This author has a deep and abiding faith in the idea that her reading demographic will instantly and immediately recognize “EMP” as meaning Electro-Magnetic Pulse, rather than Endless Meandering Prose?
Gimme a break. An EMP is not, generally, apocalyptic. I mean, sure, if you drop a bajillion nukes, it would be, but an EMP in and of itself is NOT apocalyptic. For a teenager, sure–their cellphones wouldn’t work for a few minutes. But after that? NOPE.
If someone had a real. live, developed EMP “weapon,” yes, but the EMP that is generated by other explosive, etc. devices won’t do that. The kind of EMP devices or weapons that exist today. The two types are nuclear and non-nuclear.
To make a “massive” EMP, one that would do what you are thinking, a nuke has to be detonated at an extremely high altitude–which would all by itself, be pretty damned apocalyptic.
Ground-level nukes issue extremely weak EMP. And AFAIK, there is no confirmed intelligence about a big-scale “EMP weapon” existing at this time. Both China and NK are “working on it,” but intelligence indicates that what they’re doing would be about the level fo a ground-detonated Nuke–not what you’re thinking.
Not trying to be argumentative, but really, from what I’ve read, it’s just NOT that far along. The capacitor-type EMP are too large and bulky to really be readily deployed. There are real issues with this concept, from a weaponry standpoint, unless the bottom line is “Nuke detonated above 20K feet” or the like.
I was talking to an author who’s novel-in-progress involved all the major cities of the US being nuked and the protag escaping NYC to find refuge…in Canada. Because in his story, nuclear fallout was restrained by geopolitical borders. When I pointed out that didn’t make sense, he snapped back, “It doesn’t have to make sense! It’s fiction!”
Which seems to be the burgeoning-est sub genre for indie authors.
OMG, I told you guys my story like that, didn’t I? The author with the series of “murder mysteries” 7 of them) that weren’t, in fact, mysteries at all? The first one was, the rest were not.
One of them had terrorists seizing this Gold mine (this was freaking 2010, mind you!) to upset and disrupt the US, by…wait for it–wrecking The Gold Standard. I s**t thee not. In 20-bloody-ten. I told him, “the gold standard hasn’t been used since 1933.” His answer?
“It doesn’t matter, it’s ‘only’ a story.” I was freaking speechless. Gobsmacked.
BTW, that was my LAST, ever, editing job. I just couldn’t take it any longer after that one. He also didn’t want to pay for actual “editing.” He thought that editing=proofreading, despite the fact that I found countless sequencing issues, time issues, and on and on and on. He killed off any desire I had remaining to continue to do edits (and from what I’ve seen, in the ensuing 13 years, none too soon, really…)
Are they fighting each other (by ignoring each other)? Or are they fighting to find a new home after the old one was destroyed by an EMP?
Or are these just two bored people who got sick of the whole series?
red
1 year ago
Judging by the way they are stuck together, there must be some kind of magnetic something-or-other going on.
They look like they are fighting for the car, silverware, TV, and stereo, too.
This author has a deep and abiding faith in the idea that her reading demographic will instantly and immediately recognize “EMP” as meaning Electro-Magnetic Pulse, rather than Endless Meandering Prose?
To be fair, “EMP post-apocalyptic” is a burgeoning subgenre for indie authors.
Gimme a break. An EMP is not, generally, apocalyptic. I mean, sure, if you drop a bajillion nukes, it would be, but an EMP in and of itself is NOT apocalyptic. For a teenager, sure–their cellphones wouldn’t work for a few minutes. But after that? NOPE.
Beg to differ. EMP weapons are designed to fry electronics permanently — that would be pretty damned apocalyptic
If someone had a real. live, developed EMP “weapon,” yes, but the EMP that is generated by other explosive, etc. devices won’t do that. The kind of EMP devices or weapons that exist today. The two types are nuclear and non-nuclear.
To make a “massive” EMP, one that would do what you are thinking, a nuke has to be detonated at an extremely high altitude–which would all by itself, be pretty damned apocalyptic.
Ground-level nukes issue extremely weak EMP. And AFAIK, there is no confirmed intelligence about a big-scale “EMP weapon” existing at this time. Both China and NK are “working on it,” but intelligence indicates that what they’re doing would be about the level fo a ground-detonated Nuke–not what you’re thinking.
Not trying to be argumentative, but really, from what I’ve read, it’s just NOT that far along. The capacitor-type EMP are too large and bulky to really be readily deployed. There are real issues with this concept, from a weaponry standpoint, unless the bottom line is “Nuke detonated above 20K feet” or the like.
Look at it this way: It’s a better (and more realistic) indie subgenre than “lit RPG.”
LOL, okay, I’ll give ya that one!
I was talking to an author who’s novel-in-progress involved all the major cities of the US being nuked and the protag escaping NYC to find refuge…in Canada. Because in his story, nuclear fallout was restrained by geopolitical borders. When I pointed out that didn’t make sense, he snapped back, “It doesn’t have to make sense! It’s fiction!”
Which seems to be the burgeoning-est sub genre for indie authors.
How long, O Lord?
OMG, I told you guys my story like that, didn’t I? The author with the series of “murder mysteries” 7 of them) that weren’t, in fact, mysteries at all? The first one was, the rest were not.
One of them had terrorists seizing this Gold mine (this was freaking 2010, mind you!) to upset and disrupt the US, by…wait for it–wrecking The Gold Standard. I s**t thee not. In 20-bloody-ten. I told him, “the gold standard hasn’t been used since 1933.” His answer?
“It doesn’t matter, it’s ‘only’ a story.” I was freaking speechless. Gobsmacked.
BTW, that was my LAST, ever, editing job. I just couldn’t take it any longer after that one. He also didn’t want to pay for actual “editing.” He thought that editing=proofreading, despite the fact that I found countless sequencing issues, time issues, and on and on and on. He killed off any desire I had remaining to continue to do edits (and from what I’ve seen, in the ensuing 13 years, none too soon, really…)
And to kvetch some more, EVERY cross-over genre or sub-genre appears to be a burgeoning area for Indies. 🙂
Are they fighting each other (by ignoring each other)? Or are they fighting to find a new home after the old one was destroyed by an EMP?
Or are these just two bored people who got sick of the whole series?
Judging by the way they are stuck together, there must be some kind of magnetic something-or-other going on.
They look like they are fighting for the car, silverware, TV, and stereo, too.