tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post7830927388287170543..comments2024-03-28T20:42:14.758-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: It still strikes me how few people realize just how cheap and plentifulFirehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-50922170853783406652010-05-21T16:05:40.193-07:002010-05-21T16:05:40.193-07:00I've read the first two; need to get around to...I've read the first two; need to get around to the third, good books.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-49519881659309467722010-05-21T09:09:51.105-07:002010-05-21T09:09:51.105-07:00And gunpowder. Gunpowder and explosives in genera...And gunpowder. Gunpowder and explosives in general stop working.Phelpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270536870200063563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-53377702305004469392010-05-21T09:09:14.678-07:002010-05-21T09:09:14.678-07:00A series of books you may enjoy is the Dies the Fi...A series of books you may enjoy is the <i>Dies the Fire</i> series by SM Stirling. The premise of the books is that some "event" happens that alters the laws of physics wrecking our ability to use electricity to handle a load or for internal combustion / jet engines to work. <br /><br />Everyone is plunged back to essentially 15th century technology and politics, but one of the key people in the plot is a farrier who ends up making the vast majority of the swords they use as weapons from leaf springs off (now useless) cars.Phelpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270536870200063563noreply@blogger.com