Survivors - Terry Nation

This is the novel that sparked the 1970s TV show and the terrible remake from a couple of years ago.  It’s good too.

I’ve read lot’s of these immediate aftermath post-apocalypse things over the years.  They’ve become a sort of SAS survival guide for me; John Christopher’s ‘Death of Grass’, ‘The Earth Abides’ by George R. Stewart and ‘The Road’ by Cormac McCarthy are the most recent.  I know for certain that I’d be terrible in such circumstances.  I’ve no useful practical skills whatsoever.

The book concerns the life of one small group of people as they band together and attempt  to survive the aftermath of a pandemic.  The plot here almost exclusively deals with the practicalities of life.  There are some almost perfunctory nods towards some sort of conflict with a newly formed autocratic society nearby but they are sparsely featured.

I picked this book up early today out of curiosity and finished it late this afternoon so a light read yes but still enjoyable.