La Vie Boheme

Research and writing

Countdown to Apocalypse by Paul Halpern has some really interesting things to say about the end of the world. It's a little fluffy in places, and I'm certain the science is watered-down (enough so that I can go "hey, I get that!"), but he's covering all the bases, from Christian apocalypse to natural disaster to ecological crisis to cosmic disaster. Interestingly enough, he's very soothing about it all. "Here's a list of everything that could kill us all, and why it's a possibility. But everything's going to be okay!"

If nothing else, I've gotten shreds of plot out of this and a pile of world building ideas--and I'm only halfway through the book. Granted, I doubt the upcoming sections on nuclear war are going to be of much use to me but...