HOW WOULD YOU SURVIVE? In his fast-paced thriller about a world gone mad, Y2K: The Millennium Bug, Don L. Tiggre tells how a group of ordinary people survive when the machinery of modern life stops working.
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Y2K: The Millennium Bug is about fallible, human peoplenot about superheroes. Some are valiant and some are vile, but they all have to deal with their own problems in order to survive the chaos caused by the infamous year 2000 computer problem known as: The Millennium Bug!
Y2K: The Millennium Bug tracks the onset of the year 2000 and the results of the computer shut-downs, as seen by a number of characters with differing perspectives, education levels, and preparedness for disasters. Some people in America are more well prepared than others, and some take advantage of the collapse of law and order in order to pursue their own wicked impulses. Countries overseas have had their own Y2K problems, including Russia, where a series of cascading failures cause an accidental launch of a small number of nuclear missiles.
And then the situation starts getting really difficult!
This is not an end of the world story, but a chronicle of events surrounding a small set of people who end up brought together by the unraveling of societytriggered by wide-spread failures of critical computer systems at the beginning of the year 2000 (Y2K). Since there really is a Y2K problem with many computers, and the actual Y2K deadline is fast approaching, many references to real news stories, articles, books, and actual Y2K-related events have been incorporated into the story. Y2K depicts neither the best nor the worst case scenarioreaders are encouraged to educate themselves about the actual likelihood of problems in their lives if computers they depend on cannot handle dates in the year 2000.
This exciting and fast-paced book leaves the technical aspects of the Y2K computer problem to the computer experts who have already written on the subject. Y2K: The Millennium Bug focuses on what could happen to people like you or me, if we do not beat the Y2K deadline. Read it. Find out more about a problem that is very real in the world we live in, and decide how you are going to deal with the Millennium Bug! --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
About the Author
Don L. Tiggre is a freelance writer who specializes in political analysis. He is the proud father of three sons, partner to the infamous Internet activist Sunni Maravillosa, and founder of the Liberty Round Table (www.lrt.org).
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A very enjoyable read...,
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This review is from: Y2K: The Millennium Bug (Hardcover)
Robert Heinlein had one conspicuous flaw in his fiction: any character could, at any time, use the interjection "So?" as a complete sentence retort, and the tone conveyed was always that of Heinlein's own Show-Me State disdain for accepted truth. In Y2K: The Millennium Bug, Don L. Tiggre exhibits a similar shortcoming: any character can, at any time, speak or think in exclamation points, and the tone conveyed is usually that of Tiggre's own unbridled optimism coupled with his disbelief at the pervasiveness of conventional wisdom.But I have read many times over every word Heinlein wrote, and while Tiggre isn't his equal-- NO ONE is-- he has produced an exceptionally fine read, one worthy of any big-name storyteller. It is important to bear in mind that while the possible (and completely unknowable) outcome of the Y2K problem makes a fascinating backdrop for the novel, it is the story itself which is paramount. And a swell story it is, indeed.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Before it's time.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Y2K: The Millennium Bug (Paperback)
Tiggre does a good job with this fiction. Although the events in Y2K, never came to fruition; it is still an enjoyable read. My favorite character was Jared. His trip with his family across the nation was great. We all would do what we have to do in similar situations, regardless of our religious beliefs. Alot of the crisis' written in this book could still come true. Especially as regards Russia. I also highly recommend "Transfer: the end of the beginning," by Jerry Furland, amazon.com. It is a reality based vision into the next decade.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Buy This Book!!,
By hmorrell@ubmail.ubalt.edu (Baltimore, Md) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Y2K: The Millennium Bug (Paperback)
Y2K:The Millenium Bug succeeds on a number of levels - as a fast-paced adventure thriller, as a manual for dealing with disasters, and as a book that makes you think. The characters are believable, the plot realistic and interesting. What more can one ask for in a book? This one ranks right up there with Kings of the High Frontier, Cryptonomicon, and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress for pure readability. Buy this book!
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