Twigs Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 What are your favorite books and resources about pandemics? Fiction, nonfiction, history, movies, documentaries … all suggestions are welcome. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Non-fiction: The Great Influenza by John Barry And fiction...The Stand by Stephen King, the longer version published in 1990. It has 400 more pages than the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Two classics: Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year (Great Plague of London, 1665) Alessandro Manzoni, The Betrothed (Great Plague of Milan, 1629) Both quite readable and well worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Oh, and I should add: http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/529920-is-there-not-an-ebola-in-dallas-thread-yet/ http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/529913-what-a-surprise/page-3 Good reading, these. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Camus' La Peste/The Plague. It's about what our attitude should be to evil (in whatever form) told through the medium of the arrival of plague in a North African town. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I ordered a board game for this year called pandemic :) it has been back ordered so I can't give a review yet.So I did some googling for you, and found the followingPandemic movies: "The Happening"; "Quarantine", "Black death", "Outbreak", "12 monkeys", "the plague", "Contagion"This link has titles of non-zombie pandemic horror movies.The goodreads popular pandemic book listThis link has both nonfiction and fiction titles includedWhat I am seeing listed often as the best nonfiction book is The Viral Storm:The dawn of the new pandemic ageSome pandemic books for the younger readerhttp://wowlit.org/blog/2013/09/11/21561/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5of5 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 The Andromeda Strain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Oh - Diaries of Samuel Pepys for 1665. I've linked to extracts, but it's worth reading whole entries: bawdy but atmospheric. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Non-fiction: The Great Influenza by John Barry And fiction...The Stand by Stephen King, the longer version published in 1990. It has 400 more pages than the original. I'm reading The Stand right now. It is fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I'm reading The Stand right now. It is fantastic! I love a looooooong book with an engaging story, so I agree. It is fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 A Parcel Of Patterns was quite good--based on a true story about the Plague coming to a town. 12 Monkeys is one of my fav movies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanier.1765 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Non-fiction: The Great Influenza by John Barry And fiction...The Stand by Stephen King, the longer version published in 1990. It has 400 more pages than the original. I wonder if the price of The Stand is going to go up with what's happening in the world. I can't be the only person interested in reading it now (especially since I can't remember if I've ever read it). Plus it was only $5 for the Kindle version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I like Year of Wonders. Except that the very end was weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 the Hot Zone Nonfiction--although it's probably somewhat dated. I read it many years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood Blindness, by Jose Saramago I heard some expert on NPR say that the movie Contagion was the most accurate of fictional movies. Based on that, I watched it and am often reminded of it. I liked the Will Smith movie I Am Legend, but that was more post-pandemic (and zombie laden). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 We'll, if we're going to be suggesting scifi, I'll toss in "Speech Sounds" by Octavia Butler. I've read some really good books about the plague, but the one I liked is slipping my mind... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I've read some really good books about the plague, but the one I liked is slipping my mind...Well, give us some hints, we love that game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 the Hot Zone Nonfiction--although it's probably somewhat dated. I read it many years ago. Spillover was just published last year and deals with some of the inaccuracies in Hot Zone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoot Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Spillover was just published last year and deals with some of the inaccuracies in Hot Zone I just finished this and it was fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staceyobu Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 the Hot Zone Nonfiction--although it's probably somewhat dated. I read it many years ago. I recently read this. It's about the discovery of ebola. I literally stayed up until 4am reading it was so compelling. And then I fell asleep and had bloody diarrhea dreams. Fabulous book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I wonder if the price of The Stand is going to go up with what's happening in the world. I can't be the only person interested in reading it now (especially since I can't remember if I've ever read it). Plus it was only $5 for the Kindle version. I wonder that too. I'm not reading it because of what's happening now but I think its making the book more enjoyable(is that bad?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 The Things that Keep Us Here is a good novel. The first time I ready it I couldn't put it down. It's a pandemic from the perspective of one family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkyandtheBrains. Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 The board game Pandemic is a fun illustration of how it kind of works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elisabet1 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 There is a game called Pandemic that is a lot of fun. It is a cooperative game too. Not really something for education, but a lot of fun. Also....Ebola is clearly a Pandemic in Africa and has a potential here. It does need aggressive action to contain it, because the results if it is not contained are so severe. BUT..this country has a habit of calling something a Pandemic just to be alarmists in the news, and often times, to promote vaccinations that have not even been properly tested yet. It is starting to see like every year, we hear about some new Pandemic. To me..if something is called a Pandemic, it should be deadly and quite contagious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 Well, I found another source I'll add. Wikipedia article on Pandemic. There are lists of books and movies included near the end of the article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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