Okay, I have some funds left on my Amazon account. (gotta love those gift cards!)
Want to buy a book...not an e-book, a real, hold in my hands, turn the pages book.
Going to pick one of these...but only one. The others I will get as budget allows, probably within 6 months.
Which one would you get first?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0735220158/?coliid=I2RWFVKSAB7R6N&colid=2FFC0SMY4NTG&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0735220158/?coliid=I2RWFVKSAB7R6N&colid=2FFC0SMY4NTG&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143127047/?coliid=IPYAWIHS2BWUD&colid=2FFC0SMY4NTG&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143127047/?coliid=IPYAWIHS2BWUD&colid=2FFC0SMY4NTG&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143124501/?coliid=I6159VLTYSTZD&colid=2FFC0SMY4NTG&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143124501/?coliid=I6159VLTYSTZD&colid=2FFC0SMY4NTG&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1616080612/?coliid=IWGLX1K4PQIE&colid=2FFC0SMY4NTG&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it (https://www.amazon.com/dp/1616080612/?coliid=IWGLX1K4PQIE&colid=2FFC0SMY4NTG&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it)
I've got a book list that goes on for days, lol. But I want to add to my self reliance library right now.
Don't bother with "The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm".
I bought it and was really disappointed. It doesn't actually give you the information you need. It just tells you to build a library showing how to actually do X, Y, & Z because that technology is really useful. Think of it as a starter document to guide your actual learning and future book purchases, not a source of information itself.
I don't know anything about the other three books. Two I found that are good for real-world urban/suburban survival are:
Tom Brown's Field Guide to City and Suburban Survival: https://amzn.to/3zCFmvc
When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need to Survive When Disaster Strikes: https://amzn.to/3eXPdUo
-Blast
Quote from: Blast on July 26, 2021, 11:48:35 AM
Don't bother with "The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm".
I bought it and was really disappointed. It doesn't actually give you the information you need. It just tells you to build a library showing how to actually do X, Y, & Z because that technology is really useful. Think of it as a starter document to guide your actual learning and future book purchases, not a source of information itself.
I don't know anything about the other three books. Two I found that are good for real-world urban/suburban survival are:
Tom Brown's Field Guide to City and Suburban Survival: https://amzn.to/3zCFmvc
When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need to Survive When Disaster Strikes: https://amzn.to/3eXPdUo
-Blast
Thanks! Will look at those.
edited to add: Dammit, now I have a bunch more books on my *gotta get* list!
Alas, Babylon , a fictional account of survival after an all out nuclear that decimates the world, was just mentioned to me by another ufozs-er, saying it looks like the 1959 father to ZS Mother Hen's fiction Mom's Journal of the Zombie Years. Her story had a strong impact on my learning to prep for a pandemic. btw- her story can be found off-ZS here (https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11759047/1/Journal-of-the-Zombie-Years)
Alas, Babylon looks to be as strong a teaching tool to me. I found it for free at this link he sent me (https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20160905). I just chose one of the links there that pulled it up on my Kindle, but I also found it on Amazon for $6.99+ tax.
Alas, Babylon has been a favorite of mine for many years, after having to read it in middle school English class (I used to have a copy of the video that my friends and I made, acting out the covered bridge ambush scene from the book!). It's overly-optimistic about surviving a nuclear war, but there are still some good points in it about putting together a group of people and figuring out how to get by.
One thing about my own preps that I'll blame on the book is the amount of .22LR ammo that I have...
Lambykins, I'm not sure what sort of book that you're looking for, but I pulled out The Disaster Diaries after you posted about it to refresh my memory (I hadn't read it in 5-6 years). The short version is that, after becoming a father, the author decides to learn what he'd need to do to survive some type of apocalyptic event (he uses a catastrophic earthquake as the thread to tie the book together) and then goes about learning various skills needed (physical fitness, medical, wilderness survival, weapons, etc.). It's not a book about how to do those things, but more of a discussion about the sort of skills which would be useful and why.
The sub-heading for the book title says it all: "One man's quest to learn everything necessary to survive the apocalypse."
Quote from: EBuff75 on July 27, 2021, 09:15:30 AMLambykins, I'm not sure what sort of book that you're looking for, but I pulled out The Disaster Diaries after you posted about it to refresh my memory (I hadn't read it in 5-6 years). The short version is that, after becoming a father, the author decides to learn what he'd need to do to survive some type of apocalyptic event (he uses a catastrophic earthquake as the thread to tie the book together) and then goes about learning various skills needed (physical fitness, medical, wilderness survival, weapons, etc.). It's not a book about how to do those things, but more of a discussion about the sort of skills which would be useful and why.
The sub-heading for the book title says it all: "One man's quest to learn everything necessary to survive the apocalypse."
Howdy again
@Lambykins. 😄
I just read
@EBuff75 post to you, googled "The Disaster Diaries", downloaded a Kindle sample to see what it reads like and find I to-o-o-otally support his recommendation to ya. LOL
@EBuff75 you're knocking it out of the ballpark. 😎
Can't tell you what to get first, but Amazon probably owes you a sales commission for that 1st book because I'm going to order a copy. If the cover is any indication, it'll be a hoot to read if nothing else. Thanks for putting it on my radar.
BTW, this is an excellent thread topic!