[book_talk] The Dog Stars, Heller
- From: "Rosemarie Grayley" <rgrayley1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <book_talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:18:30 -0700
The Dog Stars,
By Peter Heller.
BARD.
The world has been decimated by a pandemic that has killed most people in
the U.S. and probably everywhere else as well. Hig and his dog Jasper fly
away from the Colorado city where Hig's wife and so many others have died.
They land at a small airport and stay. They have one neighbor, Bangley, who
has been living in his home near the airport and accepts them.
Nine years pass with caring for a garden, fishing, hunting for deer and elk,
maintaining the property and plane, and just going along with life -- their
new kind of life.
One day Hig hears an answer to his habitual call on his plane's radio that
might be coming from an airport, one beyond the distance his small Cessna
can fly to and return from. He decides to go to that airport even though he
may not be able to find fuel there to return.
This is the story of the day to day life of Hig and his neighbor, and of
Jasper the ever present friend who supervises the fishing. Then there's the
trip.
This is a fascinating picture of what the future could be like should a
monster pandemic were to strike the world. I didn't want to put the book
down. I've read maybe a dozen of this type of book over the years and didn't
care much for most of them. This one shoots right up to the top of the lot.
There is violence and action and kindness too. And "the dog stars"? It's
perfect.
Good reading,
Rosemarie
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