James Van Pelt
Author of Summer of the Apocalypse
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Works by James Van Pelt
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 45, No. 9 & 10 [September/October 2021] (2021) — Contributor — 6 copies
How Music Begins 5 copies
Solace 4 copies
The Long Way Home 3 copies
The Inn at Mount Either 3 copies
A Flock of Birds {short story} 3 copies
The Turkey Raptor — Author — 2 copies
Just Before Recess 2 copies
Mrs. Hatcher's Evaluation 2 copies
"Lashawnda at the End" 2 copies
The Ice-Cream Man 2 copies
Weaponized Ghosts of the 96th Infantry [short story] — Author — 1 copy
The Bahnhof Drive-in 1 copy
The Waylost Café 1 copy
The Stars Underfoot [short story] — Author — 1 copy
Friday, After the Game 1 copy
A Flock of Birds 1 copy
Seeapp 1 copy
Christmas Stalking 1 copy
Three Paintings 1 copy
Values Vision and Mission 1 copy
Deathlehem 1 copy
Parallel Highways 1 copy
O Tannenbaum 1 copy
Origin of the Species 1 copy
The Safety of the Herd 1 copy
Perceptual Set 1 copy
Road's End [short fiction] 1 copy
Associated Works
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 47, No. 7 & 8 [July/August 2023] — Contributor — 6 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 43, No. 11 & 12 [November/December 2019] (2019) — Contributor — 5 copies
Analog Science Fiction and Fact: Vol. CXL, Nos. 9 & 10 (September/October 2020) (2020) — Contributor — 5 copies
Diabolical Plots: Year Four (Diabolical Plots Anthology Series Book 3) — Contributor — 1 copy
Daily Science Fiction: May 2020 — Contributor — 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1954
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Akron, Ohio, USA
- Places of residence
- Colorado, USA
- Organizations
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
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Summer of the Apocalypse by James Van Pelt
Very competent fall-of-the-civilization novel. It's structured into two parallel stories told in alternating chapters, one during the fall of human civilization due to a devastating epidemic, and another sixty years later, when stories about the civilization seem myths. The main character is the same in both threads: in the first as a teenager and in the second as an old man. Well-written, but I found it a bit depressing and joyless. I still enjoyed it, but I was just not in the right mood for it. It's not the novel's fault, to be fair.… (more)
This short dystopian novel anticipated the Covid pandemic by fourteen years. It’s a thoughtful story, told throughout via shifts between the time of a pandemic and the remnant of society sixty years later. I appreciated it being set in an area I know very well. It also conveys a strong moral about our environment and connection to it, without turning to polemic.
What will happen when civilization falls? If you're lucky, you'll survive. Or would you be lucky? Looting and disease, poisons in the air and water, from all the containment broken and leaking.
This book made me miss my mom and dad. When the past is gone, it's only alive in your memories. When you're gone . . .
This book made me miss my mom and dad. When the past is gone, it's only alive in your memories. When you're gone . . .
Somewhere between and adult and young adult adventure novel. Great plot and well told.
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