Incredible Read... I was locked into the Book in the 1st Chapter. The scenarios it portrays are remarkable & thought JOLTING .. Your NOT prepared for this.. Looking to read "A Year After" now. This Book will make you Laugh out Loud & Cry Lots of Real Tears....... The lives of the Colonel , his Daughters & Family are Compelling. May "Ben" Rest in Peace... Geno in Middleton
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My unofficial opinion! It was a great premise, and for the most part very enjoyable. On the good side, I realize how much research was needed! However, there were times it was repetitive and slowed down the story. I found that getting into the main characters mind (emotions) lacking at times. Could be it becomes overwhelming for the character, but it would be nice for the reader to experience it making it more cathartic, thereby making it easier for the next event to move even higher. At times I wasn’t sure as to the effects of the EMP and what area of the country it covered, at least it was not made clear. Maybe that was on purpose? I think it would have affected the whole country, maybe the world? Keeping it narrow makes it more personable, and I understand that, but later when referring to DC, New York, etc., it became confusing. Also, I didn’t fully understand the government aircraft being able to fly when the electronics should have been fried. All being said, I recommend reading this book to anyone that needs to know how the future could be dealt with. I passed it on to daughterRead full review
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i just read it, couldn't put it down, read the whole thing in a day and a half, while i applaud his taking on a subject i feel we are making a grave mistake(no pun intended..) in overlooking, i think he cleaned it up far too much. the whole plot was too neat, contrived and predictable, almost cliche, should be required reading for all schools, lawmakers etc, but you and i both know that will never happen...and, i believe things will be infinitely more brutal than his rather tame descriptions, ..."it's not a question of "if", but a question of "when"..." it was more than a bit like a Louis Lamour novel, with Jack Reacher as the protagonist...
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Disturbing premise of the US being attaked with an Electromagnetic Pulse from an atmospheric nuclear detonation. This is about as grim a book as you can read. well written and an easy read it paints a terrifingly possible potrait of a nation devastated as much by the inattention of its polititions as the perpatrators of the civilization changing attack. This is a book worth reading.The author brings an understanding of a world suddenly plunged ito a technological void. In the millisecond of the electromagnetic Pulse all of the electronic marvels that make modern society flourish are suddenly removed. A gripping lament for a people unprepared for a step back a century or more. A people who lack skills and knowledge that are necessary to live. A warning in the form of a well written novel. In a world as uncertain and unstable as ours these warnings should not go unheeededRead full review
This is an easy to read fictional account. There are still opponents to the conceptual sweeping effectiveness of an energy pulse from nuclear detonation test data is sketchy - but this story makes one think about what if. ...and that part is priceless and what makes it a must read for any inquiring minds.
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Forstchen is a fine writer and his remarkable book is a "page turner". He tells a fictional story about the impact of an EMP nuclear weapon on a small community in North Carolina. A strength of the book is his use of a community where he lives so the details are compelling. He adds a knowledge of the likely consequences of such a disaster with a sensible supposition of how every day people will try to survive. Everyone SHOULD read this excellent book as it is a clear warning to all of us about something that COULD happen! I wish he had added more about the possibility this could happen from a coronal mass discharge from the sun; a more likely event than nuclear war. This is a scary book and I cannot recommend it too strongly.
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All in all, book was a good read. And now comes the, however, some of it should have been thought out a lttle more. the town "folks" did not have enough to eat, hunted most of the dear and bear. At no time did he say anything about all the FISH that just had to be in the river and lakes. Moste importent, all major military command, control and communications centers are HARD WIRED against EMP.
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I think everyone should read this book! I did it in 2 days. It is so engrossing I couldn't put it down. We live in a society where we take everything for granted, including our food and medicine, gas, etc. The subject matter in this book is certainly capable of happening. The technology is already there. A disaster of such magnitude would completely affect every single part of our lives. I recommend the book highly!
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This book illustrates the day to day happenings after an EMP. It is very scary reading because although written as a fictional novel it very well could be a real happening should the sun decide to send us an EMP or an enemy choose to detonate a nuclear bomb above us.
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This was not only the most interesting book I have read in a long time, but one of the most thought provoking as well. The author delves into a world where an attack on the U.S. involving an electromagnetic pulse changes life as we know it- everything involving modern electronics has been disabled. Cars, planes, electric plants, phones, and computers all fail and Americans must try to survive with the limited supplies and skills they already have. I enjoyed the book a lot and didn't want to put it down. In fact, the day it arrived in the mail, I opened it after dinner and stayed up until 1:00 in the morning reading it. It really made me think about how unprepared most people in our country are for a disaster in general. The book brought up many topics that I hadn't considered like disease, dealing with a potential flood of refugees, and the struggle between personal rights and a makeshift local government. Although this book is fiction, I feel as though we can learn from the lessons that the characters had to learn the hard way. There were a few technical areas that I feel Forstchen could improve in terms of writing and editing. The recurring misuse of the word 'of' for the word 'have' was irritating to me, and there was also a misspelled word and a section where I felt the point of view become confused, alternating between third person and first person. However, despite these issues, this book was well worth the read because it forced me to think about how Americans could make some simple preparations and plans now in case we should encounter a disaster (of any type) in the future.Read full review
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