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==Plot==
==Plot==
The book is based around Ted Quantrill and his activities during the [[post-apocalyptic]] [[anarchy]] that followed the [[limited nuclear exchange]] that destroyed the major cities in the United States.
The book is based around Ted Quantrill and his activities during the [[post-apocalyptic]] [[anarchy]] that followed the [[limited nuclear exchange]] that destroyed the major cities in the United States.

==Reception==
[[Greg Costikyan]] reviewed ''Systemic Shock'' in ''[[Ares (magazine)|Ares Magazine]]'' #11 and commented that "The fact that the story is less than plausible does not distract from its value; ''Systemic Shock'' is still an interesting book, albeit not for the faint-hearted."<ref name="Ares">{{cite journal | last=Costikyan | first=Greg | authorlink=Greg Costikyan | title=Books | journal=[[Ares (magazine)|Ares Magazine]] | publisher=[[Simulations Publications, Inc.]] | date=November 1981 | issue=11 | page=24}}</ref>

==Reviews==
*Review by Peter J. Andrews (1981) in Beyond, Fall 1981<ref>http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1057</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 16:34, 7 April 2020

Systemic Shock by Dean Ing is the first novel in his Quantrill trilogy (the others being Wild Country and Single Combat) and is thriller set in the mid-1990s. As the Soviet Union collapses, China and India join forces and launch a devastating nuclear attack on America.

Plot

The book is based around Ted Quantrill and his activities during the post-apocalyptic anarchy that followed the limited nuclear exchange that destroyed the major cities in the United States.

Reception

Greg Costikyan reviewed Systemic Shock in Ares Magazine #11 and commented that "The fact that the story is less than plausible does not distract from its value; Systemic Shock is still an interesting book, albeit not for the faint-hearted."[1]

Reviews

  • Review by Peter J. Andrews (1981) in Beyond, Fall 1981[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Costikyan, Greg (November 1981). "Books". Ares Magazine (11). Simulations Publications, Inc.: 24.
  2. ^ http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1057
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