I recently got into a book called 'After London, or Wild England' by Richard Jefferies, a Victorian post apocalypse story written in 1885, at least 47 years before the atom was first split.
@mathlover I'm a few chapters in with an audiobook version, I dig its premise, I've ordered a hardback copy of the book. It'll also be great inspiration for elements of my project.
@RYMAN_BADGUY I've read that book. One of my favorite early futurist stories to be honest.