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8 września 2017 roku w wieku 84 lat zmarł Jerry Eugene Pournelle - amerykański naukowiec, dziennikarz, pisarz science fiction i jeden z pierwszych blogerów.
https://www.fahrenheit.net.pl/aktualnosci/szesc-lat-temu-zmarl-jerry-pournelle/

#Fahrenheit_zin #LarryNiven #SMStirling #JerryPournelle #StevenBarnes

Wikipedia: "Dies the Fire is a 2004 alternate history and post-apocalyptic novel written by S. M. Stirling. It is the first installment of the Emberverse series and is a spin-off from S. M. Stirling's Nantucket series in which the Massachusetts island of Nantucket is thrown back in time from March 17, 1998 to the Bronze Age.

"In Dies the Fire, S. M. Stirling chronicles two groups during 'The Change', a mysterious worldwide event suddenly alters physical laws so electricity, gunpowder, and most other forms of high-energy-density technology no longer work. As a result of this, modern civilization comes crashing down.

"Dies the Fire is a fantasy novel set in post-apocalyptic Oregon and Idaho. After an unknown phenomenon disables most forms of modern technology such as electricity, high-pressure steam-power, combustion, computers, electronics, guns, car and jet engines, and batteries, people quickly adapt, relying on swords and bows. Many people starve..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dies_the_Fire

#Emberverse #Dystopian #Fiction #SMStirling #Novels

Pt 2 of my #reading #books list, focused on #fantasy and #scifi authors I enjoy:

#tolkien #BenAaronovitch #GuyAdams #JodiTaylor #PatriciaMorrison #John Birmingham #JohnRingo #EricFlint #DavidWeber #DavidDrake #LarryCorreia #LEModesitt #TaylorAnderson #TravisTaylor #KatharineKerr #RaymondFeist #TomKratman #DavidGemmell #Dragonlance #StephenDonaldson #NaomiNovik #RMMeluch #DavidEddings #KevinHearne #TerryBrooks #KatherineKurtz #RobertJordan #StephenLawhead #TadWilliams #JackCampell #SMStirling

@Flitterhob Hmm... well, I see it most in #SciFi and #Fantasy, for obvious reasons. Also #PostApocalyptic fiction because, by definition, characters are (re)building a world. Have you read anything by #SMStirling? Also a huge fan of #Seveneves (#NealStephenson) - both are sort of crossovers, in that they start and/or are based in a familiar world and then head in a world-building direction. Interesting fiction with #magic also appeals. I'll ponder others - same question back to you!