Near term post-apocalyptic tales
Near term… 10 to 100 years in the future.
The tale that you think is closest to the nasty reality of worst case scenario kinda deal that you can imagine.
What tale described it best?
Thanks.
Near term post-apocalyptic tales
Near term… 10 to 100 years in the future.
The tale that you think is closest to the nasty reality of worst case scenario kinda deal that you can imagine.
What tale described it best?
Thanks.
The tale that you think is closest to the nasty reality of worst case scenario kinda deal that you can imagine.
Worst case? The story would be told by the cockroaches...
Or by the space faring alien archeologists who sift through the detrius, pondering if there is any Intelligent Life other than their civilization...
Just the ruins of a dozen species that managed space flight, shortly before self inflicted annihilation. Other planets which didn't even get that far...
space faring alien archeologists who sift through the detrius, pondering if there is any Intelligent Life other than their civilization...
DTP. Omnilingual by H. Beam Piper.
You mean https://scifistories.com/s/128/omnilingual by https://scifistories.com/a/h-beam-piper ?
This one has potential.
https://storiesonline.net/s/30288/now-is-all-we-have
IMHO anyone who survives more than a year is likely to be among those who are the most prepared (or is assisted by them). (Or who is able to take advantage of Peppers! Killing a Prepper, or a group of them isn't enough. The murderer would have to know enough to survive with those tools and supplies.)
The murderer would have to know enough to survive with those tools and supplies.
An apocalypse is commonly associated with the total breakdown of both government and law, so is it actually murder?
Anyone still alive a year into an apocalypse is unlikely to have survived without breaking any laws.
Anyone still alive a year into an apocalypse is unlikely to have survived without breaking any laws.
Assuming that there are any laws left to break.
@joyR
I live alone in a stand alone house, not a tight neighborhood.
The road in front is heavily traveled on. A state maintained two lane, exiting north out of the nearby city. I'm about 11 miles from central downtown.
I have security cameras and intrusion alarms.
I have several weapons available for self protection should society break down into lawless anarchy.
Should the worst happen, I can only hope I am strong enough to not need help disposing of the body of a house breaker.
As always, your reality may be different.
Should the worst happen, I can only hope I am strong enough to not need help disposing of the body of a house breaker.
At the first sign of society breaking down into lawless anarchy, go buy some pigs. For the pigs health it is best to removed the uninvited guests teeth and burn off their hair, remove their clothes and ring the piggy dinner bell.
Natural, efficient, eco-friendly and no heavy lifting.
You're welcome.
:)
I remember reading years ago CMSix's "Nanoverse" and the mc feeding people to the pigs. Can't remember if he had their clothes removed though. Think he just dumped them over the fence and let the piggies have at them!
Which of course garnered him the adoration of the women lol
Which of course garnered him the adoration of the women
Sometimes true love is expressed with a bacon sandwich.
:)
Lol, I just had the image of Homer Simpson with his eyes rolled back, drool running out one side of his mouth, with a HUUUGE stack of bacon, and just bacon, between 2 pieces of bread in front of him and the caption "uuuuuuh baaacon!
Reminded me of Burger King Thailand's 20 slice cheese sandwich! But of course EVERYONE knows the Big Bacon Sandwich would taste MUCH better! :D
I believe one of the Hannibal Lecter books included people being eaten by pigs, some while still alive as a form of torture.
AJ
For the pigs health it is best to removed the uninvited guests teeth and burn off their hair
Just cut off their heads and put them on an outer fence post as a No Trespassing sign that even the illiterate can understand.
Cut them into 6 pieces first.
You need at least sixteen pigs to finish the job in one sitting, so be wary of any man who keeps a pig farm. They will go through a body that weighs 200 pounds in about eight minutes. That means that a single pig can consume two pounds of uncooked flesh every minute. Hence the expression, "as greedy as a pig".
This is a great tale!
Lots of absolute truths about our current society and how the so called elite profits from keeping the peon's fears fully stocked then brainwashed and in wage slavery. All hail to profits over people.
As clear an assessment as I've seen in two decades.
ETA: The above was posted via phone. Forgot the link to the tale.
The story is: https://storiesonline.net/s/30288/now-is-all-we-have
The classic Alas Babylon (1959) by Pat Frank.
Referenced by John Ringo in "Under a Graveyard Sky", Chapter 1 starts with
"AlasBabylon Q4E9," the text read.
HM.
What about https://storiesonline.net/universe/354/phoenicia by Shakes Peer2B? The second main story is unfinished.
Stultus also has a contribution to the genre - https://storiesonline.net/s/60272/under-a-baleful-sky (and he eventually got around to finishing it).