Summer of the apocalypse

by James Van Pelt

Paper Book, 2006

Status

Available

Call number

813/.54

Publication

Auburn, WA : Fairwood Press, 2006.

Description

Sixty years after a plague destroyed most of humanity, Eric once again begins a journey across America, searching for answers and the father he was separated from during the plague.

User reviews

LibraryThing member stellarexplorer
Decent post-apocalyptic fiction, with a significant debt to the classic Earth Abides. I enjoyed it but by no means is it a must-read. Had flaws, but a solid effort. Not much that was new, but good characters, well-intended. Succeeds at around a 3+/5 level. Best was to read it during my own
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mini-apocalypse (Hurricane Irene).
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LibraryThing member jpsnow
This short dystopian novel anticipated the Covid pandemic by fourteen years. It’s a thoughtful story, told throughout via shifts between the time of a pandemic and the remnant of society sixty years later. I appreciated it being set in an area I know very well. It also conveys a strong moral
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about our environment and connection to it, without turning to polemic.
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LibraryThing member burritapal
What will happen when civilization falls? If you're lucky, you'll survive. Or would you be lucky? Looting and disease, poisons in the air and water, from all the containment broken and leaking.

This book made me miss my mom and dad. When the past is gone, it's only alive in your memories. When
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you're gone . . .
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Awards

Colorado Blue Spruce Award (Nominee — 2008)
Locus Recommended Reading (First Novel — 2006)

Language

Original publication date

2006-11

Physical description

303 p.; 22 inches

ISBN

0974657387 / 9780974657387
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