SOLVED. Post apocalyptic, futuristic, SF novel. moving vegetation, trees and bushes that are mobile. People have taken to the seas and oceans, but they are black and filled with terrible creatures. [s]

[Richard]

I have very little, but I can remember moving vegetation, trees and bushes that are mobile. People have taken to the seas and oceans, but they are black and filled with terrible creatures. I have no idea what the storyline is, I just have strong imagery in my head of black writhing slimy vines and oily oceans and boats....it was a very strange book.

[LauraW]

There is a little of this in Feed by M. T. Anderson, but I doubt if it is the book you are looking for.
Feed

[Kate]

Your book reminds me of a book I read with some similarities. The sea level has risen, and people are taking to boats to try to get to the Continent. I believe it may have been set in England, moving out from there. I may have to start my own thread.

[Richard]

Thank you both but no, it's neither of these. I wish I had more information. I think it was maybe written in a diary style? I think the ships they were sailing in may have been tallships? It could even be a different universe.

[Gerd]

Kate wrote: "Your book reminds me of a book I read with some similarities. The sea level has risen, and people are taking to boats to try to get to the Continent. I believe it may have been set in England, ..."

Sounds like Julie Bertagna's trilogy.
Although England has seen it's share of floods:
http://greatwen.com/tag/post-apocalyp...


No clue about the "black sea" novel.

[Kate]

Gerd wrote: "Kate wrote: "Your book reminds me of a book I read with some similarities. The sea level has risen, and people are taking to boats to try to get to the Continent. I believe it may have been set i..."

Alas, no, Julie Bertagna is not the author of the book I'm thinking of. I am going to start a separate thread.

[Mir]

Any idea when this would have been published? There is a lot of recent post-apocalyptic fiction, so it would help if we could eliminate that.

This looks like the longest list on this topic, but there are others as well.

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/39...

[Richard]

Miriam thank you very much, I've just scoured the list and whilst there are some titles I recognise and also some I've read, nothing rings a bell. I'm seriously starting to consider I may have dreamt this up! It's just too vague?

[Cathy]

This might be a long shot, but could it be a novella? The Flabby Men, by Basil Copper, has scientists after some kind of apocalypse (probably nuclear) crossing a poisoned oily sea to an island or sea coast, where a village is being attacked by amorphous jellyish creatures -- I think these might have had tentacles. The scientists' lab and guard post is in a lighthouse, which is attacked by the creatures, and there's a climactic confrontation in a sea cave. The story is told in first person by one of the scientists, and the effect is kind of like reading a journal.

[Richard]

Hi Cathy, the first person diary/journal does seem to fit! But not the Jellyfish creatures unfortunately. I now recollect a man being 'consumed' (for want of a better word) by the undergrowth/vegetation and the storyteller trying in vain to rescue him. Aaarrgghh this is SO annoying! I definately remember the trees, tall trees being able to travel across land - albeit very, VERY slowly. In fact so much so that the actual LAND is moving, ever changing also. Oh dear I'm sure I must have imagined this!!!

[Jaye]

It sounds familiar. I read this book quite a while ago :The Night of the Triffids

It's a follow-up to: The Day Of The Triffids, but wasn't nearly as good. NOT written by the original author.
In the 2nd book they did take to the sea and I seem to remember slimy things.
Pretty vague, huh? But I thought I'd mention it, just in case.

[Cathy]

Oh, that would fit, wouldn't it? I thought of Day of the Triffids at once, but of course it doesn't have the sea element. Slowish walking killer plants, though.

[Richard]

Slowish walking killer plants....always a winner! No, I haven't read either of the above titles Jaye. Well, if I don't find out this is a real book soon, I may just start writing it myself! :-) Thank you everyone for your help so far.

[Richard]

AT LAST!!!!! I solved it! I have been collecting some of my favourite books and one of them that turned up today was Greg Bear's LEGACY.......oh my days how I had forgotten that this was the book I was thinking about I'll never know! Many thanks to everyone for all your efforts.

[Lisa]

Thanks, Greg, for letting us know. I'll shelve it.

[Richard]

Lisa wrote: "Thanks, Greg, for letting us know. I'll shelve it."

??Greg?? Sorry I'm new to not only new to this group, but the site as a whole, what does 'shelve it' mean? I hope I've used this group correctly.