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10/10 'Now watch this drive' mate

I’m so glad you enjoyed Lamentation. I thought it might be right up your alley. Your reference to Chekhov’s gun is apt with respect to the subsequent books in the series, but maybe not how you expect. The world expands exponentially and in surprising directions that actually are foreshadowed very subtly in the first book. I agree with you on Lamentation’s weaknesses, but for a debut work by an author, it’s still very impressive IMO. Fortunately, many of the characters gain more depth and complexity (and make significant mistakes) as the series progresses. Isaak the servo is one of my favorites. Also, the worldbuilding adds some great reveals not typically found in epic fantasy.

Great vlog again!! The perfect jingle during the golf parts.. 👌 I read a few pages of The Long Tomorrow after the last CWN. Very American. 😆 Will read it later this year.

Love the thematic connection 🙂 You might get a lot of joy out of collaborative storytelling games where you can build a sci-fantasy post-apocalypse of your own. Dialect and Icarus are great games for this! Lots of creative energy and great memories.

You're amazing, Jimmy. Best reading vlogs in the game

My favourite part of this video was when he said “Ken Scholes must have been smoking bowls, and Leigh Brackett can’t hack it”

Dying earth, dwemer from Elder Scrolls and Fallout! Sold, I’ll definitively check out Lamentation. Themed videos is a great idea Jimmy.

I know I picked that Ken Scholes book up in a bookstore back in the day and have since completely forgotten that it existed but it sounds interesting. Gonna grab both of these even though I haven't finished a book in a couple months. Great vlog Jimmy

After I noticed you were reading The Long Tomorrow on Goodreads, I immediately read it and liked it. The unexpectedly good experience of Leigh Brackett’s book first time.

Golf B-roll! Loving it! Too bad you missed the birdie putt.

I love the character development, Jimmy. Never took you for a golfer but I should've known you'd have some cool layers to you - you're incredibly well written.

Excellent video. I had read book one so many years ago. Have had the remainder of the series on my TBR for just as long. I'm glad you reminded me of this series.

I have such a huge fascination for post apocalyptic stories. The idea of few survivors resetting and trying to build a new society is so appealing and grand whatever the story's scope. My favourite such story is the rebooted Battlestar Galactica show. I will definitely check the books you talk about!

A trickle down fantasy that the rest of us book tube plebians will eventually get some beneficial investment from? Yeesh, indeed! 🤣Great blog Jimmy!

I picked up The Long Tomorrow from this vlog! The way you described it reminded me of Z for Zachariah. Very much could be a YA book but still has plenty of elements for any reader

I have that Ken Scholes series on my shelves for years. I got them as they came out. Just need to read it. Lol

Have you read On the Beach by Nevil Shute? A bleak post-apocalyptic character study on how people deal with the inevitable. I reread it every couple years even though it’s a heavy read.

Post-apocalyptic is one of those subgenres that I always say I love but then never actually make the effort of picking up... gotta change that, I am highly intrigued by these books! Also, it's wild to me that I had never heard of Leigh Brackett before 🤯 Thanks for the fun vlog 🥰

Love this review! It’s great to see some authors mentioned that most of us aren’t familiar with!

I think I will like Lamentation, I'm going to keep an eye out for a copy. There is an audiobook for The Long Tomorrow but you technically have to be (legally) blind to get a copy. I am really glad you liked The Long Tomorrow. I was pretty sure you would. I thought it had a tone that would resonate with you. I think you are on to something with the Garden of Eden theory. The boys were making a choice to search for the tree of knowledge and they may have bitten off more than they can chew. Bracket has a quite a few books. She wrote the Eric John Stark series which is Planetary Romance(like John Carter of Mars). I have not read them but even with those she was treading new ground. She was writing about a black guy as the main character in the 1940s!(all of the cover artists ignored that and used white dudes until Paizo re-released the stories around 2009ish). I can highly recommend The Big Jump by Leigh Brackett. It is an even shorter novel and is this perfect blend of atomic age SF(think Fallout-lite before the apocalypse, no laser guns but there is space age tech), detective noir, and a dash of cosmic horror/existential dread. The dialogue is as good you would expect from Brackett and you get a fresh look at what she can do. She actually started off writing detective noir novels in the style of Raymond Chandler. I talk about it in my review of The Big Jump but at one point she was contacted to re-write the script for The Big Sleep(the Raymond Chandler novel was being adapted into a movie starring Humphrey Bogart). That is the screenplay she worked on with Faulkner. The director Howard Hawks asked his secretary to call in "this guy Brackkett" to help them clean up the screenplay. I bet he was shocked when a woman showed up 🤣. Great vlog and you are right about Bilbo being the🐐. Frodo ain't got nothing on him 😎.

