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===Novels===
 
===Novels===
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[[Robert A. Heinlein]] used survivalist retreats as a theme in much of his science fiction.  ''[[Farnham's Freehold]]'' (1964) begins as a story of small group survivalist retreat in a nuclear war. Heinlein also wrote essays such as ''How to be a Survivor''<ref>[http://technohippie.com/archives/beasurvivor.html TechnoHippie.Com: How To Be a Survivor by Robert Heinlein<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> which provide advice on preparing for and surviving a nuclear war, including stocking a fallout shelter and retreat.
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''[[Lucifer's Hammer]]'' by [[Jerry Pournelle]] and [[Larry Niven]] (1977) is about a cataclysmic comet hitting the Earth, and a group  people struggling to survive the aftermath in southern California. Their retreat is an isolated mountain community, which they barricade from outsiders.
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''Lucifer's Hammer'' by Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven (1977) is about a cataclysmic comet hitting the Earth, and a group  people struggling to survive the aftermath in southern California. Their retreat is an isolated mountain community, which they barricade from outsiders.
    
''Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse'' by [[James Wesley Rawles]] (1998) (editor of SurvivalBlog) is a novel about a full-scale socio-economic collapse and subsequent invasion of the US, which a review has called "a survival manual dressed as fiction."
 
''Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse'' by [[James Wesley Rawles]] (1998) (editor of SurvivalBlog) is a novel about a full-scale socio-economic collapse and subsequent invasion of the US, which a review has called "a survival manual dressed as fiction."
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''Wolf and Iron'' (1990) by [[Gordon Dickson]] describes a systemic societal collapse. The main character "GeeBee" builds and stocks and earth-sheltered retreat, using salvaged materials.  
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''Wolf and Iron'' (1990) by Gordon Dickson describes a systemic societal collapse. The main character "GeeBee" builds and stocks and earth-sheltered retreat, using salvaged materials.  
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''[[The Postman]]'' by [[David Brin]] (1985) is set in a time after a massive plague and political fracture result in a complete collapse of society. Both the Holnists and townsmen construct fortified retreats.
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''The Postman'' by David Brin (1985) is set in a time after a massive plague and political fracture result in a complete collapse of society. Both the Holnists and townsmen construct fortified retreats.
    
==See also==
 
==See also==
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