Re: Books that changed my life - Tell me more!
I want to remind people about a surreal, post-apocalyptic, end-of-the-world book that i have just re-read.
It's "ON THE BEACH" by NEVILLE SHUTE
Written in 1957, it is horrifyingly relevant now. It left me dazed.
The book concerns the aftermath of a nuclear war, when the world slowly dies, latitude by latitude, of radiation sickness, as the radiation dusts sweeps southwards into the southern hemisphere following a devastating war in the northern hemisphere. The absurdity of war, and the stupidity of people that could have changed the outcome.
As i finished the book, i looked around and saw the world slightly differently, as if i was viewing the world through eyes that realised the pointlessness of all the worries we have, day to day, how we all die, eventually, and we should stop being fearful of everything.
I looked at the people on the London Underground, faces etched with worry, can i make this meeting on time?, will my boss fire me?, will my girlfriend leave me? Why the worry? Whats the worst that could happen?
As David Icke once said "Freedom is when you have nothing left to lose"....
Live life now, today....there is no time left. Change, NOW.
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