Hate post-apocalyptic dystopian or utopian fiction.
LOVE TEOTWAWKI alternate history/alternate future.
S.M. Stirling would be the best recent example.
I looked up S.M. Stirling on Wikipedia based on this, and his work sounds interesting...
...but I have to say, I'd consider his "slave state rules the universe until nuclear war leaves a genetically engineered slave race to rule the EArth" series pretty much apocalyptic.
workinwifdakids wrote:Lights Out by HalfFast, PDF everywhere online.
I've read that, and thought "meh". besides the EMP thing being somewhat ridiculous, what got me was the "oh noes, the powers gone out, everybody goes feral!" feel of the book.
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workinwifdakids wrote:Lights Out by HalfFast, PDF everywhere online.
I've read that, and thought "meh". besides the EMP thing being somewhat ridiculous, what got me was the "oh noes, the powers gone out, everybody goes feral!" feel of the book.
Regarding the cause of the scenario, I agree with you. I pretty much ignored that. I kind of looked at it like if William Golding had precisely explained in technical detail why the plane went down in Lord of the Flies. Granted, Golding does what HalfFast should've done and just ignored it altogether, so yes - that is a poor point of the book. And maybe it's just where I'm located, but at the point people here are sure the police can't respond, SoCal will go up like a powder keg. So I found it realistic in that regard.
BTW, I should've said this earlier, but I enjoyed most of the books referred to here. I just didn't want to repeat.
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staylor wrote:Definitely have to check out some of these...
Let me throw in another vote for the Dies the Fire series, though last book released was rather dissapointing.
Newest book in the series is coming out in September at SFBC; "Lord Of Mountains".
I'm going to wait until Christmas and buy a used one on Ebay. Gotta find out how Rudi beats the bad guys!
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Stirling's series actually started with the Island in the Sea of Time trilogy.
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HTRN wrote:I kinda like the Chtorr series, because it shows Humanity slowly loosing, inch by inch to an invading alien ecosystem. I just wish Gerold would finally release the last 3 books.
I gave up on that a long time ago. I thought they started off great, and went downhill in later books. Off topic, but Gerrold's Voyage of the Star Wolf is rock 'em sock 'em sci fi.
HTRN wrote:I kinda like the Chtorr series, because it shows Humanity slowly loosing, inch by inch to an invading alien ecosystem. I just wish Gerold would finally release the last 3 books.
I gave up on that a long time ago. I thought they started off great, and went downhill in later books. Off topic, but Gerrold's Voyage of the Star Wolf is rock 'em sock 'em sci fi.
I don't know...
After 'The Trouble with Tribbles', all of David Gerrold's other work seems to pale by comparison.
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