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cbabe

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3. The Deluge/Stephen Markley

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Sun Jun 11, 2023, 01:48 PM

Jun 2023

End of world climate change. Nearly 900 pages. Mishmash cast of characters. Lots of interwoven plots.

Hard for fiction to beat daily headlines. Alberta, home of tar sands disaster, burns and smoke shuts down the US east coast.

King’s The Stand and Butler’s Parable of the Sower are more memorable.

Lots to pick apart/discuss but mostly I call this a reader’s book. No big moments or characters but snacks for a rainy afternoon booktime.

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