Jericho Iteration, The
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The walls of Jericho fell down. So did many of the walls in St. Louis after the New Madrid earthquake.
In the aftermath of the disaster, reporter Gerry Rosen is on the trail of a hot story which turns out to be bigger than he could have imagined.
In the aftermath of the disaster, reporter Gerry Rosen is on the trail of a hot story which turns out to be bigger than he could have imagined.
Allen Steele is another favorite SF author; I'm pretty sure this is a duplicate copy, so I can let it go out in Erishkigal's Science Fiction Bookbox.
This is a release for Secretariat's Oh, the Places We Can Go challenge.
This is a release for Secretariat's Oh, the Places We Can Go challenge.
This book came to me in Erishkigal's science fiction bookbox, and I have decided today to take it for reading. I used to live in St. Louis, and know of the New Madrid fault, so I couldn't pass this up. Thanks!
My wife and I lived in University City through the 1980s; two of our kids were born there, and I went to graduate school at Wash U. So, I know all the cited landmarks throughout Forest Park, south St. Louis, Clayton, U. City, etc., etc., etc. Not only that, because the book was written in 1994, it is *exactly* the St. Louis I remember. I might also mention that I did some foundation work on my house for purposes of earthquake reinforcement during that time.
On the other hand, I found the science fictional concept which finally comes out near the end of the book, to be pretty naive. It would be a spoiler to talk more about it, so I will stop there.
In the end, I truly enjoyed the book for its locale; not sure how others less familiar would fare. By the way, I was actually near St. Louis on a vacation while I read the book. I would have liked to release it right at one of the sites mentioned in the book, but only finished it in the car on the way home. So now it is simply available.
On the other hand, I found the science fictional concept which finally comes out near the end of the book, to be pretty naive. It would be a spoiler to talk more about it, so I will stop there.
In the end, I truly enjoyed the book for its locale; not sure how others less familiar would fare. By the way, I was actually near St. Louis on a vacation while I read the book. I would have liked to release it right at one of the sites mentioned in the book, but only finished it in the car on the way home. So now it is simply available.