Book: "The Last Light" by Alex Scarrow

[Revi]

You have to get this into the hands of somebody who can make a movie out of it. Who in Hollywood (or Bollywood) is into peak oil?

Maybe Leonardo DiCaprio. He had Heinberg in his recent eco-movie. Maybe he could make the first action peak oil movie!

It's worth a try. Send one to Richard Heinberg. He's in with the in crowd!

[alexscarrow]

Just emailed Richard Heinberg...we'll see if he comes back. Thanks for the suggestion, Revi.

[Revi]

I lent Last Light to another friend and he read it in two days also. It really is a ripping yarn. I think it would be a best seller if it made it to the US in big numbers. You just can't put it down.

I have to get it back, and lend it out to some other friends. I know they'll love it.

[Karlos4]

Alex, I read your book three weeks ago, and that's how I've discovered all this stuff about PO! It has not been printed in spanish yet -I got a copy in english- , but I guess it would be a great hit in Spain. I enjoyed it, and also has awaken me to a situation that, as most people, I did not consider until now.
Thanks for the read and for being my gate into the Peak Oil. Now I'm gathering information and, well, just beign prepared in case the worst comes.

[BigTex]

I'm glad this thread got bumped. I hadn't seen it before.

For anyone who has read both books, please compare Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" to "Last Light."

How about an electronic download for about $10?

I have been getting a lot of books this way lately and it seems like a win/win.

[kernull]

[video width=400 height=350]http://www.youtube.com/v/NvEwiUKAM4w[/video]

A trailer for Alex Scarrow's 2nd novel, a conspiracy thriller based around Peak Oil

dont you ppl see? this guys are making money on peak oil. and what are you doing? buying books?? yeah, keep spending!! same bucks invested in sugar will give you alcohol you need for cooking your food long time time

[BigTex]

Imagine that. A writer making money writing.

This is an important topic and fiction is a great way to familiarize people with the issues.

If you want to spend your money on stuff for your pantry, go right ahead.

[alexscarrow]

I am so very past caring about making any money at all out of this book. Really.

Since it came out last year in hardback, the world's gone very quickly downhill and I don't see us pulling out any time soon. So fine...call it what you want, kernull. If it was about making a buck as a writer a two or three years ago, it sure as hell isn't now.

[eXpat]

I really enjoyed your book Alex, and I hope that you made money enough of it, at least to get a nice place in the countryside. Cheers.

[Revi]

I wish you would get this book into the US more. I lent it to another friend and he is mesmerized. What a great way to get the peak oil message out there. Everyone I've lent it to has loved it.

As I said before, it would make a heck of a movie!

[Quinny]

Bought this book last week at local store here in the UK, it's now disappeared off the shelves. Not sold out (there's no trace of it).

At the same time Gordon Brown has issued 3 announcements re food scarcity in the mainstream press over the last few weeks.

Think he might of read it, asked some questions and got scared??

[careinke]

I received my copy yesterday, (it was shipped from Germany!). I'm half way through it. Pretty good read except it is already behind some events. It talks about oil surging past $100 per barrel.

Cliff (Start a rEVOLution, grow a garden)

[alexscarrow]

If any of you are interested. I've just released another novel in (big release nationwide yesterday) called October Skies

Whilsts it's not a PO story, it's a chilling read. Here's the trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpKxDZWJMqI

Meanwhile, as I speak, I'm at work on a sequel to Last Light - which in itself Im finding to be quite deppressing.

I really need to write a happy-clappy book someday.

[Carlhole]

Man, I here that music everywhere. Who is it?

[eXpat]

Meanwhile, as I speak, I'm at work on a sequel to Last Light - which in itself Im finding to be quite deppressing.

I really need to write a happy-clappy book someday.

Excellent!!!!, you will have to hurry though...

[BigTex]

I read Last Light recently and thought it was awesome and terrifying.

You can't put it down. There are several tidbits that are really perceptive, like the husband who went into a psychological black hole the more time he spent studying peak oil and how his wife thought he was crazy, until...

Very nice effort.

[alexscarrow]

thank you.

It was somewhat autobiographical. You really can get quite down thinking about PO, and how utterly buggered we'd be if we carry on the way we are.

I'm working on the sequel right now...set 10 yrs after the events of LL; a mixture of pretty intense and grim stuff, and strangely, moments of bright optimism

[BigTex]

Aside from the subject matter, which I'm sure all of us here are happy to see in a work of fiction, you are a really good writer.

You've read "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy, I assume? You captured a bit of the bleakness and fear that he depicted.

The scene in the mall also reminded me a little of "Dawn of the Dead" (the original), even though your book didn't have zombies.

[Revi]

I just got my copy back from a friend. He had lent it to a friend who lent it to... you get the idea.

It is a great book to lend to those who think you are crazy to talk about peak oil so much.

I think I'll lend it to my sister. She always gives me a hard time about it.

[alexscarrow]

thanks for passing it around.

Point of interest....a UK film/TV production company have optioned the rights to Last Light. I for one would love to see a primetime movie on television with the subject of PO in the starring role. (Preferably my book....but any other tale on the subject would do)

Can you imagine the conversations around the watercooler the next day at work?