Pulling Through [Paperback]

Dean Ing (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Ace (January 1, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0441690513
• ISBN-13: 978-0441690510
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,110,182 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Learn while your entertained!, December 29, 2004

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J. D. Worth (Sioux Falls, S. D. , USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pulling Through (Paperback)

Not too many authors can involve you in a very entertaining story and teach you about survival all at the same time. Written when the threat of nuclear death was very real, Dean Ing takes the reader through the basics of surviving that situation with interesting characters, interesting settings, and fun equipment. Oh, one tidbit of real life info...Dean actually built that Lotus (not with the hover ability.) Building cars, from the frame up, was a hobby of his. (12/04)

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This should be in everyone's permanent collection!, January 7, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Pulling Through (Paperback)

Not Ing's absolute best work, but still a keeper. The novella that comprises the first half of the book is tautly written, often wryly amusing, and a painless way to learn about the many, many ways you can fail to survive a real disaster. His novella's premise of the start of a nuclear war is less likely to happen now than when this was written -- but many of the same techniques that the characters use to save themselves can and probably should be used to protect yourself in the event of a "dirty" bomb in your vicinity, or other similar unpleasantness. I have recommended this book to many friends, and I think everyone should have a copy in their home library.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great How-to and story, September 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Pulling Through (Paperback)

Pulling Through has 2 parts--the first part is a fictional story depicting what would most probably happen in the event of a nuclear was (a much more likely event when it was written rather than now) and the problems people might face. The second part gives very practical information on how to plan for such an event and how to make/get some very useful tools. Useful for showing what might happen in other types of disasters as well (tsunamis, etc.). Not his best work, but still a good, well-written, entertaining story-with-a-purpose.