forester,<br><br>Insofar as it's not presumptive for one mere user of the forum to welcome another, welcome aboard, and I hope you feel comfortable posting more often from now on. <br><br>Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed "The Rift"- I think it's one of the best of the genre I've seen in recent years.<br><br>I've read all of Heinlein's books- started reading him (his "juveniles") at age 7 or so, and caught up with his output in High School (books were not always trivial to locate before the web). I've probably read Farnham's Freehold 4 or 5 times over the years. If you enjoyed that, you'll probably get a kick out of seeing this:<br><br>http://www.robertcrais.com/worldheinlein.htm<br><br>If you have a particular interest in fallout shelters, a good novel is "Pulling Through" by Dean Ing, but it's very hard to find.. and wasn't printed on very good paper, so copies tend to be fragile now.<br><br>"Tunnel in the Sky" is on my short-list of candidates for all-time favorite book- I've lost count of how many copies I've given away.<br><br>Aside from "The Notebooks of Lazarus Long" (which contains the quote that kicked off this thread), Heinlein's book "Time Enough For Love" contains a section- ("Dora's Song?", it's not at hand) that has a great description of wilderness homesteading, that is in some ways reminiscent of the second section (of three) in Farnham's Freehold. <br><br>I have a pretty large library of post-apocalyptic fiction myself.. though certainly not comprehensive. It might help to know what you've read and liked, or not liked, thus far. Can I assume that you've read Lucifer's Hammer by Niven and Pournelle? That's certainly near the top of my list, though a little dated now.<br><br>P.S. - this may be a little over the top for some, but Heinlein's birthday is Sunday. Some of us make a point of raising a glass in his honor.