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Thank goodness for Wiccans, Renaissance Festivals, and the SCA, because otherwise all these people would be dead. This isn't a BAD book, it's just kind of...fluffy. Not that there aren't cannibals, rapists, gangs, and some detailed descriptions of death-by-broadsword, but everything happens just a leetle too conveniently. They need to escape from the city, and oh look! someone has a horse and wagon they use for Faire. They need supplies, and oh look! somebody in the group used to run an organic
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Every re-read is different. I re-read this one relatively recently. But it was before our first trip to Idaho. For this one I started out reading some negative comments and negative reviews, setting up to discuss this book at the Powells Beaverton SF group. So I started off reading curious to see where they went in Idaho and how Mike's group made it from Idaho to the Willamette Valley.
What I forgot is how much is in this book and this series and how much I liked it whenever it wasn't just hundre ...more
What I forgot is how much is in this book and this series and how much I liked it whenever it wasn't just hundre ...more
This is one of the best books I've written this year. After an event occurs that renders electricity and gunpowder useless, the world swiftly changes. For the most part, this first entry in the Emberverse series follows how two groups survive in the first year after The Change. The story was well-written and engaging, so much so, that there were a couple of nights when "a little reading before bed" turned into "two hours past my bedtime." The only way I could stop reading on another night was to
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"The Change" that sets the stage for this apocalypse story (at least as of book one) requires some acceptance, but the results of taking away a very specific swath of modern technology allow for a much more interesting and diverse exploration of humanity than stories where everyone is busy shooting at each other with the numerous firearms laying around . . . a staple of most EOTWAWKI stories, even really good ones.
I especially liked the fact that the main characters do not fit the mold of your t ...more
I especially liked the fact that the main characters do not fit the mold of your t ...more
Well, I finally got around to reading the first in this series after reading its sequel first by accident. Oops. Oh well.
Dies the Fire takes place in modern America. All engines suddenly stop working. Explosives can no longer occur. This causes some major issues with a society so dependent on technology in their everyday lives.
Some communities and groups band together to survive while others band together to exploit others. The rest die for the most part.
Three main groups of survivors are featu ...more
Dies the Fire takes place in modern America. All engines suddenly stop working. Explosives can no longer occur. This causes some major issues with a society so dependent on technology in their everyday lives.
Some communities and groups band together to survive while others band together to exploit others. The rest die for the most part.
Three main groups of survivors are featu ...more
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This book had some really neat ideas, but i felt the execution was quite clunky. The things I just couldn't get past:
1. This was supposed to take place in America, within a year of The Change. I just can't see US Americans calling anyone Lord or Lady anything, no matter how awesome those people are.
2. I got that fact that the Mackenzie's were Wiccans. Stirling could have slimmed this book down quite a bit if he has made that point and refrained from describing all of their rituals in detail.
3. M ...more
1. This was supposed to take place in America, within a year of The Change. I just can't see US Americans calling anyone Lord or Lady anything, no matter how awesome those people are.
2. I got that fact that the Mackenzie's were Wiccans. Stirling could have slimmed this book down quite a bit if he has made that point and refrained from describing all of their rituals in detail.
3. M ...more
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Hey what a surprise, another alternate future book. This one is a bit amusing since there are a lot of references to the SCA and that particular brand of socially awkward pagan mindset that seems inherent to that group. :) I'm enjoying the concept though.
Great emphasis on the fact that evil people have just as much opportunity to remake the world as they see fit as good people do...if not more due to their utter lack of conscience or lingering morals. ...more
Great emphasis on the fact that evil people have just as much opportunity to remake the world as they see fit as good people do...if not more due to their utter lack of conscience or lingering morals. ...more
I am struggling to finish...I don't have that much left, but it has been work. Too many coincedences, I don't care too much for any of the characters and some parts just had me laughing out loud at the silly-ness of it. The premise was interesting, but I don't think I'll be reading any of the other books in this series.
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