The Attack by Kurt Schlichter

[jemhouston]

The Attack by Kurt Schlichter

Given what's happening on the borders, I'm hoping this will stay fiction.

The book concerns a three-day October 7 style attack on the US by Iran. It’s told from various people’s point of view five years after the attack similar in style to John Hackett’s The Third World War: August 1985.

The novel could subtitle FAFO.

Kurt Schlichter is a columnist at Townhall.com and for Fox News. His idea of subtle is 2x4 hitting the side of your head. He writes the same way.

The points of views pre-attack from the hawala money mover who moved the cash around, a cartel jefe who smuggled the terrorist in, one of the terrorists, and the Border Patrol agent who warned his bosses. Each day was covered, Day 1 mass casualty events, including a tech convention in SF, hospitals, and even a mass attack on the White House. Two Day were attacks in residential areas, including home grown radicals who helped with the attacks. Day three were infrastructure attacks, including oil refineries, transformers, forest fires, cyber, and an attack on Whitman Air Force Base.

The book also covered the US response to the attack. It also gave some hints how the US has changed post attack. I don’t think some of the US responses are likely.

All that said, once I finished the book, I did something I haven’t done since early Clancy, reread it.

[Lordroel]

The Attack by Kurt Schlichter

Given what's happening on the borders, I'm hoping this will stay fiction.

The book concerns a three-day October 7 style attack on the US by Iran. It’s told from various people’s point of view five years after the attack similar in style to John Hackett’s The Third World War: August 1985.

The novel could subtitle FAFO.

Kurt Schlichter is a columnist at Townhall.com and for Fox News. His idea of subtle is 2x4 hitting the side of your head. He writes the same way.

The points of views pre-attack from the hawala money mover who moved the cash around, a cartel jefe who smuggled the terrorist in, one of the terrorists, and the Border Patrol agent who warned his bosses. Each day was covered, Day 1 mass casualty events, including a tech convention in SF, hospitals, and even a mass attack on the White House. Two Day were attacks in residential areas, including home grown radicals who helped with the attacks. Day three were infrastructure attacks, including oil refineries, transformers, forest fires, cyber, and an attack on Whitman Air Force Base.

The book also covered the US response to the attack. It also gave some hints how the US has changed post attack. I don’t think some of the US responses are likely.

All that said, once I finished the book, I did something I haven’t done since early Clancy, reread it.

Reading a sample i see a World War Z version, except the zombies are terrorist.

[jemhouston]

That's the other example he used, but I never read World War Z. I decided not to mention it for that reason.

[Jotun]

I have had extremely bad reading experiences with the novels of a number of ultra-conservative US authors, so I shall do a bit more research before potentially committing to reading this.

Before you ask, the worst by far was Kratman. But the others were nearly as bad.
Amusing side note, I once criticized Kratman's writing on Quora, and he a) called me a Nazi (seemed a bit like projection) and b) reported me (successfully) to the moderators and thus my post was deleted.

[jemhouston]

If you have Kindleunlimited, you can read it for free.

If you want to read it, in the US, we have Half Price Books. Check in a few months to see if they have it.

I read his Kelly Turnbull series and the last few, while enjoyable, not quite as good as the earlier books.

[Belushi TD]

I have had extremely bad reading experiences with the novels of a number of ultra-conservative US authors, so I shall do a bit more research before potentially committing to reading this.

Before you ask, the worst by far was Kratman. But the others were nearly as bad.
Amusing side note, I once criticized Kratman's writing on Quora, and he a) called me a Nazi (seemed a bit like projection) and b) reported me (successfully) to the moderators and thus my post was deleted.

I seem to recall that back in the early days, Kratman was (briefly) a member here. I think either before my time, or during one of my periodic absences due to work. He managed to get himself booted badly enough that, as I understand it, Stuart did not believe he had ever actually served in the military.

Others can probably give more information than I can.

Belushi TD

[Rocket J Squrriel]

I have had extremely bad reading experiences with the novels of a number of ultra-conservative US authors, so I shall do a bit more research before potentially committing to reading this.

Before you ask, the worst by far was Kratman. But the others were nearly as bad.
Amusing side note, I once criticized Kratman's writing on Quora, and he a) called me a Nazi (seemed a bit like projection) and b) reported me (successfully) to the moderators and thus my post was deleted.

I seem to recall that back in the early days, Kratman was (briefly) a member here. I think either before my time, or during one of my periodic absences due to work. He managed to get himself booted badly enough that, as I understand it, Stuart did not believe he had ever actually served in the military.

Others can probably give more information than I can.

Belushi TD

If you do a search for him his short time here was discussed.