Great video! I always enjoy hearing your insights on books, even when I have never heard of either of them. The Long Tomorrow sounds very cool, and I will be adding it to my list- Thanks Jimmy!

Know you got a stressful month, good luck jimmy! I just started my placement year and the training period has been really tiresome and kinda boring honestly so reading has been non existent. Thx for your content to give me moments to just settle down ❤

Thanks for covering these two. I haven’t heard of them before. Jimmy, since you’re a fan of the dying earth genre, how many of Jack Vance’s dying earth books have you read and what were your thoughts?

Love the video and the I-68 B-roll

I've never heard of these and I'm surprised. They both sound pretty cool and I'll add them to my TBR.

It's quite strange, I just realized I never specifically look for Post Apocalyptic books when I seem to actually enjoy lots of stories (books, games, shows, etc.) with this type of setting. This vlog sparked an interest in those two book, so thanks! I'll probably start with The Long Tomorrow since it's a stand-alone and I don't feel like starting a new series just yet. I've (finally) finished book 1 of the Terra Ignota series --which burned my synapses to a crisp as it's filled to the brim with philosophical, scientific and societal concepts 🥵-- and I'm still not sure how I feel about it (I feel like I loved many parts of it, yet it feels like I'm still trying to grasp what the hell I've been reading, ahah) and if I'll continue with book 2 right this moment ; also I'd like to (finally) start The Sun Eater series! I mean... I should at least read book one before buying all those hardcovers reprints that are incoming, no? haha. Love the Vlogs, they feel like cosy reviews and I'm all for it.

Per usual loved the vlog!

honestly just love how proud you look after hittin that GWB now watch this drive

Added The Long Tomorrow to my WTR! Love me some classic scifi.

Jimmy, you are still my favourite reviewer on KZfaq. Keep it up!

I often just have a negative sort of knee-jerk reaction to post apocalyptic fiction, even though I haven't read that much of it. This is because, from my very limited knowledge about the genre/sub-genre, I feel like it's often not done very well and generally don't really like post-apocalyptic earths for a number of reasons. However, in reality I absolutely love the idea of post-apocalyptic secondary world, at least conceptually, to the extent that I may at some point actually try to write a book in this category. It's interesting to hear your thoughts on these books. The Long Tomorrow sounds like an interesting concept and great book despite being a post-apocalyptic earth.

Well Jimmy, if/when we ever meet, we're gonna have to play a round of golf. Also, great video as always my friend!

I looked up Leigh Brackett and it looks like she finished a first draft of Empire Strikes Back shortly before her death. I've never even heard of her, I think I'll check out some of her stuff.

Why even read a book about the apocalypse? Just turn on the news

If you want any post apocalyptic books that arent mentioned a lot but still are solid check out Children of Men by PD James, Eternity Road by Jack McDevitt, Wolf and Iron by Gordon R Dickson, and Summer of the Apocalypse by James Van Pelt.

You completely sold me on this book. Are you familar with Vampire Hunter D? The series is not about the dystopian elements but it has a lot of the past/present tech/magic, post nuclear society themes you brought up with skyrim. Very entertaining video, thanks for the recommendation.

Bro when do we just get a full on Cribs episode where Jimmy shows us the rest of his house?

100% on Frodo

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WE MAKING IT OUT THE COUNTRY CLUB WITH THIS ONE!!!

The Long Tomorrow sounds interesting, and I'm disappointed it is not on audio

Check out "The Failures" by Benjamin Liar

I feel like a fake Bethesda fan, how have I never heard that theory about fallout and elder scrolls, I guess I know what video I’m watching next when I finish this one. Take care Jimmy!

Jimmy, have you ever played The Last of Us? It’s easily the best post apocalyptic story I’ve ever consumed (I still have to read The Road lol), and you might love it. (P.S the game is far superior to the game, so I would recommend playing the game instead of watching the show, if you can.)

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