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Posted: 9/3/2008 8:17:28 PM EDT
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Meh... On the one hand, as SHTF fiction, it's pretty OK. But it's a little tough to suspend disbelief... Rawles has his characters acting like a Special Forces outfit, not like survivalists. If it's at the library, go for it. I bought it, and feel like I wound up paying too much. I didn't hate it, and I can see myself reading it again, but I liked E:F&D, [Domestic Enemies, and Molon Labe! more (even though I had a couple of much bigger beefs with Molon Labe!. You should read Lights Out! by Halffast. |
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Posted: 9/3/2008 8:32:56 PM EDT
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It is a SHTF training manual masquerading as a novel. As a training manual it is full of information. As a novel, it in so-so at best.
Steve |
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Posted: 9/4/2008 5:23:10 AM EDT
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i read "lights out" loved it. thats why i'm looking around, looking for something kinda like lights out
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Posted: 9/4/2008 5:29:26 AM EDT
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Try "Wolf and Iron," by Gordon R. Dickson or "Lucifer's Hammer," by Niven and Pournelle. |
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Posted: 9/4/2008 6:22:43 AM EDT
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It gives instructions on how to handle cannibal communists!
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Posted: 9/4/2008 6:27:28 AM EDT
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In my opinion, "Lights Out" was much, much better than "Patriots" |
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Posted: 9/4/2008 6:41:27 AM EDT
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I thought it was a great novel.
I have read my copy a couple times. It's ironic that you bring this up. I was looking for another book just last night and came across my copy of Patriots and muttered to myself what a good book that was. It is very similar to "Lights Out" if you read that on-line. Woops, I see that you did read it: OK, it is a lot like that. What is it about ? It is just a novel about some people who saw TSHTF coming, prepared for it, then once it happened put their plan into action. |
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Posted: 9/4/2008 6:47:06 AM EDT
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yeah, ambushing people walking by your location - real good training 
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Posted: 9/4/2008 11:10:19 AM EDT
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looked and could not find deep winter, wolf and iron e/f&d or patriots at the library
so i bought it on line should come in 5-10 bus days |
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Posted: 9/4/2008 11:12:39 AM EDT
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Yeah, pretty funny how he shoe-horned in the comm security stuff in one of the last chapters. Over-all, pretty silly as a novel, but some decent info in it. |
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Posted: 9/4/2008 11:30:48 AM EDT
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Go to the outdoors section of the forum.Look in the essential survival guides and fiction section.The last thread on page 1."Deep Winter"& "Shatter".
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