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The Hab Theory by Allan W. Eckert

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


A thought-provoking examination of the Earth's pre-history through a speculative lens. The main protagonist, Boardman, discovers disaster is coming and there's little the human race can do to affect it. There's symptoms of a wobble in the Earth's rotation, meanwhile an accumulation of out of place artefacts all around the globe suggest more ancient catastrophes than scientists will admit to. Then a terrifying discovery is made; another disaster is due to hit soon and when it hits, it will throw civilisation back to the stone age. Can it predicted, or even staved off? It soon becomes apparent that the only viable strategy is to figure out how to survive it. Boardman's main enemy is the ignorance and disbelief from disparate parts of the scientific establishment.
Excellent detail and fact sleuthing let down by overlong, protracted story development. The 70s was a time of epics and this fits those times but on reflection this would now now be better re-served after a serious rethink.
Genre Apocalyptic Fiction




Allan W. Eckert, a prominent Ohio author, has published numerous novels of Ohio Country frontier; these incorporate accounts of frontiersmen and notable Native American (with fictionalised dialogue)


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