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Great Calamity

Event chronology exploring the profound generational ruin, post-impact fallout, and slow rebirth following a massive cataclysmic disaster.

The slow rebirth of civilization after utter devastation. The quiet resilience of humanity rebuilding from ashes, finding hope and purpose in a broken world.

Books

A Canticle for LeibowitzWalter M. Miller, Jr.
Children of TimeAdrian Tchaikovsky
The Fifth SeasonN. K. Jemisin
Parable of the TalentsOctavia E. Butler
Lucifer's HammerJerry Pournelle
GalapagosKurt Vonnegut
SeveranceLing Ma
SevenevesNeal Stephenson
DragonseyeAnne McCaffrey
Job: A Comedy of JusticeRobert A. Heinlein
How High We Go in the DarkSequoia Nagamatsu
The Forge of GodGreg Bear
The Poison BeltArthur Conan Doyle
The Calculating StarsMary Robinette Kowal
The Last CuentistaDonna Barba Higuera
Alas, BabylonPat Frank
Termination ShockNeal Stephenson
RaftStephen Baxter
When Worlds CollideEdwin Balmer
In the Days of the CometH. G. Wells
The Hammer of GodArthur C. Clarke
AshfallMike Mullin
Damnation AlleyRoger Zelazny
Monument 14Emmy Laybourne
The Wild ShoreKim Stanley Robinson
Stations of the TideMichael Swanwick
The End We Start FromMegan Hunter
The Book of the Unnamed MidwifeMeg Elison
FloodStephen Baxter
Sky Full of ElephantsCebo Campbell
Riot BabyTochi Onyebuchi
Armageddon SummerBruce Coville
BirthmarkedCaragh M. O'Brien
On the edge of goneCorinne Duyvis
EarthDavid Brin
PortentJames Herbert
Calculating GodRobert J. Sawyer
ScourgedKevin Hearne
H2OVirginia Bergin
The girl who owned a cityO. T. Nelson
WardayJames Kunetka
This is the Way the World EndsJames Morrow
The Protector's WarS. M. Stirling
Ashen winterMike Mullin
The DroughtJ. G. Ballard
GreybeardBrian W. Aldiss
The DelugeStephen Markley
GreenwoodMichael Christie
Tyrannosaur CanyonDouglas Preston
SunstormArthur C. Clarke
CachalotAlan Dean Foster
The Wind From NowhereJ. G. Ballard
The TestingJoelle Charbonneau
On the Oceans of EternityS. M. Stirling
The year of the quiet sunWilson Tucker
A Children's BibleLydia Millet
Moon of the Turning LeavesWaubgeshig Rice
ArkStephen Baxter
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the FallNancy Kress
SunriseMike Mullin

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The ReckoningThe AwakeningThe ExodusThe BreachThe SunderingThe ForgettingThe Great FilterAscension EraTwilight AgeThe Convergence