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 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]
gollark: So just flip between them instead?
gollark: Sort of defeats the point, doesn't it?
gollark: "Oh, this set of values is inconvenient, I'll go pick a new one."
gollark: Should you just *not* cling to ideals?
gollark: Other side effects *do* exist.
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
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