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Post-Industrial

Cultural base focused on scrap-tech survival, scavenging the detritus of a collapsed machine age, and jury-rigged mechanics.

The thrill of jury-rigged mechanics and scrap-tech survival. It's the ingenuity of making do with what's left, the tactile feel of salvaged parts, and the constant struggle against entropy in a world defined by its discarded past.

Books

Mortal EnginesPhilip Reeve
A Heritage of StarsClifford D. Simak
ForerunnerAndre Norton
Far northMarcel Theroux
There Will Be DragonsJohn Ringo
The harrows of springJames Howard Kunstler
TrashlandsAlison Stine
The Last CenturionJohn Ringo
The Jester at ScarE. C. Tubb
The HarvestChuck Wendig
The Last PresidentJohn Barnes
Radio LifeDerek B. Miller
Garbage WorldCharles Platt
The ReturnE. C. Tubb
HellbendersJames Axler
Vengeance TrailJames Axler
LiberatorRichard Harland
Daybreak ZeroJohn Barnes
Sea of RustC. Robert Cargill
Romulus Buckle & the City of the FoundersRichard Ellis Preston, Jr.
CraterHomer H. Hickam
Pandora's RedoubtJames Axler
Savage ArmadaJames Axler
Judas StrikeJames Axler
Shatter ZoneJames Axler
Desolation CrossingJames Axler
Tainted CascadeJames Axler
Hell Road WarriorsJames Axler
MotherlodeJames Axler
Iron RageJames Axler
ThievesKristine Kathryn Rusch
Scrivener's MoonPhilip Reeve
The Scarab MissionJames L. Cambias
Sidney's CometBrian Herbert
Year of the OrphanDaniel Findlay
The People of the RuinsEdward Shanks
Reckless SleepRoger Levy
Set of WheelsRobert Thurston
Romulus Buckle & the Engines of WarRichard Ellis Preston, Jr.
Dance of the apocalypseGordon Eklund
Tales from the radiation ageJason Sheehan
PigsJohanna Stoberock
Waste TideChen Qiufan
The Puzzler's WarEyal Kless
Shatter WarDana Fredsti
The Broken WheelKerry Greenwood
The Empire's LegacyJefferson P. Swycaffer
The End of EverythingM. John Harrison
SanctuaryLamar Giles
The Plague ForceJason M. Hough
GleamTom Fletcher
GuardianThomas F. Monteleone
The Book of EttaMeg Elison
Lost GateJames Axler
KelwinNeal Barrett, Jr.
The Cosmic ComputerH. Beam Piper

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