Lucifer's Hammer by Pournelle and Niven has a character who is exactly that. When he realizes an apocalypse is imminent, he secures both his insulin and a series of books. Wonderful story, at least in the first two-thirds. And for the time, of course.
Lucifer's Hammer by Pournelle and Niven has a character who is exactly that. When he realizes an apocalypse is imminent, he secures both his insulin and a series of books. Wonderful story, at least in the first two-thirds. And for the time, of course.