July 9th, 2007 - Into the Forest by Jean Hegland
Into the Forest by Jean Hegland is so good I’m going to go check out Hegland’s other books right away! This is one of my favorite types of books–post-apocolyptic Earth. Only this time, it’s not generations after the apocolypse, but during/after. It’s the story of two sisters in their late teens who live in the woods alone (Mom and Dad died in the last couple years, told in flashbacks). For reasons I do not recall and which don’t really matter anyway, gas and electricity slowly disappear. Without electricity, many other aspects of society also disappear, such as hospitals, schools, travel, banks, etc. So here they are, living in the woods trying to survive on what’s around them, while also believing as most others do that things will get better in the fall.
A gripping tale of survival. And who knows if this won’t come to pass sooner than expected with the talk of peak oil either being here or just around the corner?
If you go looking for this book, pay attention to the author. It is not the little kids’ book of the same name.
January 27th, 2008 at 12:08 am EST
Those are my favorite kinds of books too. You might try the books by S.M. Stirling starting with Dies the Fire as well as Those who favor Fire by Marta Randall