Where to start?

Author stephenpatrick1 Posted on September 2, 2020September 12, 2020Categories Our process, The Writer's Life, Thought Experiment, UncategorizedTags , , , , , , 1 Comment on Where to start?

As we move toward the release of The Holocaust Engine and our own first lines, it seems fitting to drop a few of our favorite fiction first lines. Add yours in the comments section It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. —George Orwell, 1984   A screaming comes across the sky. —Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow All this happened, more or less. —Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five  He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the … Continue reading “Where to start?”

David Rike’s Top 5 Books about apocalyptic disasters

Author stephenpatrick1 Posted on August 23, 2020September 12, 2020Categories Holocaust Engine series, Our process, Survival, The Writer's Life, Thought Experiment, UncategorizedTags , , , , , ,

#5 The White Mountains, by John Christopher  (Alien Invasion), young adult, but an absolute classic in the field.  I read it, 4th grade, maybe fifth, and it was my favorite book for years.  #4 The Earth Abides, George R. Stewart (disease) how timeless is this book?  When I bought it, it had a cover with a guy sporting an 80’s mullet.  It wasn’t until the end of the book that I realised it had been written MUCH (1949).     #3 … Continue reading “David Rike’s Top 5 Books about apocalyptic disasters”