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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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What to do when the lights go out... for good? In the blink of an eye much of what holds civilization together is gone. There is no outside world for help to come from and chaos and anarchy are just a breath away. The power has gone out, cars and other vehicles have stopped working and guns refuse to function. In the cities it quickly becomes clear that the only thing that allowed them to exist was the constant influx of food from distant warehouses and even more distant farms.
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If you practice your sword skills in Middle Ages garb in the park each weekend - you may like this book. If you like Wicca - you may like this book.
If you think think the Tournament of the Kings in Las Vegas is wonderful - you may like this book.
If you like succinct stories - you won't like this book.
I am a sucker for apocalyptic literature, but this book was almost too much. Long winded and sometimes laugh out loud funny (but not intended to be) I almost put down Dies the Fire multiple times, b ...more
If you think think the Tournament of the Kings in Las Vegas is wonderful - you may like this book.
If you like succinct stories - you won't like this book.
I am a sucker for apocalyptic literature, but this book was almost too much. Long winded and sometimes laugh out loud funny (but not intended to be) I almost put down Dies the Fire multiple times, b ...more
I made it about halfway through but the constant paganism in my face got a bit obnoxious. and I am pagan. it's like Christian fiction for pagans.
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