and my google-fu is very weak, since I can’t remember either the author OR the title. The author was on a talk show last year, so I know it’s very recent, but I am having no luck finding it. It wasn’t “The Road” - that’s about all I got. So, can you people who still remember things help me out?
And, on a somewhat related note, trailer for the movie “Book of Eli” with Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, and Mila Kunis. Looks interesting, if maybe a little light on plot and heavy on violence/blowing shit up.
How about Blindness by Jose Saramago? It came out over 10 years ago, but the film came out last year, so perhaps the author was back in the news because of that?
No, that’s not it, either. The Spanish name thing is driving me crazy now - the name is dancing around the edge of my brain. Maybe I’ll have to sleep on it.
I know the author name doesn’t work with your memory, but could it be the Change series by S.M. Stirling? The most recent book, Sword of the Lady, just came out in August, if I recall correctly.
I’ve nothing at all productive to contribute to this thread, just wanted to add a resounding “oh hell yes” for The Book of Eli.
ETA. I must now also read The Strain. Like I didn’t have enough to do already. Thanks a lot guys.
Heh - post-apocalyptic (henceforth abbreviated PA) fiction is my favourite brand of sci-fi, and I found “A Canticle…” a tedious slog. There was apparently something momentous going on with the book, but whatever it was, I completely missed it. One of my favourite PA books is the one with the robot Spofforth (“Mockingbird” by Walter Tevis); I’d like to see a movie made of that book, except they won’t because there would be too much story and not enough blowing shit up.