Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site wateng.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!wateng!clelau From: clelau@wateng.UUCP (Eric C.L. Lau) Newsgroups: net.books,net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Man-in-the-Rubble ... more SF Message-ID: <2847@wateng.UUCP> Date: Sat, 26-Oct-85 13:20:28 EDT Article-I.D.: wateng.2847 Posted: Sat Oct 26 13:20:28 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 20:07:55 EDT References: <425@genie.UUCP> <2435@uvacs.UUCP> <431@scgvaxd.UUCP> <406@ecn-pc.UUCP> <389@unc.unc.UUCP> Reply-To: clelau@wateng.UUCP (Eric C.L. Lau) Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 32 Xref: watmath net.books:2471 net.sf-lovers:10819 Summary: In article <389@unc.unc.UUCP> cm@unc.UUCP (Chuck Mosher) writes: > >I have not seen mentioned an excellent series of books that came >out fairly recently by Paul O. Williams. They are about man's >comeback from a nuclear Armegeddon which had pushed the level >of society down to a nomadic tribal culture. I really enjoyed >them. The titles are: > The Breaking of Northwall > The Ends of the Circle > The Dome in the Forest > The Fall of the Shell (my favorite) > An Ambush of Shadows > The Song of the Axe (2nd favorite) > > Chuck Mosher > !decvax!mcnc!unc!cm I've also enjoyed this series called the Pelbar Cycle. The seventh, and from the looks of the the last, in the series just appeared in the bookstores up here in Canada. It's called _The_Sword_of_Forbearance. It essentially brings to a climax all the preceding events and characters. I wouldn't exactly say that this is a recent series. The first book came out about seven years ago I think, I'm too lazy to check. All in all it's a good series about the resurrection of civilization in North America. The characters are a bit predictable at times but usually quite interesting. The main weakness in the last book is an overabundance of main characters. If you haven't read any of the previous books it can get overwhelming but I guess that's true for any closing or last book in a series. Eric Lau ...!{utcsri|ihnp4}!watmath!wateng!clelau