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I didn't say the order of succession was in question. The controversy that arises in both the book and on the part of many after publication of the directive is that the NCC has discretion in determining if the next person in line of succession is fit for office. In the event of a catastrophic...

Mass starvation in the north-east. Mostly handled 'off-camera' as an actual event. Focus was on the government crisis management team trying to triage the event/ save as much as they could. Much of the north-east becomes known as 'the empty quarter', however because it's a slow moving...

I dunno. Seeing the US Army trying to retool to wooden stocked rifles using blackpowder only was amusing. The US Navy standing off in the middle of the ocean, impotent due to fear of getting too close to contagion and fishing for resupply was cool. What I liked was that alot of the storyline...

Just finished Directive 51 by John Barnes. Truely a masterpiece. It is what Dies the Fire would look like without the magic and mysticism. The title of the book is derived from President Bush's Continuance of Government directive. Two story plot lines are brought together throught this...

I liked In The Presence of Mine Enemies a lot.

If you read Fitzpatrick's War, there's a section that talks about Americans, exiled throughout the world, who wear bits of circuits or other technology and religiously whack themselve in the head with them trying to 'enter the web'. I fully expect to see such a cult/religion if technology ever...

I'm still objecting to his 'Deathlands' of the South East. Other than Atlanta, the cities of the south are by no means metroplexes. Go 12 miles in any direction in Alabama and you're in deep farm country. The ravenous hordes from Atlanta won't make it to 'Bama and the countryside is fertile...

I"m starting to think it might be his zinc oxide signature move.

Well, I'm up to Sword of the Lady right now. I admit, I am enjoying the whole story. I justify glossing over the glaring plot holes by assuming that 'the Powers' that seem to be cropping up did something to mess with people's heads and 'forget' American culture. Otherwise, I just can't see...

Why is the South and Southeast a Dead Zone? Just scattering some seed in my back yard yeilded more cucumbers, tomatos and squash than my family could eat or give away. Low population density plus extremely fertile soil should yeild a high rural population surviving.

Why was Austria not included in Germany after WW2? Now that I think about it, I don't quite get how they ended up getting to be a neutral country without NATO or Warsaw occupation.

The trouble in Iraq is that following the advance in Europe during WW2, a corps of 35000 civil-military affiars personnel were able to assume control of government functions until local governments could be stood up. Following the US army into Iraq was a force of some 30-odd mostly political...

I'm not familiar with Sword Point. Could you give us a synopsis? Otherwise, I'll have to go to *shudder* Amazon.

People not to laugh at Goddard and to fulfill his funding requests for research.

Muslim terrorists fly airplanes into major trade buildings in US cities affect New York, Washington DC, Chicago, LA, Dallas, Seattle, and San Francisco. Death toll in the tens of thousands. Oh brother, you'd better believe we'd look a lot like 1984 then. Think the Patriot Act was an...

Something I've been wondering, would a war between the US/NATO and the Soviet Union have ended up in a whole 'The Day After' and 'Threads' level nuclear exchange, or could it have been possible for a 'less than thermonuclear' war to take place? Other than a brief occupation of Siberia in 1919...

I see what you did there...

Deadlands was awesome. Ordered Boneshaker for Kindle. Will read this weekend I'm sure.

Well, I think the invasion of Afghanistan would fall within the bounds of this law. Whether or not the world situation would be such that the events leading to 9/11 would still occur I can't really say.

Well, just wanted to say thanks once again. Got a package from Amazon and now re-reading these treasures. The pages are so fragile, I'm afraid to open the books all the way. Heh, wonder if I can scan them and put them on a kindle.