5/19/2023 0 Comments Black out elsberg![]() ![]() I'm reminded of something that serves as a cinematic allegory here, namely the 1990s works of Wolfgang Petersen, and his easy, direct, timely but good thriller/action films. Still, it had the command, and narrative acuity perhaps, to be released through the continent (Poland, etc) under the one-word title Blackout. ![]() Not quite so – the author released four novels under his real name before this maiden outing for a pseudonym, and it was released in German markets in 2012. This thriller comes to us with the air of being an overnight success in Europe. So imagine a continent without it, all of a sudden – generating plants can't get back on, power networks can't deliver, and hundreds of millions suffer in a winter-time with nothing like as many utilities as they'd prefer… Traffic lights wouldn't guide us safely through junctions mobile phone and laptop charge would be a valued commodity those cow-milking robotic get-ups wouldn't operate – man and beast would literally all be tits up. And we'd all be going to hell in a handcart if it failed. Unless you're living in some kind of miracle world, you're using it to read this, and it is patently one of those things we take for granted. It's not brilliantly written, but even post-Brexit it's utterly relevant.Įlectricity. Summary: Europe is without electricity for days, due to some kind of attack. ![]()
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