Systemic Shock (book)
Systemic Shock by Dean Ing is the first novel in his Quantrill trilogy (the others being Wild Country and Single Combat) and is a science fiction thriller set in the mid-1990s. As the Soviet Union collapses, China and India join forces and launch a devastating nuclear attack on America.
Plot
The book is based around Ted Quantrill and his activities during the post-apocalyptic anarchy that followed the limited nuclear exchange that destroyed the major cities in the United States.
Reception
Greg Costikyan reviewed Systemic Shock in Ares Magazine #11 and commented that "The fact that the story is less than plausible does not distract from its value; Systemic Shock is still an interesting book, albeit not for the faint-hearted."[1]
Reviews
- Review by Peter J. Andrews (1981) in Beyond, Fall 1981[2]
Notes
- Costikyan, Greg (November 1981). "Books". Ares Magazine. Simulations Publications, Inc. (11): 24.
- http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1057
External links
- "Sub-Genre [sic] Spotlight: Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction". An overview of the subgenre at Internet Review of Science Fiction.
- Quiet Earth – A website dedicated to post apocalyptic media
- A Sense of an Ending: Take Shelter's Inconclusive Apocalypse – An article on contemporary apocalypse cinema at Alternate Takes
| Outline |
| ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subgenres |
| ||||||||||||
| Culture |
| ||||||||||||
| Media |
| ||||||||||||
| Themes |
| ||||||||||||
| Related topics | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.