Originally Posted by
cowpuncher
I've read most of the books listed in this thread. While I agree that Rawles' literary abilities are abysmal, I still use Patriots as an introductory book for non-preparedness minded folks. I just tell them it's an idealist checklist disguised as poor fiction, and you better be able to ignore the bible-thumping.....
The problem is, for a first-timer, I have a feeling it's just going to reinforce the BS about the "evil phsycotic assault rifle toting anti-gov. militant survivalists all hiding out in their bunkers just laying in wait to take potshots at passing hippies and pro-choicers". Or something along those lines. You know what I mean.
If it were me, I'd start 'em off with something a little more benign, like a general preparedness "how to" guide...
Originally Posted by
JCKnife
....For kids, something with good survival info and skills without the scary TEOTWAWKI stuff is My Side of the Mountain. My kids and I read it together from time to time.
Wow. I actually saw the movie that was made of that back when I was a kid. Gave me all sorts of jolly ideas about running off to live in the wild....
Originally Posted by
EchoMirage
no shit. so i really need to know all about a hippie mailman delivering junk mail to further the story of a comet hitting the earth? or what his beard looks like?
I'm with you there.
No I haven't read this particular book, and I get the whole character development thing. But this type of ridiculously in-depth meandering nonsense has ALWAYS pissed me off. Details, yes. But I just don't give a damn about what brand of coffee the character likes, what color tie he wore to work and the minute details of why he picked that specific color, the color of everyones underwear at the office, so forth and so on.
Blah!
Originally Posted by
jwfuhrman
Just got Lights out, about 1/3 of the way thru it. At first it felt a little to much like that God awful excuse of a book "Patriots" what with the "Ranch". But now, its a damn good book. Really enjoying it. Alot along the lines of One Second After, just a different part of the country and how that area was effected and how they dealt with it.
Sounds like another one to add to the pile....
One second after was really great. I picked it up immediately after hearing about it here, and got so hooked I blew through it in 8 hours or so. A nice change of pace, especially after a certain other book that's been mentioned here...
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