Soft Apocalypse
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Narrated by:
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Erik Davies
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By:
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Will McIntosh
About this listen
What happens when resources become scarce and society starts to crumble? As the competition for resources pulls America's previously stable society apart, the "New Normal" is a Soft Apocalypse. This is how our world ends; with a whimper instead of a bang.
"It's so hard to believe," Colin said as we crossed the steaming, empty parking lot toward the bowling alley. "What?" "That we're poor. That we're homeless." "I know." "I mean, we have college degrees," he said. "I know," I said.
There was an ancient miniature golf course choked in weeds alongside the bowling alley. The astroturf had completely rotted away in places. The windmill had one spoke. We looked it over for a minute (both of us had once been avid mini golfers), then continued toward the door. "By the way," I added. "We're not homeless, we're nomads. Keep your labels straight."
New social structures and tribal connections spring up across America, as the previous social structures begin to dissolve. Soft Apocalypse follows the journey across the Southeast of a tribe of formerly middle-class Americans as they struggle to find a place for themselves and their children in a new, dangerous world that still carries the ghostly echoes of their previous lives.
©2011 Will McIntosh (P)2011 Audible, Inc.Critic Reviews
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- Nicholas Wright
- 07-12-2018
Unique and believable
This is a uniquely believable version of an apocalypse. Brought about by human frailty and ending in a 'solution' that is less than satisfactory for the characters, but as a reader makes you question - what would you do? It isn't obvious and that's what makes this a good read. Definitely made me re-engage with the idea of tribalism. And if like me you've never lived in a developing country, or through a war, this is the closest I've seen to something that actually places people I can relate to in that situation of absolute poverty, drastic inequality, and insecurity.
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