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Re: _Dark Grid: When The Lights Go Out...Permanently._ (The Dark Grid Series) (Volume 1) by David C. Waldron

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In article <MPG.314a9e4f9f755d7f989fd2@news.eternal-september.org>,
 "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:

> In article <nbqh4f$npb$1@dont-email.me>, lmc@winsim.com says...
> > 
> > _Dark Grid: When The Lights Go Out...Permanently._ (The Dark Grid Series) 
> > (Volume 1) by David C. Waldron
> >     http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Grid-Lights-Permanently-Series/dp/1468079158/
> > 
> > Book number one of a three book series.  I purchased the trade paperback 
> > format in POD (print on demand).  I have ordered the other 
> > two books in the trilogy.
> > 
> > What would have happened to the world if the CME (coronal mass ejection) 
> > event of 2012 had not missed the planet?  This book (and 
> > series) is a conjecture into the effects of that type of event.  Basically, 
> > all of the entire electrical grids on the planet are 
> > irretrievably destroyed due to high voltages and currents.  So are cell 
> > phone grids, etc.  Computers not connected to the grid or 
> > protected are not destroyed so cars still work.  Please note that the book 
> > was written before the 2012 CME event, it is just a 
> > conjecture.
> >     http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/23jul_supersto
> >     rm/
> > 
> > The book follows a small group of people in Tennessee as they work together 
> > to survive in the new world without the rule of law and 
> > minimal communications.
> > 
> > My rating:  4 out of 5 stars
> > Amazon rating:  3.5 out of 5 stars (257 reviews)
> 
> After "One Year After", my take on all EMP stories is "throw it at the 
> wall on general principle".

I know I've read (well, played as audiobooks) both One Second After and 
One Year After, but for the life of me, I can't remember a blinkin' 
thing about either of them beyond the "lost the juice" backdrop, and a 
vague "Why did I bother?" feeling. Oh, wait - didn't they take place in 
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erpnyy, qvqa'g gur "ureb" snzvyl (jub V pbhyqa'g anzr vs cnvq) svaq 
gurzfryirf va cbffrffvba bs na Rqfry, fb gung gurl jrer cneg bs gur 
sbeghangr srj va gur nern jub unq jbexvat jurryf?

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_Dark Grid: When The Lights Go Out...Permanently._ (The Dark Grid Series) (Volume 1) by David C. Waldron Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-03-09 19:06 -0600
  Re: _Dark Grid: When The Lights Go Out...Permanently._ (The Dark Grid Series) (Volume 1) by David C. Waldron "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-03-09 20:56 -0500
    Re: _Dark Grid: When The Lights Go Out...Permanently._ (The Dark Grid Series) (Volume 1) by David C. Waldron Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-03-09 19:27 -0800
    Re: _Dark Grid: When The Lights Go Out...Permanently._ (The Dark Grid Series) (Volume 1) by David C. Waldron Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-03-09 21:41 -0600
      Re: _Dark Grid: When The Lights Go Out...Permanently._ (The Dark Grid Series) (Volume 1) by David C. Waldron -dsr- <dsr-usenet@randomstring.org> - 2016-03-11 11:58 -0500
        Re: _Dark Grid: When The Lights Go Out...Permanently._ (The Dark Grid Series) (Volume 1) by David C. Waldron Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-03-11 15:02 -0600
        Re: _Dark Grid: When The Lights Go Out...Permanently._ (The Dark Grid Series) (Volume 1) by David C. Waldron lal_truckee <lal_truckee@yahoo.com> - 2016-03-11 13:19 -0800
          Re: _Dark Grid: When The Lights Go Out...Permanently._ (The Dark Grid Series) (Volume 1) by David C. Waldron Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-03-11 15:24 -0600
          Re: _Dark Grid: When The Lights Go Out...Permanently._ (The Dark Grid Series) (Volume 1) by David C. Waldron Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-03-11 13:42 -0800
            Re: _Dark Grid: When The Lights Go Out...Permanently._ (The Dark Grid Series) (Volume 1) by David C. Waldron Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-03-11 14:23 -0800
          Re: _Dark Grid: When The Lights Go Out...Permanently._ (The Dark Grid Series) (Volume 1) by David C. Waldron Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-03-11 17:18 -0600
            Re: _Dark Grid: When The Lights Go Out...Permanently._ (The Dark Grid Series) (Volume 1) by David C. Waldron Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-03-11 15:21 -0700
        Re: _Dark Grid: When The Lights Go Out...Permanently._ (The Dark Grid Series) (Volume 1) by David C. Waldron Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2016-03-11 23:56 +0000
    Re: _Dark Grid: When The Lights Go Out...Permanently._ (The Dark Grid Series) (Volume 1) by David C. Waldron Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-03-11 15:25 -0700

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