Last Light

Eternal Sunshine · Post by **Eternal Sunshine** » 22 Jan 2008, 22:40

alexscarrow wrote:....would you be prepared to lend it to a friend?

Yes I've already suggested it to someone at work. Also my OH has introduced the PO idea to a few of his friends at the w/e. As it's actually his book I should give him the opportunity to lend it to some of them 1st.

Kentucky Fried Panda · Post by **Kentucky Fried Panda** » 22 Jan 2008, 23:49

I started this thread, but still haven't read the book.
If somebody thinks of me as a friend plz PM me and we'll swop books...

Erik · Post by **Erik** » 23 Jan 2008, 17:36

Alex - Any chance of getting the book published in Spanish?

alexscarrow · Post by **alexscarrow** » 23 Jan 2008, 18:08

There's a Spanish publisher interested in buying the rights, so hopefully soon it'll be available in Spanish.

Erik · Post by **Erik** » 24 Jan 2008, 15:00

alexscarrow wrote:There's a Spanish publisher interested in buying the rights, so hopefully soon it'll be available in Spanish.

Great. I've just sent you a PM by the way.

Kentucky Fried Panda · Post by **Kentucky Fried Panda** » 17 Feb 2008, 21:37

I just finished it.

I hate to say this, but I didn't like it at all.

That is all.

alexscarrow · Post by **alexscarrow** » 19 Feb 2008, 07:52

Hi Haggis,

That's fair enough...I'd be a naieve writer if I thought I could float everyone's boat.

I am interested though, in hearing what it was that really didn't work for you - you know, out of professional curiosity.

Mean Mr Mustard · Post by **Mean Mr Mustard** » 19 Feb 2008, 08:35

Alex,

You convinced my friend...

http://www.powerswitch.org.uk/forum/vie ... php?t=6503

Haggis,

Can I buy your copy?

alexscarrow · Post by **alexscarrow** » 19 Feb 2008, 13:48

I imagine your friend looking somewhat haunted as he discussed PO and Last Light. The book was designed to really scare the crap out of you (particularly PO newbies).

I know some PO hardcore types think that's the wrong approach, that it scare-tactics diminish PO credibility....but I think we're running out of time to use reasoned debate; the uneducated herd now need to be spooked into addressing energy security.

Anyway...will you thank your friend for giving it some word-of-mouth?

Kentucky Fried Panda · Post by **Kentucky Fried Panda** » 19 Feb 2008, 18:12

Mean Mr Mustard wrote: Haggis,

Can I buy your copy?

I got it from Sally in a book swap, whatcha got in way of trade?

Kentucky Fried Panda · Post by **Kentucky Fried Panda** » 19 Feb 2008, 18:18

alexscarrow wrote:Hi Haggis,

That's fair enough...I'd be a naieve writer if I thought I could float everyone's boat.

I am interested though, in hearing what it was that really didn't work for you - you know, out of professional curiosity.

Alex, it was mostly parts with the military and firearms, I wasn't convinced. The main characters I just couldn't sympathise with, I was hoping they'd have all been killed before I was half way through. Sadly, this wasn't the case.

I should point out that I once threw a book across the room for suggesting that a Glock had a safety catch...

Mean Mr Mustard · Post by **Mean Mr Mustard** » 19 Feb 2008, 18:56

Haggis wrote:
Mean Mr Mustard wrote: Haggis,

Can I buy your copy?
I got it from Sally in a book swap, whatcha got in way of trade?

Er, how about some rapidly devaluing ? fiat currency?

Mean Mr Mustard · Post by **Mean Mr Mustard** » 20 Mar 2008, 19:26

Well, I used my devaluing fiat currency based credit card to buy my very own copy at DODGY TAX AVOIDERS, while the postal network was still intact.

Read it from start to finish today.

A couple of typos in the text, and a few minor military niggles like 'Hercules C-130' (other way round), and a Lance Corporal doesn't have stripes plural. Just a single stripe for the 'umble Lancejack!

Especially liked the more plausible descriptions, like the sudden collapse supermarket panic, and the idea of a peak oiler drifting apart from his family.

But the cool hitman, well, I'm not so sure. Maybe there would have been more mileage in dealing with the scary collapse without introducing a weird conspiracy on top.

In all, I enjoyed it, think it would make a good two or three episode late night TV drama.

alexscarrow · Post by **alexscarrow** » 25 Mar 2008, 08:31

Hello there Mr Mustard,

glad you enjoyed it.

Yes...the thriller-esque conspiracy thread was something I umm-ed and ahhh-ed about. Without it, the novel would probably have appealed less to the market outside of a specific interest in PO. So...it was the sugared pill to bring them into the tale.

I'm working on a sequel right now....there's really no need for traditional thriller plot devices in this one. There's more than enough going on

Mean Mr Mustard · Post by **Mean Mr Mustard** » 25 Mar 2008, 19:56

Would the sequel be more like Jim Kunstler's World Made By Hand? Everyday story of simplified living? Reading that at the moment - it reads more like a Western with some wry observations thrown in.

I liked your notion of the re-enactment societies (Sealed Knot etc) being a source of post-oil living expertise.