Pre-80s book about very expensive oil; only farmers and the army have it
When I was a kid I overheard a family friend telling my dad about a sci-fi book. On another occasion, I heard him describe what I later learned was Colossus (I'm guessing the movie) so I'm going to assume I want to read this other one as well.
Vague description follows: In the future, oil is so scarce and expensive that only the military and farmers have access to it. As a result, those two groups basically run the US.
That's it, that's all I recall him describing. I suspect that he read only more well-known titles, so I'm going to go on the hope that this falls into that category.
Time period: the conversation was likely in the late 1970s, or early 80s at the absolute latest. I recall the conversation took place in front of a Robertson X-field reel-to-reel, but I don't think that brackets it too much.
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When I was a kid I overheard a family friend telling my dad about a sci-fi book. On another occasion, I heard him describe what I later learned was Colossus (I'm guessing the movie) so I'm going to assume I want to read this other one as well.
Vague description follows: In the future, oil is so scarce and expensive that only the military and farmers have access to it. As a result, those two groups basically run the US.
That's it, that's all I recall him describing. I suspect that he read only more well-known titles, so I'm going to go on the hope that this falls into that category.
Time period: the conversation was likely in the late 1970s, or early 80s at the absolute latest. I recall the conversation took place in front of a Robertson X-field reel-to-reel, but I don't think that brackets it too much.
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When I was a kid I overheard a family friend telling my dad about a sci-fi book. On another occasion, I heard him describe what I later learned was Colossus (I'm guessing the movie) so I'm going to assume I want to read this other one as well.
Vague description follows: In the future, oil is so scarce and expensive that only the military and farmers have access to it. As a result, those two groups basically run the US.
That's it, that's all I recall him describing. I suspect that he read only more well-known titles, so I'm going to go on the hope that this falls into that category.
Time period: the conversation was likely in the late 1970s, or early 80s at the absolute latest. I recall the conversation took place in front of a Robertson X-field reel-to-reel, but I don't think that brackets it too much.
story-identification books
edited 8 mins ago
Jenayah
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asked 17 mins ago
Maury MarkowitzMaury Markowitz
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When I was a kid I overheard a family friend telling my dad about a sci-fi book. On another occasion, I heard him describe what I later learned was Colossus (I'm guessing the movie) so I'm going to assume I want to read this other one as well.
Vague description follows: In the future, oil is so scarce and expensive that only the military and farmers have access to it. As a result, those two groups basically run the US.
That's it, that's all I recall him describing. I suspect that he read only more well-known titles, so I'm going to go on the hope that this falls into that category.
Time period: the conversation was likely in the late 1970s, or early 80s at the absolute latest. I recall the conversation took place in front of a Robertson X-field reel-to-reel, but I don't think that brackets it too much.
story-identification books
story-identification books
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Jenayah
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asked 17 mins ago
Maury MarkowitzMaury Markowitz
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Jenayah
16.3k483117
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Jenayah
16.3k483117
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Maury MarkowitzMaury Markowitz
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