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11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Heart pounding Feb 27, 2006
By V. MarkAnthony
"Conan the Librarian"
Do you remember being afraid to go into the water after watching "Jaws" or staying away from the shower after seeing "Psycho"? You'll experience the same paranoia around coughers after reading this novel. The climax is heart pounding and the final chapters are exquisitely written. It's a book that will stay with you. I can easily see it as a movie.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 A Gripper Apr 10, 2006
By William B. King
"Weekend countryboy"
A realistic tale of what might happen on a world scale, with focus on how some mostly good people in a small New England farming community band together to survive both the travails of a worldwide pandemic and the villainy of a few local bullies. The coauthors, who from description on back cover of the book can be identified as themselves residing in a small New England community, obviously know their science, world infrastructure, practical survival skills and people skills. Despite its 600-plus pages, this is a quick read and cautionary tale that takes the reader through a description of the original accidental start of the pandemic in Bangkok through development of an antidote by the CDC in Atlanta a year later, while doing a good job of developing its central cast of characters. The book deserves better circulation than through specialty bookstores and the private publication process.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Not as advertised! Dec 28, 2011
By Corrado C Rustico
Just who is writing these reviews??? The story is decent at best but far from the exciting story these reviews would lead you to believe. It should be labelled "Country folk survive winter", definitely little to nothing about the world pandemic aside from the first few chapters and then it devolves into a story of a couple of groups living in the country surviving but is far from exciting, detailed or having much at all to deal with the pandemic. The story seems to skip in time again and again. That being said it's a decent story worthy of a read and a few stars but far from 5 star material and far from anything I haven't read before.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Fast moving and believable Mar 15, 2006
By David H. Small
This is a great book. The inability of government to take care of us in the event of a disaster is fresh in our minds. This story will have you getting your BJ membership and using your vacation money on canned goods and a wood stove... A very good read...
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
My favorite kind of book!!! Feb 01, 2012
By Sandra Boyd
What would happen to you if you lived in the city? Would you have enough room in your house or apartment to store food enough for months or maybe years? If you lived in the country could you plant food enough to keep you alive? How about enough wood to heat your home? Could you fight off looters trying to steal from you? This book had me asking myself these questions over and over. I really enjoyed Pandemic and it could of been even longer because I didn't want it to end. If you liked The Stephen King "the Stand" or Swan's Song, this is for you.
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