Debbie does Doomsday

Onkel Neal · 05-11-09, 12:10 AM

I'm working on a review of Richard Golden's novel Depth of Revenge (by that, I mean I read the book and need to get started)...in the meantime, I thought I would share something I found with you:
http://www.slate.com/id/2217899/pagenum/3

Seventh paragraph

Onkel Neal · 05-11-09, 01:57 PM

Within 2 days of Rosenbaum's article, the Amazon ranking for Depth of Revenge shot up as high as number 2600 and number 7 on the war fiction list.

Oberon · 05-11-09, 05:16 PM

Gotta admit, I'm a Doomsday porn-junkie *holds up hands*

Got The Day After, Threads and Jericho on the shelf and several Cold War gone hot novels upstairs on the bookshelves.
Interesting to see it making a resurgance, indicative of the times of uncertainty we live in following the 9/11 bursting of the comfortable little bubble we put around ourselves after watching the Berlin wall come down.

Good article, thanks Neal

Onkel Neal · 05-11-09, 06:53 PM

Have you watched the Miracle Mile? I highly recommend it

JALU3 · 05-12-09, 05:31 AM

An interesting related article:
http://www.slate.com/id/2208219/

Onkel Neal · 05-12-09, 11:15 AM

Yes! That article is mentioned in the nuke porn piece, same author.

Review is up.

Quote:

What Depth of Revenge is not, is a wish fulfillment story; the carefully crafted build up to the novel's climax steers clear of heroics or sermonizing. Golden's novel is a sober, genuinely thought-provoking examination of the next September 11, on a vastly more terrifying scale, and will likely be regarded as prophetic in the years after theocracies like Iran develop their own nuclear arsenal.

Oberon · 05-12-09, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Have you watched the Miracle Mile? I highly recommend it

I haven't, I'll have to check it out, thanks

Just read your review, it looks like a fantastically well written novel that steers clear of the usual pitfalls of the genre.
Thanks Neal

Onkel Neal · 05-13-09, 10:36 AM

Appreciate that, Oberon. It is a good book, one that may one day be considered as prescient, I'm afraid.

I've asked the author to post here if any readers have questions.

Neal

Bill Nichols · 05-21-09, 10:27 PM

I'm nearly finished with Depth of Revenge -- excellent story! Thanks for pointing us to it, Neal.

Next on my 'to read' stack is Larry Bond's new novel Cold Choices. USS Seawolf in the Barents Sea, gotta love it!

05-11-09, 12:10 AM	#1
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,284 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Debbie does Doomsday I'm working on a review of Richard Golden's novel Depth of Revenge (by that, I mean I read the book and need to get started)...in the meantime, I thought I would share something I found with you: http://www.slate.com/id/2217899/pagenum/3 Seventh paragraph __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

05-11-09, 01:57 PM	#2
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,284 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Within 2 days of Rosenbaum's article, the Amazon ranking for Depth of Revenge shot up as high as number 2600 and number 7 on the war fiction list. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

05-11-09, 06:53 PM	#4
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,284 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Have you watched the Miracle Mile? I highly recommend it __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

05-12-09, 05:31 AM	#5
JALU3 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2007 Location: 11SMS 98896 10565 Posts: 756 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	An interesting related article: http://www.slate.com/id/2208219/ __________________ "The Federation needs men like you, doctor. Men of conscience. Men of principle. Men who can sleep at night... You're also the reason Section Thirty-one exists -- someone has to protect men like you from a universe that doesn't share your sense of right and wrong." -Sloan, Section Thirty-One

05-13-09, 10:36 AM	#8
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,284 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Appreciate that, Oberon. It is a good book, one that may one day be considered as prescient, I'm afraid. I've asked the author to post here if any readers have questions. Neal __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

05-11-09, 05:16 PM	#3
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Gotta admit, I'm a Doomsday porn-junkie holds up hands Got The Day After, Threads and Jericho on the shelf and several Cold War gone hot novels upstairs on the bookshelves. Interesting to see it making a resurgance, indicative of the times of uncertainty we live in following the 9/11 bursting of the comfortable little bubble we put around ourselves after watching the Berlin wall come down. Good article, thanks Neal

05-21-09, 10:27 PM	#9
Bill Nichols Master of Defense Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,502 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	I'm nearly finished with Depth of Revenge -- excellent story! Thanks for pointing us to it, Neal. Next on my 'to read' stack is Larry Bond's new novel Cold Choices. USS Seawolf in the Barents Sea, gotta love it! __________________ My Dangerous Waters website: Last edited by Bill Nichols; 05-22-09 at 06:33 AM.