Racial Apocalypse Novels: Science Fiction or Prophetic Fact?
Racially motivated science fiction? It definitely exists
THE COMING SELF-DESTRUCTION OF THE U.S.A.
Of the many black uprising fantasies that appeared in the late 1960s and early 70s this is the most expansive and outrageous of the lot
PLAN B
A posthumously published novel by the late Chester Himes that like most posthumously published novels has a number of problems
DREAMING OF PARADISE
Another example of questionable kid movie madness from the eighties, a post-apocalyptic themed cartoon
SOY LEYENDA
This 1967 adaptation of I AM LEGEND is interesting enough to at least warrant some attention
THE ORPHEUS PROCESS
Another worthwhile dispatch from the Dell Abyss line of horror paperbacks that flourished in the early 1990s
ABED
A 50 minute zombie-fest from 2012 that sets new standards for cinematic outrage
THE LIVING DEAD
Clocking in at nearly 700 densely packed pages, THE LIVING DEAD seeks to be nothing less than the zombie novel to end all zombie novels
THE NIGHT
From France, a fearsome 1970s-era creation that’s outrageous, overwrought, disorienting and downright psychotic by turns
SIEGE
This novel, a best seller in its day, is a must-read for fans of old school black uprising scenarios of the type written by scribes like Sam Greenlee and Leroi Jones