Tony Minoldo answers “why is it so boring?”

Meg asked this question about Earth Abides:

why is it so boring?

Tony Minoldo Because you're probably the end result of what 40 years of horrendous education caused to the USA (and now is causing to the rest of the World): I'm b…moreBecause you're probably the end result of what 40 years of horrendous education caused to the USA (and now is causing to the rest of the World): I'm by noi means a conspiracy theorist, but Hollywood films have greratly contributed, making a majority of movies with ceaseless and mostly meaningless constant action and not time to analyse...This book, if you made an effort, is a masterpiece...Now, with a new deadly virus rampaging, just imagine the collapse of civilisation, and how, contrarily to most Hollywood movies, not ex marines in their 30s will survive...The survival would be of course random, due to genetics or where the survivors live (to avoid contagion), and how, once the few months of canned food expire in the shelves, only those used to plant or find their own food, hunt, fish and cook, would survive...The book is marvelous, give it a chance...Please?(less)

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