Kilted after the Apocalypse!

[Zardoz]

Hint... I believe he's referring to one of the thickest Sci-Fi novels of the last century... made into one of the worst Sci-Fi films of the last century, written my a man who started his own religion, which is now banned in several European countries.

Well, don't discount the book because of the bad movie, good books are made into crap movies every day! And he was a great SF writer before started his own church. But it is indeed a hefty sized novel!

[NewPiperinNY]

I am confused by which line of books.. or do ALL Stirlling books kind of tie into each other?

[KD Burke]

Doubly fascinating to me, because I grew up in Corvallis, Oregon. I know that area like the back of my hand. Most of the time I read a fight scene I have to visualize. When I read his book, I knew which trees they were hiding behind.

The bar where the characters are when it starts? I used to drink in it. The hardware store where she gets the axe? Bought one there.

Strangely enough, it's not a bad place to be when the world is changing.

That is a really cool perspective on a novel! So....where precisely is Dun Juniper?

[Zardoz]

I am confused by which line of books.. or do ALL Stirlling books kind of tie into each other?

The book series being discussed is the "Emberverse" series, it can be read on it's own, but is an offshoot of the earlier "Nantucket trilogy" where the world is cast into the bronze age.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emberverse_series

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantucket_series

[KD Burke]

Having had Timseh mention "one of the worst Sci-Fi films of the last century," in reply to a tease from Zardoz seems....strangely appropriate.

[NewPiperinNY]

The book series being discussed is the "Emberverse" series, it can be read on it's own, but is an offshoot of the earlier "Nantucket trilogy" where the world is cast into the bronze age.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emberverse_series

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantucket_series

Thank you... that clears it up. I like stories/series such as this.. I will have to pick it up. I am not a born again christian, but I found the Left Behind series (an apocolyptic story based on Revelations) to be a good read as well... alas .... no kilts.

[NewEnglander]

Well, don't discount the book because of the bad movie, good books are made into crap movies every day! And he was a great SF writer before started his own church. But it is indeed a hefty sized novel!

If no one is willing to come out and give the title, can someone at least PM me with the info? I've got a guess on the author, but I'm not sure....

[timseh]

If no one is willing to come out and give the title, can someone at least PM me with the info? I've got a guess on the author, but I'm not sure....

OH, OK....

Battlefield Earth, by L. Ron Hubbard. It is a very good book if you can manage to slog through a couple of slow spots, but it will probably take you some time.