Hi everyone, so i was wondering if u guys read "books" as well. I been reading so many man...

Will have to put Legacy on my 'to read' list!
You met Atwood? *jealous* she has some great stories. Another great Canadian author is Michael Ondaatje (can't count how many times I read 'The English Patient' and 'In the Skin of the Lion'
And Lisbeth is a great character, so strong, but I also really like Blomkvist, fighter for justice.

The quote about the world ending, not with a bang, but a whimper is from T. S. Elliot's poem "The Straw Men". Shute was probably being ironic.

Also, Ondaatje's poem "The Cinnamon Peeler's Daughter" is one of my all time faves.

I have yet to read that ... so many books, so little time.
I thought Elliotts quote apt, the last humans sat helplessly while silent death stole over them ...

https://www.lyrikline.org/en/poems/cinnamon-peeler-6570#.WX2DwVH9gdU

A super-volcano like some of the ones in Indonesia or Italy could have the same effect as the comet hitting Earth.

Thanks for the link ... lovely poem.
Perhaps we are talking about a different book, the one I remember is the people in Australia, post WWIII waiting for the radiation of the nuclear holocaust to find them and impending death ...

I was referring to the title only. Nuclear holocaust is back on the radar thanks to North Korea, but a supervolcano would have a similar effect, and there are some places (Indonesia, Chile, Italy, Mexico ... ) where such things are possibly.

me too! oh but, she's still one of my favorite, and qhuinn and blay too.

George Orwell has written some of the best nonfiction commentary on the use of language. "1984" was a portentous commentary on totalitarianism and the authoritarian state, and "Animal Farm" took a satirical look at revolutions.

I need to be in a well-integrated state of awareness to read books that bleak.