Dies the Fire

I thought the whole premis was great and I loved the idea of the world being created but after that it fell apart. The villains are all one dimensional and are evil because they're just evil. The heroes seem to magically find everyone they need to win and everyone with the right mix of skill sets seems to come together. Also apparently if the world lost technology, all of the dorks that hang out at Renaissance Fairs will rule the world. Somehow soldiers and cops and such no longer know how to fight and hippies can now take them out.

The moment I realized that 50% of Stirling's characters were frustrated Renaissance Festival "swordswomen" who were finally going to be taken seriously in the post-apocalypse and that he WASN'T doing it for comedy's sake, I had to give up. Two stars for competent writing, but I wish they would have......more

One day in March, the world turns white and every person experiences a searing pain. After this brief flash, modern technology no longer works. No electricity, no firearms, not even gun powder works as it used to. Our modern civilization is thrust back to medieval technology, precipitating a catastr......more

I've actually traded this book in without finishing it. I'll keep what review I had read up, though.... I've been reading this book, the first of a series, for a while and, well, we just haven't hit it off. Usually, I'm really interested in post-Apocalyptic, sociological books - The Stand and The Pos......more

The universe (and the novel) both run out of gas! At first, people thought it was the aftermath of a nuclear blast and the EMP that would temporarily shut down unshielded electrical machinery. But, when it became clear that something much more fundamental was happening (they called it "The Change"),......more

I have always been fascinated with the post-apocalyptic fiction genre. After some woolgathering on why, I have decided it is because it makes me appreciate the postmodern world I live in. Every time I eat a banana, buy strawberries or raspberries imported from Equator in the middle of winter, or whe......more