The dog stars

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Peter Heller: The dog stars (2013, Charnwood)

334 pages

English language

Published Sept. 7, 2013 by Charnwood.

ISBN:
978-1-4448-1698-3
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OCLC Number:
855200092

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4 stars (6 reviews)

"Hig is a survivor. He has survived the sickness that claimed his wife and family, and the trout he loved to fish. He is coping, just, in the new wilderness of post-apocalyptic America, because he has three things to live for - his dog, Jasper, his neighbour, Bangley, and his Cessna plane. But Hig's loneliness is becoming unbearable. When he picks up the distorted voice of another human on his radio, he is unable to shake the thought that there might be someone else out there. He knows he should resist looking - the journey will be risky and there will not be enough fuel to fly back - but he cannot. And so, one bleak day, he flies over the horizon in search of the truth..." --Publisher description.

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4 stars

Suspenseful page-turner that explores what it would be like in the US if civilization collapsed. Unfortunately it seems to have been written by a billionaire prepper and private pilot with a love for guns. Adventure and romance with a John Wayne protagonist. Quick read. Very entertaining. Thought provoking about the nature of human ethics/values/morality when the **it hits the fan.

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Subjects

  • End of the world
  • Fiction
  • Airplane crash survival
  • Shipwreck survival
  • Survival
  • Survival at sea
  • Wilderness survival
  • Man-woman relationships