the Fall

by Steven Taylor

This is the story of what happens in the wake of the fall of an asteroid on the south-west of England. It is about the thin veil that separates our western life from anarchy, about the way that people cope with collapse and the need for self-preservation. And this is a story too about governments - about what we are told and know and, more importantly, about what must be kept from us, what we must never find out.Kenneth Steven is from Scotland. He's a widely published author with some 40 titles in print. He writes and presents many programmes for BBC Radio. He has long been fascinated by post apocalyptic literature and has written a number of his own, including 'The Fall'. Another is '2020', a political thriller, published both in North America and the U.K., and available for download. www.kennethsteven.co.uk

336 pages, Paperback

First published April 2, 2013

Reviews

[Misa · Rating 3 out of 5]

According to Taylor, the ecological negativities that occurred in the 4th millennium BC affected people's spiritual world so much that after these disasters, people were stripped of their inherently maternal cultural characteristics and became very dogmatic and competitive individuals with an explosion of ego. According to the author, especially Saharan-Asian societies, with their migration movements, have corrupted the cultures that exist even today in the Middle East, Central Asia, Europe and North Africa. This corruption has manifested itself in areas such as inequality, sexuality, and oppression of children, mostly under the guise of religion. In the book, which is divided into sections such as Before the Fall, The Fall, and after the fall, the author sees the religious beliefs of animist societies as normal, and the religious beliefs that emerged in the historical process that followed them as a product of rigid, male domination, and he thinks that Far Eastern philosophies that are on the rise again, such as Buddhism, Taoism, and meditation, yoga practices as a return to self. I think that the author, who tries to analyze the events from many fields such as history, sociology, psychology and anthropology, still remains in a somewhat superficial position when it comes to understanding cultures. Obsession that reaches the level of glorifying 'primitive' communities can also lead to prejudice. Apart from that, it is an easy book to read. You can learn interesting information about the island natives and 'primitive' communities.