Anyone who lived in the Midwest in the early 90s such as myself will probably recognize the name Iben Browning. It was really the "massive earthquake levels the Midwest" that drew me more into the story than the rest of the story itself. Actually pretty relevant to how many things have turned out so far, which is just sort of spooky. It's not so futuristic now, is it? It's 2010, already ten years into Burton's story, and not that far off track really. Aftermath was published in 1997 and the subtitle calls this book A Novel of the Future. the government dissolves, leaving a continent of homeless refugees and armed militias. the economic and social fabric collapses in a second civil war. 2000-2019: The first African-American president-elect is assassinated. Let's just take a quick peek at the first paragraph of the dust jacket:Ī.D. In any case, I needed a book like Aftermath in my life, so I checked it out. Who knew he wrote a book? Apparently my brother did, though why he failed to share this knowledge with me is a serious issue that we may need to brawl about later. So it was surprising to me when recently I came across Aftermath in the library. It's sort of like LeVar Burton was everywhere in my life for a good chunk of my formative years. Somewhere around that time I also had to read Alex Haley's Roots for school leading up to that long period of time we spent watching the miniseries in class - because nothing says LEARNING like watching TV. ![]() Then later, after having outgrown Reading Rainbow, there were the years of Star Trek: Next Generation where Burton played Geordi LaForge, the blind guy with the banana clip over his eyes to help him see. And, okay, thank you Parental Units for letting us watch it and encouraging us to be readers. ![]() Thank you, PBS, for years of my childhood being devoted to that show. I'm pretty sure the reason I am the voracious reader that I am today can easily be traced back to LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow, which he hosted.
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