Reading: Daybreak 2250 A.D. by Andre Norton, Part Six

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One of the major reasons I have always liked Daybreak is because of the strong rebuilding theme. A great deal of apocalyptic fiction dwells on the destruction and the complete hopelessness of the situation the characters find themselves in. I find this to be extremely unpleasant, which is why I avoid stories that involve “no win” situations. (In my more depressive moods, I usually state that this is because no-win situations are too much like “real life.”) 

Once more returning to the argument with the gentleman concerning my intense dislike for Earth Abides, I was told I had failed to understand the underlying point of the book, which apparently involved how incredibly impossibly hard it would be to restore civilization. I was solemnly enjoined to re-read the book twenty years from now when presumably I would be a little smarter than I was, and therefore better able to understand the deep meaningfulness of not being able to restore civilization. Or something like that.

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