Excited for this new blog. I've been strangely on a post-apocalyptic kick in novels lately, having read Dr Bloodmoney by PKD, Farnham's Freehold by Heinlein back to back this year and Alas, Babylon (which has a fantastic audiobook read by Will Patton) by Pat Frank. Alas, Babylon seems like it's a lot like WWZ (haven't read) in that it's …
Excited for this new blog. I've been strangely on a post-apocalyptic kick in novels lately, having read Dr Bloodmoney by PKD, Farnham's Freehold by Heinlein back to back this year and Alas, Babylon (which has a fantastic audiobook read by Will Patton) by Pat Frank. Alas, Babylon seems like it's a lot like WWZ (haven't read) in that it's mostly about the degradation of industry and survival after all the standards of living people had gotten used to go away, and the slow recovery/readjustment to the "thousand-year night".
Thanks! I am planning to write about Dr. Bloodmoney soon, in fact. Such a bizarre (and relatively obscure, considering the profile of the author) take. I love telling people about it and it's weirdness.
Excited for this new blog. I've been strangely on a post-apocalyptic kick in novels lately, having read Dr Bloodmoney by PKD, Farnham's Freehold by Heinlein back to back this year and Alas, Babylon (which has a fantastic audiobook read by Will Patton) by Pat Frank. Alas, Babylon seems like it's a lot like WWZ (haven't read) in that it's mostly about the degradation of industry and survival after all the standards of living people had gotten used to go away, and the slow recovery/readjustment to the "thousand-year night".
Thanks! I am planning to write about Dr. Bloodmoney soon, in fact. Such a bizarre (and relatively obscure, considering the profile of the author) take. I love telling people about it and it's weirdness.