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Living in the Long Emergency: Global Crisis, the Failure of the Futurists, and the Early Adapters Who Are Showing Us the Way Forward Hardcover – March 3, 2020

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Forget the speculation of pundits and media personalities. For anyone asking "Now what?" the answer is out there. You just have to know where to look.

In his 2005 book, The Long Emergency, James Howard Kunstler described the global predicaments that would pitch the USA into political and economic turmoil in the 21st century—the end of affordable oil, climate irregularities, and flagging economic growth, to name a few. Now, he returns with a book that takes an up-close-and-personal approach to how real people are living now—surviving The Long Emergency as it happens.

Through his popular blog, Clusterf*ck Nation, Kunstler has had the opportunity to connect with people from across the country. They've shared their stories with him—sometimes over years of correspondence—and in Living in the Long Emergency: Global Crisis, the Failure of the Futurists, and the Early Adapters Who Are Showing Us the Way Forward, he shares them with us, offering an eye-opening and unprecedented look at what's really going on "out there" in the US—and beyond.

Kunstler also delves deep into his past predictions, comparing and contrastingt hem with the way things have unfolded with unflinching honesty. Further, he turns an eye to what's ahead, laying out the strategies that will help all of us as we navigate this new world.

With personal accounts from a Vermont baker, homesteaders, a building contractor in the Baltimore ghetto, a white nationalist, and many more, Living in the Long Emergency is a unique and timely exploration of how the lives of everyday Americans are being transformed, for better and for worse, and what these stories tell us both about the future and about human perseverance.

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"Kunstler, author of 19 previous works, including The World Made by Hand series of speculative post-collapse novels in which he ingeniously imagines a what-if future US, is a master storyteller whether he's writing fiction or nonfiction . . . Kunstler chronicles the issues and all that's at stake with journalistic skill and energy."

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"You won't find a better, more concise summary of what's really happening, the predicaments we face, and real-life examples of how ordinary people are responding. Optimism for the future begins with the awareness that things cannot continue as they have been. This book jumps that hurdle, and explores the past, the present, and the future in a way that is ultimately and surprisingly optimistic."

—Chris Martenson, author of The Crash Course and blogger at Peakprosperity.com

"Kunstler possesses the alchemy of describing a comprehensive disaster with a light touch. This is that rare, book on the future that is entertaining to the last page. The impression is that, along with the troubles, a more pleasant way to live will gradually emerge."

—Andres Duany, author of Suburban Nation

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“Kunstler, author of 19 previous works, including The World Made by Hand series of speculative post-collapse novels in which he ingeniously imagines a what-if future US, is a master storyteller whether he's writing fiction or nonfiction . . . Kunstler chronicles the issues and all that's at stake with journalistic skill and energy.”

—Booklist

“You won’t find a better, more concise summary of what’s really happening, the predicaments we face, and real-life examples of how ordinary people are responding. Optimism for the future begins with the awareness that things cannot continue as they have been. This book jumps that hurdle, and explores the past, the present, and the future in a way that is ultimately and surprisingly optimistic.”

—Chris Martenson, author of The Crash Course and blogger at Peakprosperity.com

“Kunstler possesses the alchemy of describing a comprehensive disaster with a light touch. This is that rare, book on the future that is entertaining to the last page. The impression is that, along with the troubles, a more pleasant way to live will gradually emerge.”

—Andres Duany, author of Suburban Nation

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ BenBella Books; Illustrated edition (March 3, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1948836939
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1948836937
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1 x 9.31 inches

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James Howard Kunstler is probably best known as the author of "The Long Emergency" (The Atlantic Monthly Press 2005), and "The Geography of Nowhere" (Simon and Schuster, 1993). Two other non-fiction titles in that series are "Home From Nowhere" (Simon and Schuster, 1996), and "The City in Mind" (Simon and Schuster, 2002). He's also the author of many novels, including his tale of the post-oil American future, "World Made By Hand" (The Atlantic Monthly press, 2008) and its three sequels. His shorter work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic Monthly, Metropolis, Rolling Stone, Playboy, and many other periodicals.

James Howard Kunstler was born in New York City in 1948. He attended New York's High School of Music and art and SUNY Brockport (BA, Theater, 1971). He was a reporter for the Boston Phoenix, the Albany Knickerbocker News, and later an editor with Rolling Stone Magazine. In 1975 he dropped out of corporate journalism to write books, and settled in Saratoga Springs, New York. He now lives in nearby Washington County, N.Y., the setting of his "World Made By Hand" series.

Kunstler's popular blog, Clusterf**k Nation, is published every Monday morning at www.kunstler.com and his podcast, The KunstlerCast, is refreshed once per month.

Kunstler is also a serious professional painter. His work may be seen at www.kunstler.com

Find JHK on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/JamesHowardKunstler

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Dr. Coyote

This is the book you need to read, right now.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 11, 2020

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Over the past fifteen years, Jim Kunstler has written a series of books dealing with cultural, political, economic, and ecological declines. Here is the latest non-fiction installment, which addresses (1) how some of the previous predictions are turning out and why some of them haven’t quite yet, (2) how some people are coping with this changing world where a normal job is increasingly the exception, and (3) what’s happening now and what is likely in the near future. Not surprisingly, these correspond to the three major sections of this book, followed by a personal update that would have fit well in the second section were it not autobiographical.

It’s good, very good. Take it as food for thought, not prophecy. Make up your own mind, but even where you may disagree with Kunstler’s views on things, they are at least informative and thought provoking. As with any current affairs type work, it may not be a great tome for the ages, but it does have relevance for the here and now.

