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Is that the one the Viggo Mortensen / Charlize Theron movie is based on?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898367/

It was well made and acted, but seriously one of the most depressing movies I've ever watched.

Also - the book One Second After is based on the premise of an EMP attack. https://www.amazon.com/Second-After-John-Matherson-Novel/dp/...

There are elements in the book that are worse than anything shown in the movie.

But if one likes the movie, I suggest reading the book.

It is, in fact, one of the most depressing books that I've ever read. The others are also by McCarthy. I mean, some of the stuff in Burroughs or Abercrombie or Morgan could be worse. But their tone is far more humorous than McCarthy's. Or maybe his humor is just too black. The humor of battlefields and slaughterhouses, as Abercrombie puts it. And he's just joking about it.

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