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I've just finished Damnation Alley, a short novel by Roger Zelazny. A movie version, which I haven't seen, came out in 1977. In the novel a nuclear war has left much of the former United States a dangerous wasteland. A bikie is made to transport a plague cure from California to Boston. The story is obviously the inspiration of the storyline "The Cursed Earth" from the Judge Dredd series, which I think I already knew. In addition it looks to me like the hero, Hell Tanner, was possibly the model for Snake Plissken from Escape from New York.
Just started reading The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon. So far, I'm enjoying this strange mix of alternative history and police procedural.
Rob Staeger said:Just started reading The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon. So far, I'm enjoying this strange mix of alternative history and police procedural.
That's a good one. I keep hoping that, when the Coen brothers do the movie, they'll film it in Yiddish with English subtitles...but I'm not holding my breath.
Alan M. said:Rob Staeger said:Just started reading The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon. So far, I'm enjoying this strange mix of alternative history and police procedural.
That's a good one. I keep hoping that, when the Coen brothers do the movie, they'll film it in Yiddish with English subtitles...but I'm not holding my breath.
Oh, tight -- I'd forgotten the Coens were slated to adapt it. I guess that'll be after their remake of True Grit?