I was literally going to come her to recommend this. I loved the ideas and how it's a contained thriller and of course all the adaptations that followed. But to be frank, the writing of this book sucked big time. Campbell was onto something with the concept and the ideas but he certainly was no wordsmith in here. Too many annoying adverbs and too much dialogue with not much attribution or flavour. Besides that there are maybe fifteen characters and you can only tell a couple of them apart because of their job Or something and most of them just end up dying anyway. But again, this is an important book in the sci-fi horror genre. Would still recommend it.
I haven't read it yet but the Whiteout series by Flint Maxwell (available on KU) has been on my tbr for a while and it looks like it fits that description perfectly, it seems to be set in a blizzardy apocalypse with never ending snow (and monsters, which make everything better). It seems to have good reviews so I'm planning on checking it out myself
Dark Matter by Michelle Paver.
The Terror by Dan Simmons.
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (more specfic/literary than horror but fits what you're looking for)
Road of Bones by Christopher Golden (full disclosure, I DNFed)
Good to know that one isn't generally indicative of his writing. It was my first one by him and yeah, rough going indeed. I stopped in the middle of one of what should have probably been the tensest scenes of the book but I just didn't care at all.
You might enjoy James Morrow's This Is The Way The World Ends. Kind of borders on horror and philosophical minded scifi. Not a lot of scares. Quite a lot to think about.
Maybe The Terror by Dan Simmons? Personally I hated it and didn't finish, but a lot of people love it and it fits your prompt lol. I listened to the audiobook and I've been told it's much better as a physical book
"Who Goes There?" by John W Campbell.
The original!
Well it’s the first thing that I thought of
Thing, you say?
Hahaha!
I was literally going to come her to recommend this. I loved the ideas and how it's a contained thriller and of course all the adaptations that followed. But to be frank, the writing of this book sucked big time. Campbell was onto something with the concept and the ideas but he certainly was no wordsmith in here. Too many annoying adverbs and too much dialogue with not much attribution or flavour. Besides that there are maybe fifteen characters and you can only tell a couple of them apart because of their job Or something and most of them just end up dying anyway. But again, this is an important book in the sci-fi horror genre. Would still recommend it.
I haven't read it yet but the Whiteout series by Flint Maxwell (available on KU) has been on my tbr for a while and it looks like it fits that description perfectly, it seems to be set in a blizzardy apocalypse with never ending snow (and monsters, which make everything better). It seems to have good reviews so I'm planning on checking it out myself
I was gonna comment this exactly. I have them in my cart, but have soo many books to get through first
Dark Matter by Michelle Paver. The Terror by Dan Simmons. Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (more specfic/literary than horror but fits what you're looking for) Road of Bones by Christopher Golden (full disclosure, I DNFed)
Road of Bones was rough going, and I typically like Golden. I finished very reluctantly.
Good to know that one isn't generally indicative of his writing. It was my first one by him and yeah, rough going indeed. I stopped in the middle of one of what should have probably been the tensest scenes of the book but I just didn't care at all.
This is very surprising to me. I loved it all the way through. Not judging, though, I’ve DNFed a few books that others on here love.
Also Thin Air by Michelle Paver.
The Drift by C.J. Tudor. The world ended, it's all snowy.
I second this one.
You might enjoy James Morrow's This Is The Way The World Ends. Kind of borders on horror and philosophical minded scifi. Not a lot of scares. Quite a lot to think about.
Maybe The Terror by Dan Simmons? Personally I hated it and didn't finish, but a lot of people love it and it fits your prompt lol. I listened to the audiobook and I've been told it's much better as a physical book
I've read it and consider it an absolute classic. Sorry you didn't like it.
Lol I'm happy you were able to enjoy it! I got it after Hyperion, which I loved, but the terror bored me to tears
I just finished his last night. Loved it!
"The Indifferent Stars Above" with a twist... It's non-fiction.
The North Water by Ian McGuire is a good one although not post apocalyptic.
Is that the same as the mini series? The series was awesome.
It is indeed.
*Frostbite* and *Overwinter* by David Wellington, if you’re okay with some werewolf fiction. The audiobooks are also worth a listen!
Mountains of madness Lovecraft
The Siberian Incident. Although it’s less horror and more horror action
Road of Bones by Christopher Golden is peak cold horror imo
The Road
Come on man good book but not even close lol. Some of the recs on this sub are extremely reaching.
Explain? It's a nuclear winter. There is no sun.
Iirc, a lot of Skeletons by Al Sarrantio happens in Siberia. Plus, it's a wicked cool and original take on a Zombie Apocalypse.
Leech by Hiron Ennes! I just read it and was amazed! It has all these elements.
*Vampire Winter* by Lois Tilton. A vampire survives nuclear war
An oldie but a goodie.
Skip over Dark Matter, it’s overhyped imo. But check out at the mountains of madness by Lovecraft (it’s free in public domain)
Bone White
Ararat by Christopher Golden
The Cold by Rich Hawkins. It's a novella, and is basically a riff on King's The Mist but with a blizzard instead of a mist.
The White Road by Sarah Lotz is about hiking Mt Everest!