-11" target="_blank">Forty Signs of Rain</a>, Kim Stanley Robinson</div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Degrees-Below-Stanley-Robinson/dp/0553585819/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b" target="_blank">Fifty Degrees Below Zero</a>, Kim Stanley Robinson</div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sixty-Days-Counting-Stanley-Robinson/dp/0553585827/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b" target="_blank">Sixty Days and Counting</a>, Kim Stanley Robinson</div><div><br></div><div>This is a trilogy and the protagonist Frank Vanderwal ends up living feral for some time and using some very interesting and unusual means. &nbsp;I think KSR followed me around for a while, taking notes, before he wrote this collection. &nbsp;Really fun read with some very practical suggestions. &nbsp;Be prepared, readers who like KSR end up reading all his work and he's prolific.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/World-Made-James-Howard-Kunstler/dp/0802144012/ref=pd_sim_b_19" target="_blank">World Made By Hand</a>, James Kunstler</div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Witch-Hebron-World-Made-Novel/dp/B005DI6JE0/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b" target="_blank">The Witch of Hebron</a>, James Kunstler</div><div><br></div><div>How would you live without gasoline? &nbsp;This vision of the future is far darker than most, Kunstler is an excellent story teller and the reads are both compelling and a little frightening.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Metatropolis-...oks&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1325623620&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank">METATropolis</a>, ed. John Scalzi</div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/METAtropolis-...oks&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1325623620&amp;sr=1-2" target="_blank">METATropolis:Cascadia</a>, ed Jay Lake</div><div><br></div><div>These collections of short stories are really enjoyable. &nbsp;I particularly enjoy the pair from Tobias Buckell about Reginald and I hope he writes about this character a lot more.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ship-Breaker-Paolo-Bacigalupi/dp/0316056197/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2" target="_blank">Shipbreaker</a>,&nbsp;Paolo Bacigalupi</div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pump-Other-Stories-Paolo-Bacigalupi/dp/1597802026/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_5" target="_blank">Pump Six and Other Stories</a>,&nbsp;Paolo Bacigalupi</div><div><br></div><div>Bacigalupi is an excellent storyteller. &nbsp;Shipbreaker is a dark and crawl vision of the future and of a boy discovering his path. &nbsp;Pump Six is a collection of short stories which seem to have a love of travel.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; "><br></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>

 

[Seraphim]

The only thing I've read of a similar nature Is The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Maybe not what you we looking for - an apocalyptic novel. A best seller, I think, though I can hardly imagine why. Extremely feral, however.

I've read some of KSRs stuff, but all I recal is a Mars series, I think. I read way too much.

 

[twokniveskatie]

"Into the Forest" by Jean Hegland....<div><br></div><div>two teenagers forced into a feral lifestyle by a slow, insidious collapse.....</div>

 

[Saguache]

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">The only thing I've read of a similar nature Is The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Maybe not what you we looking for - an apocalyptic novel. A best seller, I think, though I can hardly imagine why. Extremely feral, however.

</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Very depressing book, well written, but depressing. &nbsp;If you enjoyed any of the Mars series you'll really like the "science in the capital" series by KSR above.</span></div>

 

[Saguache]

Thought of another really good one, although different mode of travel.<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Metal-Cowboy-...oks&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1325644545&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank">Metal Cowboy: Tales from the Road Less Peddled</a>,&nbsp;Joe Kurmaskie</div><div><br></div><div>Its a travel log about the author, but in my mind its also ample justification for wanting to live on the road. &nbsp;Difficult to get much more feral or independent than a cyclist.</div>

 

[Seraphim]

It's been so long since I read them: I have a vague feeling I liked the first book in the series, but was less impressed with the next. Was it a trilogy?

I'll check out your recommendation.

I'm not sure I thought The Road was depressing, as such. There were acts of kindness, and the eventual sanctuary for the boy at the end. I guess I questioned the necessity for much of what was in the book. Was some of the gruesomeness necessary to the theme, or is that what it takes to sell books now?

I finished the book because I promised to discuss it with someone who had to do an essay on it. Else I wouldn't have finished it.

 

[Seraphim]

As a kid I cleaned out a neighbor's garage, and she had a large collection of Zane Grey books that had belonged to her deceased husband. As a reward she gave me a copy of Call of the Canyon. Lol

I reread that book numerous time.

Never read another one of his books, though.

 

[Nemo]

That would be "Into the Wild" about christopher Mcandless.. and while he may have made mistakes, he lived a life that was self directed instead of taking a path society promoted <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"><br><br>to me, better to choose your own path and die, then live miserable for decades like alot of folks do.<br><br>

<p>read about the kid who died, up in Alaska, cause he didn't know a thing, really, after 5 years of puttering around at this stuff.&nbsp; he was less than 40 miles from a road, but let himself be cut off by snowmelt rivers. Didn't know to beware of food poisoning from&nbsp;some plant parts that &nbsp;he put up in plastic bags, apparently. Shot a moose calf with his&nbsp; .22 rifle, but didn't know how to jerk the meat, so it rotted in a couple of days. Lame, man.</p>

 

[txanne]

<p style="margin: 0px;">I am a Tom Clancy fan---read Claire Wolf--shes fantastic.</p><p style="margin: 0px;">Reading Clancy is a trip into the black-op world and is truer</p><p style="margin: 0px;">than most would think.</p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;">Wolf covers the present day mess--and survival of it.</p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;">Reading Victor Hugo day--Les Miserables--deep book--very talented man</p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;">annie</p>

 

[txanne]

<p style="margin: 0px;">Wave</p><p style="margin: 0px;">If you like heros John Clark in Without Remorse is a stone must read.</p><p style="margin: 0px;">Rainbow 6--trained to the split second team--keeping you reading ntil dawn.</p><p style="margin: 0px;">And older John Clark as boss of 6</p><p style="margin: 0px;">And Cardinal of the Kremlin</p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;">He now has a ghost rider that isnt up to Clancys standards but still a good read.</p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;">I love his writings----</p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;">Thanks</p><p style="margin: 0px;">annie</p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p>

 

[txanne]

<p style="margin: 0px;">Clark goes after a killer/killers and uses all his Navy Seal skills</p><p style="margin: 0px;">in a civilian setting---and IS he good--You cant help but cheer for him.</p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;">I can't stand chick flicks or chick-syrupy books.</p><p style="margin: 0px;">I like the razors edge type reading.</p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;">A little foundation will cover the blushing--rotf</p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;">annie</p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;</p>

 

[dolly llama]

Sorry to bring this old thread back up (newbie here, hi!)...but I wanted to add "Wild" by Cheryl Strayed.&nbsp; The author decides to leave her mainstream life behind, and her heroin addiction, to hike the Pacific Crest Trail. &nbsp; Her voice is wonderfully rough around the edges, her journey so audacious and her feral spirit contagious.&nbsp; Read this one! <br><br>While not quite as feral, any of Bill Bryson's travel books are inspiring.&nbsp;

 

[rokguy]

<EM><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #888888">Welcome and hello dolly,</SPAN></STRONG></EM><BR><EM><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #888888">&nbsp;My fav is&nbsp; &nbsp;"500 days, around the world in a 12ft yacht" by Serg Testa <BR><BR>Geoff</SPAN></STRONG></EM>

 

[Guest]

If you are into graphic novels, I would suggest the walking dead, and Y: The Last Man. Both are post-apocalyptic reads.

 

[Zil]

" The Painted Bird " (Jerszey Kontsky) or some thing like that.

 

[wrcsixeight]

Gary Jennings. &nbsp;The Journeyer.