[Simon Darkshade]

I think we’ve covered Mr. Kratman recently in another thread where I gave my fairly strong recollection; a simple search will suffice there.

The other bottom of the barrel ‘novels’ by ultras that I’ve wished I never read are Jeff Head’s Dragon’s Fury and ‘Behold, an Ashen Horse’ by Lee Boyland. The latter includes such gems as an entire chapter copied from Wikipedia; a British Prime Minister named Neville Chamberlain who cowers under his desk at the sound of B-52s en route to the Middle East; Prince Harry as a neo con action hero planning a coup; concentration camps for liberals; extraordinarily poor editing even for a self published trilogy; and blatant astroturfing on Amazon reviews, where the author would joust with any who questioned his masterpiece.

Like Jotun, that record arouses in me a certain degree of cautious reticence.

Not having a Kindle and with any overseas books subject in effect to the ‘Australia tax’, I’ll have to read about it, for the time being.

[jemhouston]

You can download the Kiddle app.

I'm not that fond of eBooks.

[Rocket J Squrriel]

I think we’ve covered Mr. Kratman recently in another thread where I gave my fairly strong recollection; a simple search will suffice there.

The other bottom of the barrel ‘novels’ by ultras that I’ve wished I never read are Jeff Head’s Dragon’s Fury and ‘Behold, an Ashen Horse’ by Lee Boyland. The latter includes such gems as an entire chapter copied from Wikipedia; a British Prime Minister named Neville Chamberlain who cowers under his desk at the sound of B-52s en route to the Middle East; Prince Harry as a neo con action hero planning a coup; concentration camps for liberals; extraordinarily poor editing even for a self published trilogy; and blatant astroturfing on Amazon reviews, where the author would joust with any who questioned his masterpiece.

Like Jotun, that record arouses in me a certain degree of cautious reticence.

Not having a Kindle and with any overseas books subject in effect to the ‘Australia tax’, I’ll have to read about it, for the time being.

I read 'Dragon Fury'. Mostly because it was hilarious and I highly doubt the author intended it to be.

[Jotun]

I think we’ve covered Mr. Kratman recently in another thread where I gave my fairly strong recollection; a simple search will suffice there.

The other bottom of the barrel ‘novels’ by ultras that I’ve wished I never read are Jeff Head’s Dragon’s Fury and ‘Behold, an Ashen Horse’ by Lee Boyland. The latter includes such gems as an entire chapter copied from Wikipedia; a British Prime Minister named Neville Chamberlain who cowers under his desk at the sound of B-52s en route to the Middle East; Prince Harry as a neo con action hero planning a coup; concentration camps for liberals; extraordinarily poor editing even for a self published trilogy; and blatant astroturfing on Amazon reviews, where the author would joust with any who questioned his masterpiece.

Like Jotun, that record arouses in me a certain degree of cautious reticence.

Not having a Kindle and with any overseas books subject in effect to the ‘Australia tax’, I’ll have to read about it, for the time being.

OMFG, no. You, too are one of those who wasted precious life time reading Jeff Head? I had forgotten his name, damn you for bringing it up

[jemhouston]

Having a good laugh is important. Either laughing with someone you like or laughing at someone you don't.

[Jotun]

Okay, I read a few passages.

"The Attack" is...problematic. It is full of really cheap anti-Liberal and anti-Democtrat gotchas, post-Attack USA is a Conservative wank fantasy, and the anti-Muslim overtones are more disturbing than those in "American Sniper". The author being from Fox News fits like a glove. That was not a compliment. Staff and sudents at Harvard joining the terrorists? A Breitbart chair at Harvard after the dust settles and the faculty is purged? Just fuck off...

Not my cup of tea.

[kdahm]

Okay, I read a few passages.

"The Attack" is...problematic. It is full of really cheap anti-Liberal and anti-Democtrat gotchas, post-Attack USA is a Conservative wank fantasy, and the anti-Muslim overtones are more disturbing than those in "American Sniper". The author being from Fox News fits like a glove. That was not a compliment. Staff and sudents at Harvard joining the terrorists? A Breitbart chair at Harvard after the dust settles and the faculty is purged? Just fuck off...

Not my cup of tea.

I haven't read this one, but I'd agree. Most, if not all, of these sorts of political viewpoint novels from both sides of the spectrum aren't worth the paper they're printed on. Their idea of "subtle" is the use of an axe handle upside the reader's head. The opponents are pastiches of real people and set up as straw men ripe for the burning. The condescension from the authors reeks like Lucifer on a five day bender. And the most common forms of retribution or comeuppance usually makes a mockery of the "free and open society" that both sides profess to support.

Give me back some Orwell or some Heinlein.