Not sure if there is a thread up on this already, but I read this one today; I found it to be an excellent story. Grim; depressing. Brought me down. For some reason, though, I was thoroughly entertained by this glimpse of a fictional apocalypse. The storytelling kept me on edge. And I should say that, usually, I find nuclear-apocalypse stories a bit on the boring side (I like mysterious apocalypses, or, as overdone as they are, ones based on zombies), but I did not find anything about this one boring.
I'd also like to point out a favorite sentence. Too long to excerpt, but it is on page 494 of the hardcover, second paragraph. It begins "Tattooed girls danced...". I loved the entire sentence, how it was structured with the semicolons, how it was poetically evocative (is that redundant?).
I'd also like to point out a favorite sentence. Too long to excerpt, but it is on page 494 of the hardcover, second paragraph. It begins "Tattooed girls danced...". I loved the entire sentence, how it was structured with the semicolons, how it was poetically evocative (is that redundant?).