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The Hungry Wolves of Van Diemen's Land

(The Wolves of Joy #1)

Paul Christensen (Goodreads Author)

3.85 · Rating details · 47 ratings · 10 reviews

The Baby Boomer generation (known as 68ers in Europe) pulled out all stops when it came to rebelling against their elders, but were treated with kid gloves by the 'pig system' they affected to overthrow. What would happen, though, if a new generation decided to rebel against "them?" That's exactly what occurs when a group of young Tasmanians embark on an extended campaign ...more

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Dec 18, 2019 John Anthony rated it really liked it

The setting: Tasmania, previously known as Van Diemen’s Land. The Hungry Wolves are predominantly 5 young people who belong to a generation beyond the ‘Baby Boomers’. It is some of these older people they seek to ‘challenge’, to coin the ultimate euphemism. This older ruling elite parrot, pedal and promote supposedly liberal values, internationalist and global, at the expense of local values and cultures. They will be exposed as hypocrites and false prophets financed by global capitalism.

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Jun 01, 2014 A rated it it was amazing

There is nothing I have read that so perfectly captures the spirit of these times as this book. While the mainstream establishment still promotes the hackneyed ideals of 1968 as revolutionary, as if any remnants of the traditions they hate still need to be changed by what can only be described as failure and destruction, younger generations are beginning to wake up, and they are not happy.

This book puts all of that rubbish in its place in a very readable and entertaining manner. From its many st There is nothing I have read that so perfectly captures the spirit of these times as this book. While the mainstream establishment still promotes the hackneyed ideals of 1968 as revolutionary, as if any remnants of the traditions they hate still need to be changed by what can only be described as failure and destruction, younger generations are beginning to wake up, and they are not happy.

This book puts all of that rubbish in its place in a very readable and entertaining manner. From its many strikingly accurate critiques on modern art, the cult of the curator and the reign of quantity "It wasn't the artwork itself that excited her…it was the fact so much of it was collected in one place", through to the stark economic reality that the baby boomer generation have left us with, where, unable to find work as all the jobs have been shipped off overseas, the characters of this book decide to make their living by robbing the most obnoxious boomers. Rather than waffling on in dreary prose about these hard times however, this book just gets to the point and the characters begin their rebellion. It shows the "anti-fascist" movement for what it is - the useful idiots of the establishment, and it shows the anti-culture that has been encouraged over the past 40 years for what it truly is.

'The Hungry Wolves of Van Diemens Land' is a novel about a rebellion against the current establishment. The main characters are radicalised by their experiences with the '68 generation's destruction of traditional culture, and declare war on them in a series of humourous pranks which show the true hypocrisy of those calling for open borders. The use of newspeak is especially amusing, with terms such as "check your privilege", "cis-privilege" and so on in their full ridiculous glory. This book is set in a world where an anti-European stone began rolling down a hill in the '60s, picking up more and more dirt on its way, attempting to become consistent in all it's anti-family and anti-European beliefs, as it gets more and more out of control it casts such a big shadow over society to the point that is now a laughing matter that everything in our natures has been inverted by this ridiculous ideology and the winning side of any fight is those who are defined as having the least "privilege". This book smashes all of this.

It's a fairly short book and well written. Just read it yourself, give copies to people in your life who are not yet radicalised, and maybe the world can be changed as a result. The lies of the establishment are all smoke and mirrors, and this book unmasks it all in a glorious manner. ...more

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Apr 02, 2015 LPG rated it did not like it

Shelves: utter-crap

When I first read the synopsis I was unbelievably excited.

Rebelling against the baby boomer gen? Fvck yeah!! I'm on board for that! I wish I could kick my whole generation on board for that! And to some extent The Hungry Wolves of Van Diemen's land does pose valid criticism to our watered-down world culture, consumerism, and the boring death trap that is post-modernism.

But on every other level this book is a HUGE PIECE OF YOUNG WHITE MALE ANGER BULLSHIT. Let's start with:

REALISM

Every character o ...more

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Feb 04, 2018 Matthew Hunter rated it it was amazing

Shelves: traditionalism, favorites, post-apocalyptic-dystopian-zombies

“Nature, the universe, hungers for us to give it meaning. But our capacity to do so has become clouded, and that is why a great awakening is required.”

A gentle quote loaded with relevance for revolutionaries the world over.

