Systemic Shock (book)

Systemic Shock by Dean Ing is the first novel in his Quantrill trilogy (the others being Wild Country and Single Combat) and is a science fiction thriller set in the mid-1990s. As the Soviet Union collapses, China and India join forces and launch a devastating nuclear attack on America.

Plot[]

The book is based around Ted Quantrill and his activities during the post-apocalyptic anarchy that followed the limited nuclear exchange that destroyed the major cities in the United States.

Reception[]

Greg Costikyan reviewed Systemic Shock in Ares Magazine #11 and commented that "The fact that the story is less than plausible does not distract from its value; Systemic Shock is still an interesting book, albeit not for the faint-hearted."^[1]

Reviews[]

• Review by Peter J. Andrews (1981) in Beyond, Fall 1981^[2]

See also[]

• Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
• Systemic shock

Notes[]

External links[]

• "Sub-Genre [sic] Spotlight: Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction". An overview of the subgenre at Internet Review of Science Fiction.
• Quiet Earth – A website dedicated to post apocalyptic media
• A Sense of an Ending: Take Shelter's Inconclusive Apocalypse – An article on contemporary apocalypse cinema at Alternate Takes

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