Topic: Real Life Survival Stories and Survival Fiction

[thereisnospoon]

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Thank God I Had a Gun: True Accounts of Self-Defense
by Chris Bird (Author)

Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Thank-God-Had-Gun-Self-Defense/dp/0965678458/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-4489579-3965256?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181051366&sr=8-1

Book Description

This collection of true stories examines incidents involving the use of firearms by ordinary citizens for personal protection against criminals. Three basic types of events are discussed: armed defense at home, at work, and in a public place. Each episode is explored in detail, with a look at the citizen involved as well as how their defensive actions aided them or could be improved. From convenience-store robberies to police arrests gone awry, these stories provide memorable reminders of firearm self-defense dos and don'ts


Gathering Storm: America's Militia Threat by Morris Dees
http://www.neardeathexperiments.com/smf/index.php?topic=2062.0
Reviewed by jaeger (NDE Member)

[Paranoia101]

Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse

By James Wesley Rawles

 I picked up a copy of this book at my local Libertarian Center(...read Gun Shop) for 22.99. I kept hearing about this book on various reads, searches, and like like. I ended up buying it on a whim, but it turned out to be worth much more than I had expected. This is a semi-survival, post SHTF, manual /Novel all wrapped up into one. It proves several points about setting up standards of operations, expectations of priority of when the S does HTF, and the simple need for un-compromised freedom.
 I hate not giving a fully detailed chapter by chapter review, but I think that average reader will find it very entertaining and also informing. Overall I give it a 4 out of 5 stars. Although it is a fiction novel, it has signifigantly changed the way that I've been prepping and instilled a different mindset of bugging out vs. bugging in.

[inh]

I just finished reading 'Between a Rock and a Hard Place' by Aron Ralston.

It's mainly about the time he spent trapped in a slot canyon in Utah, where he eventually cut his arm off after being stuck there for 5 days and running out of water. throughout his re-telling of that event, there are chapters about his many other adventures and near death events which makes for very interesting reading.

He brings up some good ideas, like how to stay hydrated with little water while moving long distances, and gives some much needed insight on what it is like to drink your own urnie (how many of you guys do THAT on a practiced bug out?)

http://www.amazon.com/Between-Rock-Hard-Place-Ralston/dp/074349282X/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200587789&sr=8-2

[swampfox320]

Alas, Babylon
By Pat Frank

This book was one of the main things that got me started into getting preps up and going. This book was wrote in 1956 if I had to take an exact date but very very early 60s at latest. Basically about a small Florida town during TEOWAWKI, nuclear war with Russia and this town and its people, trying to survive. It centers around one man and his family living in a post nuclear world. It's got a believable story line, and gives back ground into the military events which lead to the war (some books and movies skips this I've found or just aren't believable). It was assigned reading in high school and happened to be one of the VERY few books I kept on my bookself and reread once or twice a year for fun. Awesome plot, easy to follow, well wrote, and hey, it clicked on the button (with the help of my English teacher) of what would I do if this were to happen to me?

Actually, come to think about it, I read this the summer of 2001, pre 9/11 of course. And when 9/11 happened, we discussed this book to a new level in class. My teacher actually said, "Seeing as how the world can change in just a few minutes, did anyone in the class think what would they do if instead of a few planes, it was what happened in Alas, Babylon?" That probably really got me thinking but took meeting some good people to really get started. Anyway! Rambling, this is an awesome book and worth the read!

Swampy

[ctdonath]

Deep Survival - Addresses the psychology of survival by analyzing real-life cases where those who should have survived didn't, and those who shouldn't have did, because despite having the right gear & knowledge (or not) they made the wrong (or right) choices due to (or despite) how the mind works under pressure.

[Mikeyboy]

The infamous FerFal now has a his own Blog, which has his original writings of his coping with the Argentine economic collapse, and a lot of new stuff. A must read for anyone into prepping, especially now with America's economic situation. I had the opportunity to chat with him a few times. He is a real nice guy, unfortunately still stuck in a bad situation.

http://ferfal.blogspot.com/

[ctdonath]

The Road

Gritty survival fiction, perhaps the best treatment of the ultimate TEOTWAWKI scenario (it ain't pretty or cool).

The good: realistic portayal of the latter days of a dying world. Engaging, if wildly depressing, story.

The bad: someone buy the author an apostrophe. Ending is betrayingly positive.

[mohctep]

                                                                    "Life as We Knew It"    by Susan Beth Pfeffer
 

 347 pages, it is written in journal form, from the point of view of a 16 year old girl.
The story is about a meteor that hits the moon-with some really BAD side effects.
 Being written from the point of view of a younger person, it is a different take on TEOTWAKI stories.
 I found it to be a very quick, and enjoyable read.

[mohctep]

                                                                    "Life as We Knew It"    by Susan Beth Pfeffer
 

 347 pages, it is written in journal form, from the point of view of a 16 year old girl.
The story is about a meteor that hits the moon-with some really BAD side effects.
 Being written from the point of view of a younger person, it is a different take on TEOTWAWKI stories.
 I found it to be a very quick, and enjoyable read.

[Bud]

I have to admit it, I really, really like science fiction, both books and movies.

When the kids were still around (all right a long time ago) they used to dread when I went to the video store. The first question upon my return was ,"You didn't get Dune again did you?)

Anyways, one of my favorite authors is John Ringo. I like military oriented science fiction best and Ringo and David Weber are at the top.

I was cruising the aisles in the local Barnes and Noble while my wife walked up and down the aisles of the neighborhood Target endlessly picking up things and putting them back (She never spends a dime unless she absolutely has to) and I found (I love little surprise discoveries like finding out FN has a new compact pistol or that Winchester has finally released an exploding 5.56 round) a new John Ringo fiction book, "The Last Centurion".

You have got to read this book. It is post economic/influenza/really cold weather in 2019 and Ringo's main character is an Army Captain stuck in Iran guarding a huge logistic base. What is important about the book though (while the story is very entertaining) is that Ringo goes to great lengths to explain why/how screwed up the government and politicians are and why global warming is not happening, the governments failure to provide cacination for the population and how the USDA is really screwing American farmers and the food supply.

An excellent book 1 for the story and 2 for his views on what might happen.

Really enjoyed this and give it my sincere 5 ammo rounds rating

[mohctep]

Just found a pretty cool story about mementos from the Zombie Apocalypse:

"Found Objects"
by Brandon H. Bell

http://nossamorte.com/nov09issue/foundobjects.html

[oldnwrinkly]

Thats rather cool thanks for sharing

[mohctep]

Thank You, "O&W"- and Welcome to the experiment!

[mohctep]

That's funny-I can't get that link to work for me anymore, and I can't find another one.

[mohctep]

I'm currently reading "The Passage".
So far,it's turning out to be a good,creepy TEOTWAWKI Summer read.

http://www.amazon.com/Passage-Justin-Cronin/product-reviews/0345504968/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1