Blizzard

by George Stone

Weather warfare gets out of hand when a Washington admiral starts up his seabottom nuclear reactors and with a spiral current of warm water produces a circular blizzard that covers the Eastern coast from Maine to D.C. It's a fixed, unmoving (aside from tornadic winds), permanent blizzard of ever-increasing intensity that has assumed surprising characteristics and by novel's end is raging over the Texas Panhandle and just beginning to lick the Eiffel Tower. . . a megastorm ushering in the new Ice Age.

Genres: Fiction, Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction

268 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1977

Reviews

[Christina Erickson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was by far the best book to start January 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Let me explain why -

I found this book at a Goodwill in Arizona while my homeland was being blasted with snow/wind and Southwest Airlines cancelled over 1,000 flights.

Then January 3rd, in the middle of this paperback journey, Minnesota experiences 11 inches overnight on top of a full day of snow. A two day blizzard.

This book has my imagination GOING. I’m about to drop $500.00 on snow gear just to ensure I’ll survive if this ever happens. I read by the window so I could be surrounded by snowflakes. I suddenly need Nordic ski’s so I can go places if snowdrifts ever reach record height. I took a hot bath last night and thought, “better enjoy this before the world ends.”

It was an easy read, well-written, and a great disaster novel. Thanks Goodwill (and God) for that plunge into wintery adrenaline.

[Reija Haapanen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yllättävän asiallinen 1970-luvun alfamiehiseksi jännitysromaaniksi. Miehet olivat toki suoraselkäisiä, kirkassilmäisiä ja jopa ylpeähampaisia ja ammateissa toimivat naiset tyttöjä, paitsi jos nainen sattui olemaan yli 50-vuotias ministeri. Tupakka paloi joka tilanteessa. Mutta asenne ei ollut täysin taantumuksellinen, juoni oli kohtuullinen, lopun rakkaustarina toimittajatytön ja sankarillisen tutkijmiehen välillä ohitettiin nopeasti ja päätarinan yllättävä loppuratkaisu peitti senkin vähän alleen. Käsittelin kierrätykseen luettuni (epäyllättävä ratkaisu).

[Robin · Rating 3 out of 5]

What if it started snowing ... and never stopped? That's the question asked in this book.

A weather modification experiment gone wrong leads to a blizzard-hurricane parked off the northeast coast. As the snow piles higher, people get more desperate. When will the snow end?


Good idea, but it moves a little slowly, especially in the beginning (the reason for the three stars). The pace picks up about halfway through, and it settles down into a decent read. Stone creates a bit of drama at the beginning of every chapter by stating the barometric pressure (falling), the depth of the snow (extreme), and the forecast (optimistic, but wrong).

[Ernst · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dieser Roman hat bei mir den Grundstein meines Faibles für fiktive Katastrophengeschichten, Dystopien und meine spezielle Vorliebe für Romane „im Schnee“ gelegt. Das ging soweit dass ich sogar irgendwann 3 Männer im Schnee von Erich Kästner gelesen habe, und mich sogar damit köstlich amüsiert habe.

Versuchter Re-Read vor einigen Monaten ist fehlgeschlagen. Es ist zwar immer noch lesbar, aber ok, der Anspruch an Literatur entwickelt sich halt weiter und ich hab noch so viel Ungelesenes.
Ich kann aber sagen, der Roman kann gut mit anderen Spannungsromanen mithalten, hat einen sehr spannenden Plot und wer die Atmosphäre eines Schneechaos miterleben möchte, ist hier goldrichtig.

[Sheila · Rating 3 out of 5]

A 1977 disaster story of a man-made blizzard that buries the east coast of the United States. This was an old paperback copy of this book that I grabbed for something small to easily throw in my bag to read on a trip. Silly, escapist fiction.

[Sue J · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was intrigued ... it kept me reading!!

[Bob Box · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read in 1979. Weather warfare!

[Karla · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thriller - published in 1977 so some references to that era that would confuse some readers - temperature control used in warfare.

[Pipsa · Rating 1 out of 5]

Omg, this book was terrible...I really can't recommend it to anyone. Not sure about the original because I read translation but at least that was just shit :P

[Clifford · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good disaster novel. I've read it many times and it doesn't get old.

[Rosemary A. · Rating 1 out of 5]

Didn't finish it.