Peter Heller: Dog Stars (2013, Headline Publishing Group)
416 pages
English language
Published May 12, 2013 by Headline Publishing Group.
Distinctive among apocalypse stories for its vivid portrayals of the natural world. Also it takes place in a part of Colorado where I've lived, and I enjoyed having a sense of the geography.
Tender; gentle; smart — not your run-of-the-mill postapocalyptic novel. Damn, I enjoyed this! It hooked me from the beginning and kept me rapt the whole way through despite the choppy writing, too-perfect characters, one-dimensional villains, and an Infinite Improbability drive turned on Eleven; and I can’t even tell you why. It’s just a great story with noble characters, tough situations, and vivid imagery.
(Oh and FWIW there's no comparison to Cormac McCarthy, whose writing I can't abide).
Did not finish.
Nick Adams + Swiss Family Robinson + Riders of the Purple Sage
