![]() ![]() ![]() It's a savage slice of Reagan-era cheese and in no way realistic, except for the loving descriptions of the firearms our heroes use gleefully kill the aforementioned commies. John Thomas Rourke, a sort of prepper culture Mary Sue, will do what it takes to _survive_, which gets increasingly ludicrous when later books start to involve cryogenics and fighting those goddamned commies into the distant future. It's a solid read, if pessimistic and probably a bit too libertarian tinged to be really enjoyable.įor a totally goofy take on nuclear apocalypse fiction, I can't actually recommend Jerry Ahern's The Survivalist series, but I've ready a bunch of it and enjoyed it as trashy men's adventure fun. Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle that shows the impact of a huge metorite on the California coast and then the attempts by the characters to survive and, if not rebuild, fortify. King lingers on the horror of it all and also puts some time into the rebuilding aspects. ![]() ![]() Yes, it's a lot of post-apocalyptic novel, especially if you read the author's preferred Super Doorstop edition, but I loved having that much time to spend with all of the characters throughout the apocalypse and beyond. ![]()
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