as a sadistic recruiting tool, since cannibalism "indelibly marks a person, on their soul," making said persons permanent pariahs to any "decent" folk. The idea is roundly considered horrific, but saturating the completely exposed and surprised horde with mustard gas certainly does work. It's very exciting stuff, and also fairly realistic in how it approaches both the social and technological challenges of survival in a post-armageddon scenario.

BookTrackr highlights the books you've read, your favorites, what you're reading now and what you want to read next. If you can't trust a scientist who in a science fiction thriller assures you that there's no danger, who can you trust? I suppose Niven and Pournelle's defense would be that not all of the New Brotherhood Army is black, and there is a black astronaut who's one of the good guys, and a few black farmers in the Stronghold are mentioned.Leaving large glowing holes many miles wide on our planet will inevitably, result in the unexpected death of countless victims.

A producer of television documentaries named Harvey Randall sees an opportunity for a series of prime time specials about the comet, with Kalva Soap as sponsor. For that section, I was strongly reminded of Neal Stephenson's 'Seveneves,' to the point where I suspected (and still suspect) that Stephenson read this book - and wanted to do it better. If I had raised my bridle-hand, as I have held it low, The little jackals that flee so fast were feasting all in a row. Randall and Hamner separately reach the valley and are allowed in (unlike almost all other refugees). If the outer sentry raises both hands over his head, this is the signal for the inner sentry to shoot the person at the gate, presumably because that is the one gesture least likely to get you killed if someone is pointing a gun at you.Heroic Sacrifice: The manner in which Air Force General John Baker saves the nuclear power plant from the cannibal army. Forrester actually has the know-how to be able to do it, but even when he makes it to Jellison's ranch, defending it and the power plant from the New Brotherhood means he has no time to do so at first.