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February 21st, 2012, 04:27 PM
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#1 | | Platoon Commander
Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: USofA
Posts: 543
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Currently reading this book, anyone else? I hope to finish it this week, very well written and quite interesting.
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February 21st, 2012, 04:32 PM
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#2 | | Platoon Commander
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: cent-IL, USA
Posts: 424
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It will definitely get you to thinking and searching. It speeds over the time period but doesn't leave the story short. I liked it.
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February 21st, 2012, 04:33 PM
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#3 | | Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: PNW
Posts: 619
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I've finished 2/3 of it in 2 days. Fascinating book. First 20 pages are a little slow getting started, but it speeds up and has been a fantastic read since.
Can't wait to see how it ends.
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February 21st, 2012, 04:35 PM
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#4 | | Platoon Commander
Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: USofA
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I'm currently on day 2, already has me thinking. It's also been very educational, I never knew about The Compton Effect.
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February 21st, 2012, 04:37 PM
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#5 | | Master Gunner
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bucks County, PA. USA
Posts: 856
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Greetings,
Hi Philz M1A!
Yes, someone mentioned it (perhaps here) a year or so ago and I read it. I think that all in all it's a pretty realistic account of what could happen after such an event. I was impressed that most of the characters were pretty ordinary people that were suddenly having to deal with a extraordinary situation. It didn't go super heavy into all the tactical stuff, over done gun specifics, constant battles, etc. like some of the other shtf books (Rawles stuff in particular) have.
I think these attributes make it much more palatable to the "general population" and it could act as a great into to the survival mentality. I just sent my brother a copy for his birth day and so far he seems to be getting it. I would really like for my wife to read it, as I think she could relate to the story and it would be a big help to get her more on board with things. Enjoy it and find someone to pass it onto when you're done.
Regards, Jim
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February 21st, 2012, 06:32 PM
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#7 | | Squad Leader
Join Date: May 2011 Location: North Georgia
Posts: 284
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I read it a few weeks ago, very good book. I really liked how it wasn't extravagant or stylized too much. It really felt like average people trying to get by, rather than it being extreme preppers that were already prepared for such an event, like in Patriots. If you watch the NatGeo Electronic Armageddon link I posted a few days ago, it has a part where they are in Black Mountain, NC doing a reenactment of some sort. Anyway, I liked it, but kind of wished I knew what happened next!
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February 21st, 2012, 06:34 PM
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#8 | | Platoon Sergeant
Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Mountain valley of eastern Utah
Posts: 325
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Originally Posted by Hungry1  | Seconding Lucifer's Hammer. A little dated, but a great read.
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February 21st, 2012, 06:52 PM
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#9 | | Scout Sniper
Join Date: May 2011 Location: US
Posts: 745
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Finished it about a month ago. Good read. Makes me want another Volkswagen beetle.
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February 21st, 2012, 07:21 PM
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#10 | | Squad Leader
Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Heartland, USA
Posts: 286
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My daughter used to live in Black Mountain and I've been to Montreat college.
I could really relate to the story.
Awesome read. Very realistic.
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February 21st, 2012, 08:57 PM
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#11 | | Designated Marksman
Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central Ohio
Posts: 622
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I think it was very informative, . . . and, . . . can be applied to so many different scenarios.
Also makes one want to make sure he/she has some "marketable" skills.
May God bless,
Dwight
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February 21st, 2012, 09:04 PM
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#12 | | Grunt
Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: San Jose, Ca.
Posts: 111
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started it a few days ago, about 1/3 through it. Great book. Patriot is great also, finished it a couple months ago. Gotta look into getting Lucifer's Hammer.
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February 21st, 2012, 11:23 PM
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#13 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: PNW
Posts: 1,826
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Yeah, a very good TEOTWAWKI book. Lucifer's Hammer was a great book, too and showed the not only humans can 'end the world'. Footfall is another book by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle that deals with a similar situation from an alien (spacealiens) invasion scenario.
Patriots was good, too. Ah the thin veneer of civilzation......................
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February 22nd, 2012, 05:27 AM
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#14 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Kentucky
Posts: 1,456
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It is a very entertaining and addictive book, I couldn't put it down when I started reading it. It is very realistic and scary. It really made me realize how fragile our modern lifestyle can be and it pointed out our almost total dependence upon the electrical grid and trucking both of which could be taken out by a number of events both natural and man made.
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February 22nd, 2012, 05:36 AM
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#15 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dixie
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I read it a couple of years back and thoroughly enjoyed it. I found it hard to put it down until I finished it. The book is really that good.
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