The Unknown Writer: The Disaster Diaries

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Book Review: Audible.com version of Sam Sheridan's The Disaster Diaries

Sam Sheridan has a novel hiding in him, and I'll read it when he brings it out. But what makes this how-to guide different from everything else out there, is that the author took an idea of each aspect of what is most important to survival (of anything, really, up to and including a zombie apocalypse), and then went out and lived the aspect. He learned the stuff, instead of just researching it (which he also does). Then wrote about it, and did the writing very well. The subtitle of the book is How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypse, a good example of the humor throughout. The horrific aspects are covered dynamically, with humor, and the snippets of apocalyptic fiction woven into the narrative are well done and will surge your pulse. Dealing with the unthinkable is more than stocking food, or spraying a whole lot of bullets (yet these are covered comprehensively, as well), and Sam Sheridan hits every bull's eye. Donald Corren brought the text alive, applying cardio-shock paddles with verbal gusto, making all parts of the book read as interestingly as a novel. Great presentation, and great listen.

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Douglas Christian Larsen