Finally, I have to say that it’s a strangely uplifting read, if only to see that I’m not the only one having difficulties these past few years. Ever since right around getting run rump over kettle by Katrina in 2005, something has felt not quite right in the world. Call it the Era of the Continuing Resolution, call it a Fourth Turning, call it mid-east war fatigue, call it skepticism over QE #N; it all amounts to the same thing. The wheels have not yet come off, but what’s that shimmy, and what’s that weird noise? Like a blues record on a bad day, it’s good to hear that other people are feeling these things too.

Well hurry up and get reading. Between covid-19 stalking the land and the current political situation, this roadmap has hit the bookstores just in time.

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J. M Ullman

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 6, 2021

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Well first of all, you should read the long emergency first. This book is a sequel where he uses the retrospective scope to look at his predictions and figure out what “went wrong“. First of all, this guy can write. He’s gripping. I read his blog and it’s one of the few things that keeps me sane now. Second, although I would like to disagree with him on some issues, I think he’s dead on about most stuff. Even if the world doesn’t collapse the issues need to be addressed. The book is interesting in that there are two sectionsThat book and a series of interviews with people who are already making the adjustments. I don’t think they really serve much, they’re interesting anecdotes, and it’s kind of interesting because almost all of them seem to come from some sort of broken backgrounds. Maybe it was just chance, but it raise my eyebrows. There are many other books for how to adjust but what counselor has done is really articulate the time bomb it’s out there. One thing that he doesn’t do which I would like him to address at least in his blog if he hasn’t already is how coal and natural gas may play into our need for fossil fuels and pieck oil.

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Pam Free

Very realistic view given the beliefs that he holds

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 9, 2021

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I found the book very informative. Being a boomer with many skills and talents, I have always wondered how my grandchildren would make it in a downturn. So I totally agree with a lot of what he says.
I have often wondered why the life I've had has been so fortunate. Now I know it was because of cheap oil. All our affluence is based on that.

I've also wondered why everyone expects more growth on a finite planet. Having been redpilled several years ago, I now know it is because the crooks who run things have to keep skiving or it will all fall apart, as we see now.

I enjoyed reading the stories of the people who he sees as a success in the new world but they seem to be working their butts off to stay in the same place.

My own view of the future is more optimistic. I expect Trump and the white hats to take our country back from the crooks, bring out the free energy that the crooks have hidden for years, and bring common sense to government. We'll know the answer to that in the next few months.

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G. Bagakis

Living in the Long Emergency--a reaction

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 5, 2020

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I read Kunstler’s book “A World Made by Hand” a couple of years ago. He taught me and scared me about the desperation we face as our society runs out of oil. I recently read “Living in the Long Emergency,” and he scared the hell out of me again. The book was divided into three parts. In part one he nicely summarized and updated the issue of peak oil. These two chapters are important reading. In part two he presented us with stories (7 chapters) of adapters, people who are preparing for the dystopian future. This section focused on the lifestyles and personalities of his early adapters. In part three called “Now What…?” I was again caught up in Kunstler’s prose and warnings. Chapters 10 through13 were important to read and re-read. (I wish he had given us footnotes) especially for chapter 13. But when I came to chapter 14 “Politics: Jacobins Awokening” I was presented with broad, sweeping attacks on the system, many of which I agree with, but he did so using vague, dismissive rhetoric, and no documented evidence, mostly attacking the democrats, who he claimed, “adopted many of the Jacobin’s beliefs and methods”, and what he calls “leftists.” He provided little equivalent criticism of the horrendous Trump authoritarian policies and actions -- I really needed footnotes. I felt that in this chapter Kunstler almost gave me an Alt-right history. Chapter 15: “Cultural Notes: Fumbling Toward Kafka’s Castle” felt like a screed against social solidarity, progressive thinkers, Bernie, and the new congress people. He advocates the old conservative myth that “we are individuals, with the awesome responsibility to take care of our own lives within the framework of agreed-upon standards of decent behavior.” He also doesn’t recognize where the culture he criticizes came from (capitalism). He talks about many of the symptoms of capitalism but doesn’t connect them to the design and values of the capitalist system itself.

In conclusion, I pay attention to Kunstler’s work because of his ability to combine science, technology, economics, finance, politics, and social change. There is a very appealing informal sense to Kunstler’s writing, but the last two short chapters and the broad sweeping misanthropic attacks scare me and make me wonder about the validity of the earlier chapters. Is he a survivalist focusing on individual actions? Is he a conservative/libertarian criticizing liberals and leftists and socialists?

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Charles F.

A truly great, if not a comforting read.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 11, 2020

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An absolutely brilliant, epic work for our times and challenges in this, the “winter of our discontent”. It has positive messages of hope, urging us on to acquire useful skills and self-reliance as the prevailing order around us crumbles and disintegrates. This book is Very well written, moving, exhilarating and of penetrating insight. It is a great read crafted by a brilliant human being. I heartily recommend it to any and all thinking people, as well as to the rest of us. JHK is a master at correlating the data that reveal the heap of trouble facing the human race and the ecosystem. He delivers a stern prognosis with empathy and humour. I love this book!

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Stephen Goldie

Brilliant! Kunstler at his best!

Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on December 4, 2020

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Just as much of "The Long Emergency" comes, painfully true before our very eyes, James Kunstler provides us with more to despair of, and a little to hope for. A call to action before it is too late.

Juan Frutos

Muy interesante. Un asunto de crucial importancia.

Reviewed in Spain 🇪🇸 on September 2, 2022

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Excelente autor. Tema de crucial importancia

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