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SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 05:52 PM Oct 2013

Christian Nation

by Frederic C. Rich.

In 2008 McCain is elected President. A few months later, while on a trip to Russia, he drops dead of an aneurysm. Sarah Palin is now President. Later that year, a truly horrific terror attack takes place in this country. The religious right consolidates power and essentially overturns the Constitution to create a Christian Nation.

None of that is plot spoiler, because exactly how it happens is absolutely riveting.

Read and discuss.

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Christian Nation (Original Post) SheilaT Oct 2013 OP
I believe this belongs in the other thread YankeyMCC Oct 2013 #1
Oh, that's good. SheilaT Oct 2013 #2
Yikes, if I read fiction I want to read something entertaining and not as close raccoon Oct 2013 #3
If it is fiction, I want it to be something I can escape in..... PDJane Oct 2013 #4
It is fiction. And very good. SheilaT Oct 2013 #5
I have just started reading this book. Curmudgeoness Oct 2013 #6
There is far too much lecture. SheilaT Oct 2013 #7

raccoon

(31,419 posts)
3. Yikes, if I read fiction I want to read something entertaining and not as close
Sun Oct 6, 2013, 06:55 AM
Oct 2013

to reality.

I'll pass on that one, thank you.


PDJane

(10,103 posts)
4. If it is fiction, I want it to be something I can escape in.....
Sun Oct 6, 2013, 05:18 PM
Oct 2013

Patricia Briggs, CJ Cherryh, Mercedes Lackey, even horror or something....something that won't keep me awake at night. I read enough non-fiction!

 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
5. It is fiction. And very good.
Tue Oct 8, 2013, 12:01 AM
Oct 2013

There are long passages that are the classic "telling, not showing" which is the bane of fiction writing. He's trying to fill in what happened in this fictional world. It comes alive every time the narrative gets fully involved in the events of the day.

It's not intended to be predictive, but a sort of alternate history.

I sincerely hope many more people read this book.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
6. I have just started reading this book.
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 08:27 PM
Oct 2013

So far, I feel like it is more lecture and less novel, but I will plod along. I had not seen your recommendation, but I just saw the book at the library and was intrigued. I do have a feeling that there is a little too much truth in the book to be comfortable.

I will check back later with my thoughts after I get into it, or finish it.

 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
7. There is far too much lecture.
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 10:09 PM
Oct 2013

You're right about that. But stick with it, because he does a nice job of projecting a couple of decades into the future.

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