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Been a long time but "Dahlgren" I thought was pretty good when i read it like 40 years ago....
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Realistic SHTF novels that set the mind abuzz ...
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LOL @ the vid. And agreed, I pretty much only like his early work (70s through mid-80s). I haven't read 11/22/63, though, so might check it out.
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Yes I did , I enjoyed that one very much.
Not SHTF but he also writes a series of books about a "trouble shooter" in Colonial America that is excellent.
I feel the same about 11/22/63 that you do.
He was going in a direction that I didn't like with a lot of his later books.
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Wow that's uncanny... a ban indeed.... a search for "Unintended Consequences" has so much biographical info.. and yet the printed versions on various booksellers are so expensive.
That's Pretty Darn Frustrating that there's not an electronic version out there somewhere??
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The book A Paradise Built In Hell is not the kind of book others have recommended but still relevant to the topic. The premise is that when bad stuff happens, people generally band together and do good things. I didn't finish reading it before I had to return it to the library, but it's on my "to read" list again.
Here is a review I pulled off amazon (opinions contained are not necessarily mine).
"Natural and man-made disasters can be utopias that showcase human solidarity and point the way to a freer society, according this stimulating contrarian study. Solnit (River of Shadows) reproves civil defense planners, media alarmists and Hollywood directors who insist that disasters produce terrified mobs prone to looting, murder and cannibalism unless controlled by armed force and government expertise. Surveying disasters from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, she shows that the typical response to calamity is spontaneous altruism, self-organization and mutual aid, with neighbors and strangers calmly rescuing, feeding and housing each other. Indeed, the main problem in such emergencies, she contends, is the elite panic of officials who clamp down with National Guardsmen and stifling regulations. Solnit falters when she generalizes her populist brief into an anarchist critique of everyday society that lapses into fuzzy what-ifs and uplifting volunteer testimonials. Still, this vividly written, cogently argued book makes a compelling—and timely—case for the ability of ordinary people to collectively surmount the direst of challenges."
Here is a review I pulled off amazon (opinions contained are not necessarily mine).
"Natural and man-made disasters can be utopias that showcase human solidarity and point the way to a freer society, according this stimulating contrarian study. Solnit (River of Shadows) reproves civil defense planners, media alarmists and Hollywood directors who insist that disasters produce terrified mobs prone to looting, murder and cannibalism unless controlled by armed force and government expertise. Surveying disasters from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, she shows that the typical response to calamity is spontaneous altruism, self-organization and mutual aid, with neighbors and strangers calmly rescuing, feeding and housing each other. Indeed, the main problem in such emergencies, she contends, is the elite panic of officials who clamp down with National Guardsmen and stifling regulations. Solnit falters when she generalizes her populist brief into an anarchist critique of everyday society that lapses into fuzzy what-ifs and uplifting volunteer testimonials. Still, this vividly written, cogently argued book makes a compelling—and timely—case for the ability of ordinary people to collectively surmount the direst of challenges."
I could lend you my copy if you haven't read it yet, but you'd have to hand over your first-born child as hostage, and security until you return it.
Actually, now that I think about it some more, you could just hand over say 1.5x what the booksellers are asking, to be returned when the book comes back in good condition - or with deductions if the dog chewed it.
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Found and read a copy of First Angel based on the review here. Ready to pass it forward to the next guy... listed in the "non firearm" classifieds.
As far as Ing's book, Pulling Through had a sequel that you might still be able to find in a used book store. I think both are out of print, but I have both books in my PAW fiction collection
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I really liked the novel the Postman far better than the movie.
Although having Tom Petty in a cameo was kinda cool.
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Although having Tom Petty in a cameo was kinda cool.
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Done that myself a time or three.
Especially if the covers get changed over the years.
Andy
It takes a few chapters of thinking, "this seem's real familiar"...
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I know that song as well...
Good thing for me , that I like to re-read a good story.
Andy
Good thing for me , that I like to re-read a good story.
Andy
I know that song as well...
Good thing for me , that I like to re-read a good story.
Andy
Let me know if the ending change's...
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That's funny... No matter how you try to tell the characters to "Do this!" or "EEK! What were you thinking?!"
They never listen ....
Andy
They never listen ....
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Story of my life...That's funny... No matter how you try to tell the characters to "Do this!" or "EEK! What were you thinking?!"
They never listen ....
Andy
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Well as long as the SHTF doesn't hit like it can in the novels in this thread.
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