so I have been sitting here for the past three weeks reading through some of my old novels.... who loves Stephen Hunter and the Bob Lee Swagger novels? who loves Jack Reacher or the Mitch Rapp series? found a new one although the series is short, the author is James Wesley Rawles…. decent imagination in SHTF plot lines...
8pointer had an interesting twist on his Sub post.....
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Been doing the same thing, re-reading good old adventure novels.
Hunter, yes. Have a autographed copy of "Black Light"
Child, yes
Rawles, got them all, yes.
Mark Greany, The Gray Man series.
Kurt Schlichter
Brad Taylor, Pike Logan series
And of course, my personal favorite, the late, great Vince Flynn.
8:30 to 10:30 most every night. Book, the Hide and Pendelton. The reality of these days needs to be set aside for a time, vacuum out the brain with good fiction.
Hunter, yes. Have a autographed copy of "Black Light"
Child, yes
Rawles, got them all, yes.
Mark Greany, The Gray Man series.
Kurt Schlichter
Brad Taylor, Pike Logan series
And of course, my personal favorite, the late, great Vince Flynn.
8:30 to 10:30 most every night. Book, the Hide and Pendelton. The reality of these days needs to be set aside for a time, vacuum out the brain with good fiction.
Boy, new authors to explore... you have a few on me my brother.... but I know what you mean about commitment... I have everyone of the books my author list mentions... and the one I forgot was W.E.B. Griffin, have every one of his series right up until his ghost writer started trying to capitalize on new releases by writing half of a novel re-covering the previous story line before he got to any new creativity... but yeah, Vince Flynn too, have read a good many of his, as well... good way to spend an idle moment, or two, or three.... you must be in the Baltimore area if you have a Hunter autograph, and Black Light was a cool one, love the Earl stories as much as the Bob Lee
Precision Shooter magazine ran a special on a small run of signed books. 200 copies, if memory serves. I was able to get in on the special.
Now that it's been drug on the shelf, time for another read.
one of my favorite books of all time is very apropos considering our country’s current situation.
”Alas Babylon” by Pat Frank
It is a book written back in the 1950s about the world being plunged into a nuclear war that essentially wipes out every major and minor metropolitan place on the earth. The book centers around a small town/community in Central-ish Florida and how it is affected by the collapse of government, society and financial system. The world goes back to a barter system, people communize (don’t know if that’s a word or not). Anyway, an amazing read. I had to read it for my government class in the 11th grade and I’ve probably read it 4 times.
Another book of similar theme (except more close to present time), is a book called “One Second After” by William Forstchen. It is a very similar book to “alas Babylon”, but deals with a massive electromagnetic pulse and the resulting collapse of society. The book centers around a small town in North Carolina. I think this book was written around 2010. There is a sequel to it called “One Year After”. There is a 3rd book, but I have not read it yet.
I can certainly recommend these two books which would be a fun read considering the virus crap everyone is living thru. These books totally changed my opinion/perception of “wealth” and made me realize that money is only useful in a functioning society, society is actually rather fragile (even more so as time moves on and survival skills die off every generation), and that if society were to ever fall, the only “wealthy” people will be those with useful skills and a supply of something that people want/need. These books really make you ponder such things.
”Alas Babylon” by Pat Frank
It is a book written back in the 1950s about the world being plunged into a nuclear war that essentially wipes out every major and minor metropolitan place on the earth. The book centers around a small town/community in Central-ish Florida and how it is affected by the collapse of government, society and financial system. The world goes back to a barter system, people communize (don’t know if that’s a word or not). Anyway, an amazing read. I had to read it for my government class in the 11th grade and I’ve probably read it 4 times.
Another book of similar theme (except more close to present time), is a book called “One Second After” by William Forstchen. It is a very similar book to “alas Babylon”, but deals with a massive electromagnetic pulse and the resulting collapse of society. The book centers around a small town in North Carolina. I think this book was written around 2010. There is a sequel to it called “One Year After”. There is a 3rd book, but I have not read it yet.
I can certainly recommend these two books which would be a fun read considering the virus crap everyone is living thru. These books totally changed my opinion/perception of “wealth” and made me realize that money is only useful in a functioning society, society is actually rather fragile (even more so as time moves on and survival skills die off every generation), and that if society were to ever fall, the only “wealthy” people will be those with useful skills and a supply of something that people want/need. These books really make you ponder such things.
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