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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Not quite the full package. I had high hopes for Plague Year, the synopsis read well and it's an interesting twist on a familiar theme. Introducing nanotechnology and it's effects is a good starting point. But from there I'm afraid this book falls down. The concept is good but the characterisation is weak. We never really get engaged with anyone and consequently I read this not really caring what happened to any of the characters and only a passing interest into the outcome of the whole book. Where you want to have some depth, to... more info
A new version of an old genre To set the scene the world is infected by a plague of nanites which eat anything warm blooded that they come in contact with, but deactivate in areas where the air pressure is less than 70% that of sea level. This produces mountain top islands that are inhabited by those who have escaped the plague. Plague Year is a novel variant on the old plague survivor genre that unlike many such stories is actually believable. On the negative side, Carlson's addiction to short sentences can irritating some times... more info
Exciting and stimulating I really enjoyed this book. It was a damn good read. It ended a little fast but that's fine, books 2 and 3 are on their way. I hope the author can develop the plot ideas he has about the USA post nano plague, they are good ones.
Harrowing SF Post-apocalyptic tales usually fall into one of two camps: the plucky lone survivor living hand-to-mouth, or the happy-go-lucky hippy commune who discover modern society was overrated. In Plague Year, Jeff Carlson, avoids both these tired tropes and paints, to my mind, a realistic portrayal of people coping as best they can in terrible circumstances. Perhaps coping is too generous a word for the day-to-day existence that a band of strangers eke out on a cold, barren mountaintop east of San Francisco.... more info
