On "Threads". It Reminds me of all the Rave and Glowing Reviews about our own "The Day After"! -A TV Special we had here in America back in the earlier 80s.

Subject,-Nuclear Exchange and Aftermath. One of our Massively Watched TV Showings, as we have from Time to Time.

Just Hearing Distant Bombs going Off in the Persian Gulf, was Something! Let Alone some Other Aspects of the Presentation!

Nuclear War and Preparedness Isn't Pretty or Peachy! But in Short, Until Everyone on the World Stage is a Good Girl or Boy!, -We of the Free World West had Bettered Have Them! Countries such as North Korea Aren't Good so!

We Can't be so Emotionally Shocked or Horrified by These Showings, -that we Lose Sight of Such Factors as These! Dangerously Lose Sight so!

Though I Do Support Mutual Nuclear Limitations and Reductions. SALT and START were Good Developments on the World Nuclear Scene. [color:"black"] [/color] [email]Ddraig[/email]

Bountyhunter--

Ever since I first heard of it, I'd thought I would want to see On The Beach, or, better yet, read the book (the author, Neville Shute, wrote for the long-defunct Nashville Banner newspaper). I was elated when I found it for a dime at a yard sale.

When I finally got around to reading it, I was in an absolute blue funk for close to two weeks! Most depressing thing I've ever read. Decided I did not want to see the movie!

Truly, TEOTWAWKI--everybody, & darn near everything, dies. I realize it was written as a nuclear parable, but still...

David

"28 Days Later"

What ever happened to O levels? Gone to GCSE, now? <img src="images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Tahirih

Anyone would think from all the action on the movie thread that there is no one who reads books any more. So, I'd like to post a few favorite books and see if that will kick off a... subthread (?).

For me, it all began when I was in elementary school at about age 10. I read and was impressed by Robinson Crusoe and especially Swiss Family Robinson. That got me into the survival/adaptability mode that is still with me almost a half century later (no, I DON'T care who knows my age).

These days, I've been following with great interest and marking up Jean Auel's Earth's Children books. She has done a HECK of a lot of research on archeology and survival and it is reflected in her books. Her characters Ayla and Jondalar are two of my favorite fictional people. Ayla's ingenuity and courage to endure are traits that I hope I share and that motivate everyone in the survival field. Start with Clan of the Cave Bear and TAKE NOTES!

Tahirih
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Huh? TEOTWAWKI????? <img src="images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Oh! Dawn breaks over marble head! The End Of The World As We Know It! Of course!

Tahirih
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Yep O levels are gone, its GCSE's now. "6 to 8 GCSEs"? I have 11 <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />. The government seem to want to indroduce some sort of diploma to replace GCSEs <img src="images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

Saw the original twice in the theater when it came out. Aside from the (then) shock value of watching people get pulled limb from limb and eaten in rather too much detail (hard to imagine too little detail, really), it certainly had redeeming value in comic relief. Loved the scene where they found out what all the zombies were converging on... <img src="images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> As for the genre, this one makes me sort of sad for what "The Omega Man" could have been, if they'd really cared at all. Now, THERE's a candidate for a remake.

Anyone that was into "survival" in the late '70s or thereabouts has probably found at some point that they were a little too prepared for this sort of thing, rather than for some more realistic scenarios. Culture changes, perceptions change. "The Survivors" with Robin Williams and Walter Matthau hit a little too close to home at the time- I recognized several of my aquaintances at the time amongst the characters.

Don't laugh. If there's a message behind that, and '50s bomb shelters, and Y2K survival books, it's that some of our currently-urgent concerns may look pretty ridiculous in 25 years. I won't venture to guess which ones.

On the other hand, everyone seems to be getting awfully soft lately. I'm even almost tempted to abandon my Charter Membership in the Burt Gummer Fan Club, but that would leave me with no role models at all... <img src="images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Amen...............

Oh geez....

Ok, I followed the link to Amazon, read the blurb on "The Zombie Survival Guide : Complete Protection from the Living Dead", then followed the link from there to the book "Apocalypse End : Reign of the Dead" by Len Barnhart, and found... that it was already recommended to me by Amazon based on my past purchases.

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