I really liked this. It had some pretty cool ideas for post-apocalypse societies, but I'll admit, I liked the truthful speakers the best. I got a little bored and distracted at Dr. Boots' List, which is a shame, because it ties in really well with the main story. I hope I didn't miss anything because of it. I very much liked the idea of Path, and the Filing System, and I was intrigued by the League of women. Quite interesting! ( )

Mil años después de la Tormenta, que ha destruido la sociedad industrial, los sobrevivientes se han dividido en comunidades aisladas, con sus propias y minúsculas culturas. En Belaire Pequeña viven los del Habla con Verdad, que practican una ética de franqueza total, un misticismo alimentado por intoxicantes, y un estilo serpeante de vida y conversación. Vecinos próximos son las gentes más reservadas y puritanas de la Lista de la doctora Botas, aficionadas a los gatos, y descendientes de una organización feminista que llegó a anunciar el fin del mundo.

Crowley, John. Engine Summer. 1979. Gollancz, 2013.
Engine Summer is set in a deep post-apocalyptic future in which a young man, Rush that Speaks, from an idyllic sustainable community sets out on a quest to reunite with his lover, Once A Day. He finds that his world is a stranger place than he imagines. Will he one day become an Angel, a being remembered only for his story? The style of the novel is self-consciously poetic. You have to be in the mood for something uplifting. 4 stars, if you are in such a mood. ( )

Rush That Speaks is a dweller in Little Belaire, a self-sufficient community of Truthful Speakers in a post-apocalyptic world. He leaves this inward-looking place to seek truth in the wider world, where he pieces together stories of the Angels and the Storm which overwhelmed their world. The post-apocalypse world is a mostly peaceful and strange one, with few inhabitants. I like that the attitudes of these inhabitants are very different to today's. It reminded me of the very end of Doris Lessing's 'Shikasta'. I really enjoyed the language of this book, and I dreamed about it. ( )

Sometimes I forget just how good science fiction can be when is not Cowboys in space. A post apocalypse world is what you have dropped into and then you journey deeper into it. I am always amazed by how simple this seems when it is done so well. You do not have to wade through page after page of boring description to get a very clear picture of the world in which you find yourself. Come to think of it, I have read lots of non-science fiction novels in which you have to wade through page after page of boring descriptions when they are talking about a world we know so well. If you don't read or have never read science fiction I'd recommend picking one up and giving it a go. ( )