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Philz M1A

As I keep reading I'm struck with the realization of just how plausible all of the scenarios are. This isn't aliens and space invaders type stuff, this is realistic and shows just how fragile everything in our society is. How quickly things go from status-quo to chaos.

The author does a really great job of painting a picture.

Sweets

I read it last year, I think because Glenn Beck recommended it when he was still on Fox News. It really brings home what an EMP attack could do.

XSabers

I read it when it first came out. I really liked it and couldn't put it down either. Another good book is Lights Out : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/061...d_i=0345445783

yz3500f

I read the the story about a year ago, and I must say it was a great read. It really open'd my eyes to everything. I enjoyed how it wasn't dramatized and felt so plausible.

Boom Stick

I started this book today..Damn good so far.

8654Maine

I'll put it next of my "to-read list".

I'm currently over half way in the "Enemies Foreign & Domestic" by an ex-Navy Seal.

Amazon had (has?) a free Kindle version. Great read.

Doug Carlton

Outstanding book - great introduction into modern-day distopian fiction.

"Patriots" and "Lucifer's Hammer" as previously mentioned are tops in the Genre.

"Molon Labe" by Boston T Party is not a distopia, but equally thrilling and will give your heart a kick.

dooze1

Try "Lights Out" as well. I liked that one a little better.

Shaky

I'm 2/3 the way through it right now. It gives you a lot to think about, especially about how quickly difficult decisions would have to be made.

I hold small hope of the people around these parts organizing anywhere near this level of rational decision making. Imagine all the people on anti-depressants these days de-toxing at the same time? Yikes!

I wonder what this event (that happened in 1859) would do to electronics today?

Telegraph systems all over Europe and North America failed, in some cases even shocking telegraph operators.[5] Telegraph pylons threw sparks and telegraph paper spontaneously caught fire.[6] Some telegraph systems appeared to continue to send and receive messages despite having been disconnected from their power supplies.[7]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859

Seventh Fleet

Lights Out is a great read and for a while it was available on line for free over at Frugal Squirrel's forum until the patriot fiction forum was taken down.

7th

The Tick

Light out is a good read and so is One Second After