[ARCHIVED THREAD] - lights out (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 6/2/2008 9:02:10 AM EDT
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i'm reading the story LIGHTS OUT right now that i found here and i'm hooked. my wife noticed me reading it online and after i told her what it was about she said "oh one of YOUR cazy/paranoid type storys." good book i'm at ch 18 in 2 days and thats with me working 28hrs in that same 2 days. (12 hr shifts with 4 hrs of o.t.) thanks for posting the link and if you have not read it, you should. i have some ?'s and thoughts that i whant to share with the people on the board, however i will save it for when i'm done. |
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It is a great story! I have read it twice now. Reads almost like a "here is what you do when TSHTF" manual. BTW- I use the frozen two liter bottle thingys all the time in my cooler. The really will stay frozen for more than 48 hrs. (lesson learned from the story) |
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I hope this hack will get this story published. I have the PDF, but a hard copy in a nice hard cover is just right for keeping it for my friends and family. I am actually looking forward to re reading it and I never re read a book. I just finished Unitended Consequences and it was truely awesome as well. I can't wait to buy the hard cover at the next gun show. Funny, but I would never have bought the book until I read it on line. Now I think its too good to not preserve a copy for my family. |
wasn't there something about a dude w/ a quad and the truck drivers wife? |
| I loved it the first time I read it. It is meant to be half entertainment and half a survival 'how to manual'. It certainly prodded me to stop thinking about prepping and actually start prepping. So for me, it was an invaluable resource. A lot the prepping in the book happens after TSHTF, but in real life it could only have been done before hand. It's not bad the first time you read it, but it hurts the re-readably. |
yeah, now that guy was a wannabe hack.. 
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the above is my favorite part of all of these "lights out" threads. the subsequent sarcasm is funny as well. david, when is the sequel coming out and what were the responses you got from publishers? too long? |
The one that has shown any interest at all about choked when I told him how long it was. To be honest, I am looking to get L&F published before I shop LO around anymore. I think publishers might take it more seriously if I have had a book published already. Plus, it still needs a ton of work. I have one more project that I want to finish before I start on LO2. I hope to post the first of it pretty soon. Of course lots of things could change those plans. Thanks for the interest. David |
btw, did you really carry a man-purse and camping none the less? what's up w/ that? 
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I thought LO was great. What is L&F? Pardon my ignorance. Can't wait for more. |
he's either referring to his coffee table book about "large and full" figured women or lost and found not sure which. |
Wow! That's some choice. Thanks for the link. Tim |
David, why did you have to go there! I may have a man purse, but I do shoot better (haha). Did you ever consider doing some of the rewrite things that we spoke about a couple of times... In other words, streamlining the story and making more publishable.. Seriously, and I say this because I think everyone here would agree, LO is a very readable story and it will have its market share. Ive read many books in similar vein Ive gotten from amazon and LOs is still better than most of them. On a personal note, did you ever get all moved in? Lance |
tipsovr posted a link to it on the first page of this thread. here it is: www.survivalmonkey.com/SF%20books/LightsOut!/LightsOut-Current.pdf |
Lance, I have worked on some of them, but I am nowhere near finished. I find that I would much rather write a new story than to edit an old one. Thanks for the compliment. Yes, we are moved in now. Check your IM's. David |
Is there some place to download a pdf of this one? |
I'm going to wait till it's done, hopefully someone will make it into a pdf for us to download (like was done with LO). |
At the last campout David let us read the first two chapters of his new book. All I can say is that what I read was fantastic. Very well written, easy to read and captivating. I can't wait for more. I never thought a book about bunnies and unicorns would be so cool . Toad |
I believe its going to be published, so there will be a fee. |