Re: Variations on a theme

Kurt Busiek <kurt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 2008-03-18 06:00:34 -0700, Keith Wetzel AKA Space Cadet 
> <kaw211@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> 
>> On Mar 17, 6:40 pm, Kurt Busiek <k...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I like "empty America" stories a lot.
>>> 
>>> kdb
>> 
>> Also what do you mean by "empty America" stories?
> 
> What I think of as "empty America" stories are stories where America 
> has been rendered empty or near empty, but the materials of 
> civilization are still lying around to be picked up, or are able to be 
> im****ted.  THE STAND is the big mama of empty America stories, along 
> with its postapocalyptic brethren.  

I too like what these stories can offer.  In addition to _The Stand_ ,
some others that I enjoyed (and would recommend to the OP) are:

Miller's _A Canticle for Leibowitz_ 
Brin's _The Postman_ 
Zelazny's _Damnation Alley_ 
Ellison's "A Boy and His Dog".
Brackett's _The Long Tomorrow_


> I AM LEGEND is an empty-New-York story -- 

OBNot ordinarily one to pick nits but here I go:  
    Matheson's story was empty-Los-Angeles; the recent movie was 
    apparently empty-New-York.

Tony