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A carregar... Out of the Ashes (1983)por William W. Johnstone
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. A classic post apocalypse America novel from a conservative POV. I enjoyed as a youth and reading it again 20 years later it was interesting. Still pretty much a modern pulp novel, but some of the early 80s fears seem strange. Maybe its just me, but I don't see a race war on the horizon. Also looking at the Tri-states as presented here I realized just how non-liberatarian it was. Actually a little totalitarian in its own way. So not as cool as it was an adolescent, but still an interesting book. Worst book of the year- Why did I bother to finish it!! Poorly written, excessively illogical and excessively profane. Picked it up in a Doctor's waiting room. Why a 400 + page book would be in a doctor's waiting room is yet another question. Read the 3 or 4 chapters while waiting and decided to check this book out. Next time, I'll stick to the 10 year old National Geographic. l I wasn’t sure if I should title my review as “crass” or “cringe”. The book definitely is crass and I cringed more often than I would have liked. I’ve read Johnstone before, but this amazed me that an adult wrote this. It was difficult to get through: boring characters, an almost unlikeable main character, stupid stereotypes, long diatribes on race relations, etc. The main character has sex with just about every woman he meets. I thought as I read this that the world has been devastated, there is radiation, violence, cruelty, dead, blackened, bloated bodies all about and all he can think about is getting laid. Food seems to be abundant, and there is an endless supply of fuel and weapons. It seems almost everyone he meets has read (and studied) his books – completely unlikely. Also, every ‘redneck’ is a sodomite/pervert. Though there are less people, the US is still a big country and I’m amazed how everyone seems to know of someone else that the main characters know (his brother Carl; Jerre). I still enjoy Johnstone’s writing, but will stay away from this series. This is an apocalyptic novel set in the late 1980's. Instead of the Soviets fading away, the button is pushed & our hero roams post-apocalyptic America doing good. The only reason I give the book 2 stars is because I happen to believe most of the conservative philosophy behind the novel. Unfortunately, the plot & writing are atrocious. I got about halfway through (page 276 of the MMP edition) before I couldn't take it any more. I hadn't realized this was a series when I started reading it or I would have looked at it closer. It reminds me of the Executioner or Axler's novels. If you like that sort of thing, this would probably be right up your alley. I had my fill over 30 years ago, though. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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Come And Take It The worst-case scenario has come to pass: a nuclear strike has crippled America. Gangs, looters, and vandals have seized the streets. The decent few can only pray for a leader to protect them. Luckily, one of the survivors is Ben Raines. Rebel mercenary, retired soldier, and tireless patriot, Raines is searching for his missing family in the aftermath of this devastating war. His relentless pursuit through the ruined cities of the west unites him with the civilians of the Resistance forces. They become his recruits for a revolutionary army dedicated to rebuilding America. Then comes the final outrage: an armed attack by government forces. With the fate of America's New Patriots hanging in the balance, Raines vows--government be damned--to survive, find his family, and lead this once great nation out of the ashes. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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