[mhardy6647]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Shifting gears a bit, any of you ever read the book "Warday" by Whitley Strieber & James Kunetka ? It was a novel about events that took place about 5 years after a Soviet strike. They got New York & DC, the missile bases in the Dakotas, & San Antonio- but the South & California were pretty much spared. The most damage was NOT caused by the bombs as much as it was by the EFFECTS of the bombs- EMP damage rendered most electronic devices useless, except tube stuff, there were weird new diseases, the Japanese pretty much ran what was left of the western US, while Great Britain ran the East, lots of famines, etc. It was told in a semi-documentary fashion & it was obvious the authors had done their homework, which made the book even more chiiling. It came out in '83, & was set in '93.

Sounds like the first book of a "California trilogy" written by SF writer Kim Stanley Robinson. The first book was called The Wild Shore. The others are The Gold Coast and Pacific Edge