# 3822
Last July I wrote about a start-up blog/novel called American Fever: A Tale of Romance & Pestilence, (see Catching An American Fever) which was being written online by Peter Christian Hall. At the time, only a handful of chapters – or perhaps more properly, entries – had been posted.
It’s an intriguing idea, and is perhaps the future of fiction publishing, although admittedly not all of the kinks are worked out at this time.
Yesterday in my Internet roaming (spurred on by my desktop RSS feed fetcher), I ran across a detailed and generally favorable review of Peter’s online novel, now that considerably more of the story has been written and posted.
Book review: ‘American Fever,’ by Peter Christian Hall
I’ve been reading along (although I confess, I’ve fallen a bit behind) in the novel, and have enjoyed it. I need to find some time and try to catch up. As a blogger, I certainly understand the the blood, sweat, and tears that go into writing every day like this.
So I’m happy to plug Peter’s work from time to time. You’ll also find Peter blogging for The Huffington Post.
So if you are in the mood for a little pandemic fiction, then by all means check out An American Fever.
Last year, you may recall, I reviewed another pandemic novel written by Craig DeLouie entitled The Thin White Line: A History of the 2012 Avian Flu Pandemic in Canada. The author has now made a free version of the book available that you can read online here.
As an avid reader (who has distressingly little time to read for pleasure right now), I’m glad that there are still authors out there striving to write fiction. I grew up reading Heinlein, and Asimov, John D. McDonald, and Michener and I’m undoubtedly better for it.
The online generation of the future may ultimately eschew books, but it really doesn’t matter by what technology ideas and literature are presented.
All that really matters is that they are.
