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Alexis
07/10/09

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Here I am, bitching that I wanted to find some great steampunk novels to get cozy with, and there you are, givin' me what I want.

I need a cigarette.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
07/02/09

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It's only 10am and I'm already thirsty. This is not a good sign.

I AM out of books... but I'm also expecting my next shipment of Repairman Jack novels any second now... oooh... two beers or one book?
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Grey_Area
07/02/09

@crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: (I'd go for the beers over this book)
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crashedpc - Haifisch
07/02/09

@Grey_Area: I have heard divine guidance, and lo, I SHALL drink!
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Raywind
07/02/09

@crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: I'm actually quite a fan of Tim Lebbon's 'Dawn' and 'Dusk'. His 'Fallen' in the same setting was pretty darn good, too.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
07/02/09

@Raywind: Good to know. Once I panhandle enough change I'll get a beer to read and one of those books to drink.
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bluehinter
07/02/09

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Pub?
Pub.

I bet there's an entire Triviagasm article waiting to be written about individuals who ride out the apocalypse in their favorite dive bar.

Personally, my favorite is "Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse," where the world is frequently overrun with cthulhoid tentacled terrors, and the gateway to other dimensions is located inside a seedy strip club run by a bunch of immortal strippers with a taste for deadly body art.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
07/02/09

@bluehinter: Isn't Ben Templesmith like, oh my gods awesome?
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Grey_Area
07/02/09

@bluehinter: I never saw that, looks great! Then of course there's The Winchester in Shaun of the Dead and Strangefellows from the Nightside books.

We could stretch it and add The White Hart, Callahan's, The Draco Tavern...

Hmm, this might have to happen.
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Letao
07/02/09

@bluehinter: Arthur and Ford went to a bar before the Vogons destroyed the Earth in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy too, in both the novel and the film.
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bluehinter
07/02/09

@Letao: Don't forget, you've also got the Resaurant at the End of the Universe.

I mean, honestly, it doesn't get more apocalyptic than that!!! (Mind you, none of the patrons are in any real danger, but then again, if you've done six impossible things this morning, why not round it off with breakfast at Milliway's?)

There's also 'Platform One' in the Doctor Who episode "The End of the World", where aliens from around the galaxy hang around and party while the Earth is finally allowed to fall into the sun.
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bluehinter
07/02/09

@Grey_Area: Another one to add to thie list is the forthcoming movie Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, which follows three losers and a lady from the future who discover a time leak in the gent's toilet of the local pub, and then (if the

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">trailer is any clue) end up having to avert multiple apocalypses while arguing who's round it is.

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Grey_Area
07/02/09

@bluehinter: Platform One would have to be in a relate category of parties at the end of the world. Plenty of fodder in that one too. Robert Silverberg, Micahel Moorcock, and Greg Bear all had stories like that and that's first that came to mind.

Hey, if ya gotta go do it in style.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/02/09

@Grey_Area: The Place in Fritz Leiber's timeline fixin' stories.
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