Z for Zachariah

This was written in the early seventies for the dystopian youth market. Wait... was there a dystopian SF youth market back then? Um... I guess so! I have this weird feeling like I just entered the twilight zone... but it must be true! I'm used to 70's SF and Fantasy being very adult oriented and ove......more

This is one of those books you read when you're in middle school, but you never forget about it. In fact, I've been ceaselessly frightened of radiation poisoning every since. Sort of like my plague fears, which developed immediately after I read the first chapter of Albert Camus's The Plague. If you......more

This is the first time I've ever been tempted to utilize that "hide review because you're a big fat blabbermouth who can't talk about a book without ruining it for others" function. But the fact is, it's important for a reader of Z For Zachariah to be surprised by the nature of the stranger who show......more

Adão ou Lobo Mau? Ann, uma jovem de 16 anos que sobreviveu num vale-mini-éden a um holocausto nuclear é uma Eva sem Adão. Um belo dia avista ao longe uma corrente de fumo, que parece caminhar na sua direcção. Virá aí o seu Adão? Infelizmente, Não!... Ao contrário de Ann, que se manteve mentalmente sã, o......more

Yeah. That’s how this one is going to go. The expectations were high with this one. I first discovered this book when I found out it was being made into a movie so of course I was all about getting the book read first. Especially when I realized this author also wrote one of my favorites of all time......more