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AnonymousI have seen this book touted over and over again and I am finally going to read it, starting tonight. It just came to my kindle from the library. Just hope it lives up to the hype. I usually avoid reading over hyped books for some reason.
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It’s a pretty good book, but I think the hype is about how REAL it makes an EMP and how it talks about the effects to average people. It has gotten many a reader involved in prepping.
Let us know what you think!
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I’ve read the book, and started to read the second book in the series but I got a bit depressed reading it and skipped ahead to the third book. I probably shouldn’t have done that because I lost interest in the third book.
What I did like reading in those books is how the community really came together and worked together for survival. -
@squishygrapes,
I have a, I dunno what to call it . . . fan-fiction(?), short story that has taken off into something of a monster about some kind of SHTF and how one community deals with it. I try to cover a number of issues we see on prepper forums. Resource shortages, Mad Max MZBs, a thin allegory about the 99% vs the 1%, trade and barter, and more.
What started out as a fun mental exercise, well, it kinda took off and has a life of its own that I sometimes get writers block.
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Crow Bar, it’s interesting that you say that. Selco and I were talking last night about setting up a place to publish short stories and serial fiction for those who want to. Would you be up for that? I’m hoping that it’ll finally get me writing the fiction I’ve been talking about writing for years.
Squishy Grapes, I honestly didn’t care for the second two books in the series. They didn’t hold my attention like the first one. However, I strongly recommend his novella, Day of Wrath. It’ll scare the pants off you.
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I’m glad i’m not the only one who lost interest in books 2 and 3. I will have to look for Day of Wrath.
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@daisy Day of Wrath is on sale on amazon for 3.99 for Kindle. Hello 1 click!
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@daisy,
I would, but I probably should have a ending! Some people have commented on fan-fiction that the author suddenly stops posting and they felt let down.
I have entire chapters right now. But I get to a point, and I just stare at the screen. Now what?
Other days, I can crank out entire pages no worries.I think it would be a good add to the site overall.
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AnonymousBooks 2 and 3 felt like he had to write them but he could not focus on what direction the story was going.
Unfortunately, there are very few books in this genre worth reading. Most fell like they are written by people who can’t write and edited by people who can’t read.
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AnonymousI recently read all three books. I liked #2 the best because a couple of the college kids found a bunch of early, turn of the century, magazines by the IEEE and used those to figure out how to wind their own electrical generator. They expanded that to a couple of old mill ponds in the area into producing hydroelectric power. They scavenged copper wire from everywhere and got the town back up electricity and landline telephones. In book 3 they expand that to neighboring towns. Pretty cool! But then I am a techy. I haven’t found those magazines online but I have downloaded many period books on electricity and much more.
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I really liked the first 2. Very sad though to think about all the things that could very likely happen. But, very encouraging with all the community and ingenuity modeled. Makes me hope my community will be closer the the main setting than the other areas should that reality befall us.
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Crow Bar, a guy named Tom Sherry wrote a book online and posted chapter by chapter while he was doing it. Had quite a readership and I enjoyed it and was willing to wait for him to write another chapter. Hope you do it.
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AnonymousSo far so good. Had a this is reality vs wishful snowflake moment but I muscled through. I know it could happen that way and would be a fool to think otherwise.
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