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THE FALL OF THE SHELL [Mass Market Paperback]

Paul O. Williams (Author)
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May 12, 1985
Eleven hundred years after the apocalyptic destruction of the United States of America, peace between the remaining warring tribes has finally been achieved. Despite this peace, the Pelbar stronghold Threerivers retains its secretive and reclusive ways, keeping its distance from the other remaining tribes and guarding against change. A strict matriarchy, Threerivers remains the most conservative Pelbar community under the unquestioned and unyielding rule of its leader, Udge.
 
Life in Threerivers continues without change until two young twin brothers, Brudoer and Gamwyn, accidentally initiate events that threaten the established order. The resulting chain of consequences sends Gamwyn on a quest to the far reaches of this postapocalyptic world. Within Threerivers, Brudoer’s imprisonment threatens the long-established matriarchal rule of the Pelbar stronghold.
 
The Fall of the Shell is the fourth book in the classic series of postapocalyptic novels about the people of Pelbar
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In addition to the Pelbar series, Paul O. Williams's (1935-2009) works include The Man from Far Cloud, Outside Robins Sing: Selected Haiku, The Nick of Time: Essays on Haiku Aesthetics, and several other books.
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  • Mass Market Paperback
  • Publisher: Del Rey (May 12, 1985)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0345325354
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345325358
  • Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,645,304 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting overlooked work of SF, June 4, 2003
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This is the fourth and central work of a series about the spiritual and technological rebirth of a future North America wrecked by nuclear war. Overtly the setting is straight after-the-bomb, but the construction of societies which each have their own strengths and weaknesses is nice, and the overall flow of the stories is well done.
This novel is the best of the series. Williams is a poor creator of setting and character, but the novel moves so gracefully through the plot that many readers will forgive him his failings. The title resonates over and over through events as symmatrical as the huge stone cities of the Pelbar, the one human society in central North America to have continued as an urban civilization.
As a literary engine, this is one of the finest fantastic stories I have ever read. Worth a try. If you like it, try the others.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Another great book by the author, December 15, 2010
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This author, better than any other I've ever read, has an ability to convey so much while saying so little. This book weighs in at 210 or so pages, but feels more like an epic journey. To put it mildly, Paul O. Williams is the exact opposite of Stephen King when it comes to brevity. While Mr. King may spend four pages describing the clothing someone has on, the sunlight as it filters through the trees, the thoughts the person had before standing up, sitting down, and standing back up again, Mr. Williams gets straight to the point and says all of that in one short, concise sentence. Far from taking away from the quality of the writing, I feel that it greatly enhances the story, which is why I read the books. I don't read to marvel at how great of a writer an author is, I read to be enraptured in a story. Mr. Williams succeeds at doing this. I am four books into this series, and I will definitely read to the end.
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HIGH in the curve of the Broad Tower of Threerivers, the southernmost of the three Pelbar cities on the Heart River, Bival stood with her hands behind her, looking out across the water. Read the first page
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message bird, two guardsmen, third cell, high night, folding knife
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Broad Tower, Lost One, High Tower, Central Committee, Jaiyan's Station, Judgment Room, Heart River, South Ocean, Tall Grass, Command Annon, Good Aven, Protector of Pelbarigan
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