Wolf and Iron

by Gordon R. Dickson

Paperback, 1991

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Genres

Science Fiction

All Topics

Fiction

Collection

Your library

Publication

Tor Books (1991), Edition: 1st, Mass Market Paperback, 480 pages

Description

Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML: After the collapse of civilization, when the social fabric of America has come apart in bloody rags, when every man's hand is raised against another, and only the strong survive. "Jeebee" Walther was a scientist, a student of human behavior, who saw the Collapse of the world economy coming, but could do nothing to stop it. Now he must make his way across a violent and lawless America, in search of a refuge where he can keep the spark of knowledge alive in the coming Dark Age. He could never make it on his own, but he has found a companion who can teach him how to survive on instinct and will. Jeebee has been adopted by a great Gray Wolf..

User reviews

LibraryThing member biblioconnisseur

In depth research shows in this book. At times it rambles on a bit but for most this will be a joy.
An enjoyable adventure read.

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LibraryThing member jpsnow

Perhaps the most human of the dystopian genre, Dickson never explains the cause of the collapse of modern society, but instead focuses on the aftermath through an unlikely protagonist.

LibraryThing member Veeralpadhiar

I thought this book might become one of my favorites when I started reading. Basically, this is my favorite genre, and Gordon R. Dickson started his story well enough with a comparatively plausible socio-economic collapse of the whole society. The book held its own right upto the halfway mark. But

then it started to become monotonous and nothing major happened even at the end.

But nonetheless, if you are a fan of post-apocalyptic fiction, this is not that bad piece of work to have a shot at.

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LibraryThing member romanccm

I read this first when I was like 16 and really dug on the Robinson Curusoe-like details post apolyptica. Re-read it again 16 years later and found it to be a bit tedious, predictable and centered on wolves (of all things) three stars for the rosy memories of youth and one for the book makes four.

Interestingly, I had forgot the title and impersonated a beautiful woman on a sci-fi forum to try and find it- I had that title within 10 minutes from at least six people.

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LibraryThing member MsHooker

[Wolf and Iron] by [Gordan R. Dickson] tells of survival after a socio-economic collapse. The characters are strongly developed and Jeebee's relationship with wolf drives the story as her learns to survive using his instincts. It follows the format of post apocalyptic stories so it is fairly

predictable but the characters and relationships are what really drive the plot.

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LibraryThing member unclebob53703

A young man in a post-apocalyptic world sets out to find his brother's ranch, befriending a wolf on the way. I felt this was in a book in which research overpowered and finally buried the story. It's clear Dickson wanted to get the details about the wolf right, he even has his main character

reading the same books about wolves that he did. There are entire chapters that are little more than rehashing this information. Aside from two encounters with a bear, there's really no action in the story. Other events occur, but they are either viewed from a safe distance or related in the past tense long after they're over. The story arc that's left is boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back. Nothing else happens. The main character spends a lot of time trying to understand his wolf friend, and a lot of time trying to understand other things. Eventually almost 500 pages pass, without any kind of drama or conflict or activity, and even the main character's goal is eventually discarded. The post-apocalypse setting of the book is itself irrelevant--it could have been set in the old West, or even in a remote wilderness area. I read a lot of these books, and this one, by a respected science fiction author, was a colossal bust.

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