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redheadedfemmeThe Worst of Times, Patricia G. Miller [non-fiction, reproductive rights, abortion]
Partials, Dan Wells [fiction, young adult, post-apocalyptic]
Divergent, Veronica Roth [fiction, young adult, dystopian]
The Immortal Rules, Julie Kagawa [fiction, young adult, post-apocalyptic]
Robopocalypse, Daniel H. Wilson [fiction, science fiction, post-apocalyptic]
Tricked, Kevin Hearne [fiction, urban fantasy]
Blackout, Mira Grant [fiction, science fiction, zombie apocalypse]
As can be seen from the above list, I'm rather partial to end-of-the-world stories...although what comes after that is, to me, most interesting, as the remaining humans try to survive and rebuild. "Battle for the Planet of the Apes" (I think that's the one where a dying Charlton Heston sets off the cobalt bomb--somebody please correct me if I'm wrong) and "On the Beach" are not really my kind of thing. It's easy to kill everyone off; what's difficult is having them live, and try to figure out what to do next.
Having said that, the most harrowing of this set of books has nothing to do with apocalypses and dystopias. It's simple history: the history of reproductive rights in this country. The Worst of Times relates a horrifying story of when abortion was illegal and women bled and suffered and died because of it. Nurses and doctors who tended the septic abortion wards and watched women die tell their stories, along with the untrained people who performed abortions on desperate women who were bound and determined to terminate their pregnancies, even if it killed them...and many times, it did.
This actually happened, folks. It should never be forgotten. I think this book is out of print, which is a shame. It should be required reading in every high school and college, to show what happens when misguided people (usually of the male persuasion) try to control another person's body.
Partials, Dan Wells [fiction, young adult, post-apocalyptic]
Divergent, Veronica Roth [fiction, young adult, dystopian]
The Immortal Rules, Julie Kagawa [fiction, young adult, post-apocalyptic]
Robopocalypse, Daniel H. Wilson [fiction, science fiction, post-apocalyptic]
Tricked, Kevin Hearne [fiction, urban fantasy]
Blackout, Mira Grant [fiction, science fiction, zombie apocalypse]
As can be seen from the above list, I'm rather partial to end-of-the-world stories...although what comes after that is, to me, most interesting, as the remaining humans try to survive and rebuild. "Battle for the Planet of the Apes" (I think that's the one where a dying Charlton Heston sets off the cobalt bomb--somebody please correct me if I'm wrong) and "On the Beach" are not really my kind of thing. It's easy to kill everyone off; what's difficult is having them live, and try to figure out what to do next.
Having said that, the most harrowing of this set of books has nothing to do with apocalypses and dystopias. It's simple history: the history of reproductive rights in this country. The Worst of Times relates a horrifying story of when abortion was illegal and women bled and suffered and died because of it. Nurses and doctors who tended the septic abortion wards and watched women die tell their stories, along with the untrained people who performed abortions on desperate women who were bound and determined to terminate their pregnancies, even if it killed them...and many times, it did.
This actually happened, folks. It should never be forgotten. I think this book is out of print, which is a shame. It should be required reading in every high school and college, to show what happens when misguided people (usually of the male persuasion) try to control another person's body.
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