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I think you are 100% right in that if the Rapture/Tribulation actually went down, it would be a lot like it is described in the book, and not at all nice.
I have read a lot of books that are violent, gory, and profane, but this one just made me feel kinda, I don’t know, icky.
When I was done, I realized that I was in possession of a book that I could not loan out to anyone. Any religious friends would be horrified, and the non religious friends would think I was crazy.
And I am very excited to read your link, when you post it. Thanks.
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http://www.barbelith.com/topic.php?id=12064
The thread ends with a promise to continue but it never does. Caldwell really explains a lot in very little space on the thread.
Btw, read the reviews on Amazon. Your reaction is not alone, nor is mine.
eleanorigby on these boards has really lambasted the book. I’ll do a search for her comments.
Other “unique” takes on the Rapture-
the forementioned “Christ Clone Trilogy” by James BeauSeigneur, written so that the Rapture is not as obvious as a “mass disappearance” and the heroes & villians also are not as obvious;
THE DEAD by Mark Rogers, in which the truly virtuous (perhaps of any faith) are taken, and those left behind face an army of demonized cannibal-zombies led by Legion, who seems to be the AntiChrist. It sounds ridiculous but Rogers makes it work;
the Michael Tolkin movie THE RAPTURE, starring Mimi Rogers and David Duchovny-
a total gut punch;
and as long as I’m mentioning movies- a series which started in the early 70s and was completed in the early 80s (ALTHOUGH they are wanting to make a new one)-A THIEF IN THE NIGHT and the sequels A DISTANT THUNDER, IMAGE OF THE BEAST and PRODIGAL PLANET. Raw, amateurish & yet packed with a sincerity & primal intensity that the slick packaged LEFT BEHIND films can’t match. If you can only see one, A DISTANT THUNDER is probably the best;
and now that I’m on a roll, a series of movies done by the same people who made LEFT BEHIND but MUCH better- the poor beginning APOCALYPSE, and the kickass sequels REVELATION (with Jeff Fahey and Carol Alt), TRIBULATION (Gary Busey, Margot Kidder & believe it or not Howie Mandel), and JUDGMENT (Corbin Bernsen and Mr. T), the latter three also starring Nick Mancuso as Franco Maccalusso, the greatest movie AntiChrist ever (tho Michael York’s Thorn Alexander of the really bad OMEGA CODE and the much superior MEGIDDO has his moment.)
Can you tell I’m a connoiseur of this stuff?
