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I've read this a couple of times, and I sort of got the impression that the author gives him this attitude intentionally, so that he can be proven wrong later on. The 'gun nut' neighbor ends up being his best friend.
The level of preparation does seem excessive, much like as in Patriots.
I do like the book a lot. I also red the Black Flagged books by the same author. They are pretty entertaining, kind of like Vince Flynn's books.
Finished all three of the "XXXXXing Home" books. Really good and page turners. I barely slept this past week, couldn't stop. Can't wait for the fourth now.
Mortimer Tate was a recently divorced insurance salesman when he holed up in a cave on top of a mountain in Tennessee and rode out the end of the world. Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse begins nine years later, when he emerges into a bizarre landscape filled with hollow reminders of an America that no longer exists. The highways are lined with abandoned automobiles; electricity is generated by indentured servants pedaling stationary bicycles. What little civilization remains revolves around Joey Armageddon's Sassy A-Go-Go strip clubs, where the beer is cold, the lap dancers are hot, and the bouncers are armed with M16s. Accompanied by his cowboy sidekick Buffalo Bill, the gorgeous stripper Sheila, and the mountain man Ted, Mortimer journeys to the lost city of Atlanta -- and a showdown that might determine the fate of humanity.
I picked up enemies foreign and domestic today, I'm hooked, when the guy mosin snipes the senator... awesome
Finished all three of the "XXXXXing Home" books. Really good and page turners. I barely slept this past week, couldn't stop. Can't wait for the fourth now.
Daunting days of winter is the second book for 77 Days. I just got it so ill let you know how it is soon
Daunting days of winter is the second book for 77 Days. I just got it so ill let you know how it is soon
Steven Konkoly has a followup series to The Jakarta Pandemic called The Perseid Collapse that's pretty good. It takes place 6 years after Jakarta and has some surprises in it. I just wrapped up book 2 on Audible.
Following the genre similar to Rawle's, and Lights out, is "Grid Down: Reality Bites" by Bruce "Buckshot" Hemming.
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Not sure if I've mentioned these before but Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and Verne's Mysterious Island are both filled with ideas and info on everything from building a shelter to how to make dynamite.
There is a now defunct book publisher named Lindsay's Books that republished hundreds of public domain "old" books on every old school science and technology subject under the sun. How they made near perfect flats thousands of years ago. Working sheetmetal to fabricate horseless carriages. All the technologies worked with primitive tooling that just might come in handy someday.
Still looking for a similar publisher.
Sent from my chimney using smoke signals.
Just finished Equipping Modern Patriots. Eh. It made my commute go by. For me, the first 2/3 was somewhat Rawlesian but the last 1/3 felt disjointed--almost like it was a different book that the writer decided to make fit. It wasn't "terrible" but it certainly isn't among the best of the genre.
http://www.amazon.com/EMP-Equipping-Modern-Patriots-Survival-ebook/dp/B00G0U6F7G
http://www.amazon.com/EMP-Equipping-Modern-Patriots-Survival/dp/B00J8SWIRS/ref=tmm_aud_title_0
The sixth book in the Arisen series (Awesome IMHO) is out
http://www.amazon.com/Arisen-Book-Six-The-Horizon-ebook/dp/B00K6BGMIW
I also picked this up and look forward to reading it - a good list of authors:
http://www.amazon.com/End-Nigh-Apocalypse-Triptych-ebook/dp/B00IAT49JQ