According to Deadline, Netflix has picked up the adaptation rights to Hello America, J.G. Ballard’s 1981 sci-fi novel about a group of explorers rediscovering the ruins of the United States a century after the country collapsed and most of the citizens evacuated to Europe and Asia. Along the way, they face the sort of dangers you’d expect to find in a post-apocalyptic version of America, including a “charismatic leader” calling himself President Charles Mason who controls an arsenal of nuclear weapons. Basically, Netflix could just make the movie version into a documentary if it waits long enough.