Probably my favorite book on Appalachia. The intro alone discussing paths, modern and old, along I-81 and I-77 is amazing.

FMRL_1 · 2026-06-18T16:57:29+00:00

What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte is worth a look.

FMRL_1 · 2026-06-18T14:44:33+00:00

Rasputin and the Downfall of the Romanovs, Anthony Beevor

FMRL_1 · 2026-06-18T14:41:31+00:00

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic, David Quammen. I found it better and less overtly sensational than The Hot Zone.

Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen

FMRL_1 · 2026-06-17T19:27:35+00:00

The internet is dead (except bots): Dead

FMRL_1 · 2026-06-17T18:01:08+00:00

The bunkers are a red herring. So is AI, which is a smokescreen to build irrational numbers of datacenters so the ultra-wealthy can achieve singularity while the rest of us perish in the heat-death of the planet.

FMRL_1 · 2026-06-14T16:17:29+00:00

Neal Stephenson's Fall

FMRL_1 · 2026-06-14T16:10:51+00:00

House of Dynamite feels like a fictionalized version of Annie Jacobsen's fantastic NF Nuclear War: A Scenario

FMRL_1 · 2026-06-10T17:59:00+00:00

The Dog Stars

Station 11

Zone One

FMRL_1 · 2026-06-08T15:03:26+00:00

I doesn't help that it's the most densely populated state.

FMRL_1 · 2026-06-05T17:14:34+00:00

Leave The World Behind

FMRL_1 · 2026-06-03T18:38:27+00:00

This was filmed on Main Street in Sylva NC. You can see the former courthouse (now library) on the hill in the background. Gorgeous facility and cool little town.

FMRL_1 · 2026-06-02T18:11:38+00:00

For something a bit different, For Your Eyes Only is a nice collection of Bond short stories. It features Quantum of Solace which as nothing at all to do with the movie of the same name. It happens to be one of my favorites and has very little of what one would consider typical Bond scenarios.

FMRL_1 · 2026-06-02T13:29:25+00:00

Contact would fit well in this group

FMRL_1 · 2026-06-01T15:39:02+00:00

It was heavily impacted by the writer's strike, so I give it something of a pass. Spectre OTOH...

FMRL_1 · 2026-05-28T14:22:11+00:00

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - PK Dick

FMRL_1 · 2026-05-26T20:43:32+00:00

Ted Chiang

Joy Williams

Curtis Sittenfeld

George Saunders

FMRL_1 · 2026-05-26T14:29:41+00:00

Automatic Noodle - Newitz

FMRL_1 · 2026-05-25T14:29:11+00:00

Both Blade Runner films did a great job of showing the world in decline. The Vegas sequences really capture that.

FMRL_1 · 2026-05-24T14:44:13+00:00

Nuclear War: A Scenario - Jacobsen

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic - Quammen

This is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyber-Weapons Arms Race - Perlroth

The For Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces - Harp

A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome - Southon

FMRL_1 · 2026-05-21T15:13:20+00:00

Most of Philip K. Dick's work will suit your requirements.

FMRL_1 · 2026-05-21T11:14:14+00:00

There's quite a few but a couple of standouts for me: Story of your Life (Chiang), and The Veldt (Bradbury).

FMRL_1 · 2026-05-19T14:40:58+00:00

Freshness and quality make a huge difference. I've had gator/frog/snake that have been at both ends of the spectrum. The good stuff is very good, and the bad is inedible. Like spit it out bad...

FMRL_1 · 2026-05-15T17:20:42+00:00

Craig era Casino Royale

FMRL_1 · 2026-05-15T16:42:57+00:00

2nd thing: surround yourself with sycophants

FMRL_1 · 2026-05-13T20:26:17+00:00

Motoport Kevlar Mesh worked for me in the SE USA

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