Has anyone read this book called "One Second After" yet? I'm in the middle of reading it and LOVE it so far. Very well written and, at $6.00 in the bargain bin at Barnes and Noble, what a STEAL!
It's about an EMP over America and life in a small NC town following it. Very nicely done. I recommend it to anyone looking for an interesting SHTF read.
I have been in line waiting for the book from my local library for about 3 months now. But it has givin me a chance to check out some other books while waiting.
I read a novel a long. long time ago about a nuclear war and a farm family in France if I remember correctly. One of the characters was named Momo. I have a friend who I want to read it, but I cannot think of the title to save my life !! Can anyone help ??
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Swede, sorry buddy i dont know... i have read an e-book that i do recommend (every time a thread like this pops up) to everyone who wants a some-what realistic thought to shtf, its along the same lines as Dog Party's book it is called "Lights Out" by HalfFast, you can find it on survivalmonkey-dot-com or here is a direct link...(cthanks to the late great JmcDonald, one supremley viable person...) www.jacobmcdonald.com/host/LightsOut-Current.pdf
it shows what happens to america after an emp burst and the sub-sequent break down of society within a rural/urbanish area and a housing track becomes a community of its own...
realy good imho...
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I just finished "One Second After" and here's my review:
Quick summary - It's a hard-to-put-down look at a small NC town after an EMP attack; how communication is restored, how they survive, what they have to do to survive, and the painful losses that inherently accompany survival.
Technically - There were a very few editing errors that should not have been allowed into print. Most people won't even notice them. The "action" starts really early in the book (not like reading Atlas Shrugged) and the secondary characters are introduced, most often, as flashback memories when the main character interacts with them after what is called "Day One." Story-line/writing-style tends to lead one quickly into situational interest.
Personal review - I have read stories written by better writers, and I've read stories written by worse writers. The writer of this story, William R. Forstchen, is on the upper scale of "good." The story hops over some situational stories that I think would be welcomed, enjoyed, and educational to the "average" or "obsessive" reader, but it's the skipping of those things that makes it wonderfully readable to the "non" or "occasional" reader.
Personally - A great read that I will be recommending as "strongly suggest (almost required)" reading to all my friends who have their head out of the sand, but haven't thought through a lot of the potential reality of things. The story-line pulls you along as you experience the day-to-day life of the central character while he (as a reluctantly integral part of the small NC town he lives in) deals with a very realistic theory of what could happen societally (combined with a very sound theory of what would likely happen scientifically) after a tactical EMP-focused strike.
Secondary personal note - A definite read. The forward is good. The afterword is great.
I have read "Lights Out" and "One Second After." Both are good. Both are scary as hell. I need more food to store. I fully expect it to happen. When it does, we will be in deep s**t.
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