[Pontiac]

#2 Lucifer's Hammer by Niven & Pournelle

I read it. I enjoyed it. But why would you choose that book as a must read?

[ExSoldier]

Because I think it's a scenario that could come to pass (not a comet specifically but a generalized long term breakdown of society with little left in the way of large scale generation of power and a loss of infrastructure) and I'd like for folks to start thinking of things THEY can do in advance to prepare to survive. Remember the professor and the books HE squirreled away? I want folks to start thinking: "Wow, if something like that happened for real, what would I do?" I read that book when I was in high school and it really led me into an intense research on the subject. It's one of the reasons I chose Infantry as the military branch of my commission.