William W. Johnstone Novels

[skb12172]

Which are worth reading? Which should I avoid? Fire Away!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_W._Johnstone

[Rod]

I've read the Ashes series but remember it's very dated. Pretty unrealistic also. That being said, it pokes fun at the politicians so it can't be all bad.

[mekender]

Personally, my favorite author, I read probably 90% or more of his non-western books... They are fun to read IMO and his visions of what might happen in a societal collapse are not all that far fetched.

[tfbncc]

I started reading the "Ashes" series a couple of decades ago. Stopped somewhere around book 20. I didn't know that more had been published.

it's good reading as long as you take it with a good dash of salt. Social, economic, and political breakdown. Zombies, disease, power hungry politicians, religious zealots, and a group of heavily armed citizens who decide to carve out their own society. What's not to like.

I may have to go read it again and finish them all this time.

[mekender]

What is cool is that he would have fit right in here on the forum... I chatted with him on AIM several years ago, and he was just as cool as you would imagine. A real class act if you ask me.

I was personally saddened to hear of his death.