With the Alt-right making mainstream media headlines everyday, it's important that people understand what's driving the movement. Is it White Supremacy? Sexism? Homophobia? For some yes, but not for the main protagonists in The Hungry Wolves of Van Diemen's Land. Sean, Maddy, Coot, Mark and Dianne despise the global world order propped up by the '68ers (aka Baby Boomers). Here's Sean's explanation to a group of angry anti-fascists:

"There's nothing in our worldview that implies 'white supremacy' as you put it. What we're trying to do is help our people to find their core nature. The last thing we want to do is lord it over other races or cultures. The only 'culture' we feel hostile towards is the cosmopolitan one, because it's fake. It's a mockery of true culture."

For Sean and his Wolves of Joy, it's easier to describe one's "core nature" and "true culture" by what they are not: consumerist, capitalist, politically correct, cosmopolitan, feminist, demographically fluid due to unlimited Third World immigration, controlled by the MSM, etc. Sean also provides reasons for individual and cultural degeneration:

“We shared our belief that Western societies were on a massively wrong course, and that much of the reason for this was a severance from the unconscious, both individual and collective, and from the gods, heroes and symbols of old.”

Christensen uses Sean to speak for Odinists, Nationalists, Traditionalists - anyone believing in Western humanity's decline from a Golden Age to the Kali Yuga-wracked present inhabited by “multicult consumer zombies.”

No doubt, many readers will not agree with Christensen's views. Identitarianism certainly has hosts of horrified detractors. One criticism - irrelevancy - cannot be attributed to Christensen's work. In the age of Donald Trump, The Hungry Wolves of Van Diemen's Land could not be more relevant. Charlottesville, "fake news", DACA, Mother Emmanuel, reductions in funding to the United Nations, Brexit, Catalonia, "Deep State", George Soros, border walls, opioids, Harvey Weinstein, "Make America Great Again" - whew! Heady times, my friends. Whether you consider Christensen a kindred or disparate spirit, reading The Hungry Wolves of Van Diemen's Land will deepen understanding of our current reality. ...more

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Jun 18, 2014 Virginia rated it it was amazing

This strikingly unique satire addresses a veritable plethora of topics that leaves the reader with a massive table of ‘food for thought.’ Unashamedly blunt, this short book critiques the hypocritical ideology of the baby boomer era, taking on controversial issues such as minority groups, media ethics, questionable modern art, open borders and racism. When two young Tasmanians begin to rebel against the establishment, they find themselves discovering the importance of their ancestry and take the ...more

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Jan 07, 2015 Claire rated it it was amazing

I started off a little ambivalent about it, but thought I wouldn't give up on it, it's not a long book and I used to be acquainted with the author. But by the time I was half way through I was enjoying it, and by the time I had finished it would easily number in the list of best books I have read this year. Great book Paul. ...more

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Nov 05, 2014 Paul Wolf rated it it was amazing

A Tremendously well writen and vitaly important book.

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Apr 12, 2020 Varapanyo Bhikkhu rated it liked it

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What’s more, as new as it is, this book is the first book I would lend to someone who wanted to understand the New Right. And the Alternative Right. And the European Right-wing parties. And Traditionalism, Odinists, anti-capitalists, anti-antifas, nationalists of any stripe, culturalists, anti-feminists, anti-PCers, those fed up with the system, those who eschew the hypocritical Zeitgeist of the baby boom generation (also known as ’68ers). Those who want the end of unlimite ...more

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Oct 12, 2019 WeeMadAndo rated it did not like it

The blurb grabbed my attention and so I gave it a shot. If you like incoherent writing and ideologies in service of an "alt-right" (or really, just lazy fash) plot line, then go for it. ...more

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Sep 27, 2016 Dave rated it it was amazing

Shelves: owned

It's amazing to read a book which gives voice to those who have had their voices silenced by a corrupt and evil media.
What is even more amazing is that it was written by an Australian.
I have to go now so I can purchase his other books. ...more

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“The night I killed Packo I had a terrible dream. A hideous female corpse was floating towards me through a closed window. Calling itself ‘Bonna’, the corpse kept insisting that it was the real rebel, the real iconoclast. Its face had the same grim, sickly look I had observed on USA establishment figures, and I believe that it was the baby boomer generation incarnate…utterly enslaved to globalism, yet still desperately wanting to be seen as ‘edgy’ and ‘rebellious’.” — 1 likes

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