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Runningdawg

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6. Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandell
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 03:27 PM
Mar 2017

Set in the present day, this is a post-apocalyptic tale of a group of musicians and thespians who travel their limited world sharing their talents because "Survival in insufficient". That quote, by the Borg character Seven of Nine in Star Trek Voyager, is their motto. The book contains a lot of interesting characters, including one man who was stranded at an airport during the pandemic that wiped out 99% of the worlds population and who never left the airport. He is the curator of the first museum after the disaster, containing items such as drivers licences, cell phones, designer shoes and toilet paper.
Not only is this a great read and twist on the usual survival stories, it's the inspiration behind my next tattoo - Survival is insufficient.

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