{"id":802032,"date":"2019-12-05T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=375515"},"modified":"2019-12-05T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T21:00:00","slug":"the-geiger-counter-skiing-and-eating-in-southern-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/the-geiger-counter-skiing-and-eating-in-southern-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"The Geiger Counter: Skiing (and eating) in southern Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u2018The Girl with All the Gifts\u2019 by M. R. Carey<\/strong><\/p>\n

Years ago, Neil Gaiman, one of my favorite authors, invented a new tradition called All Hallows Read. The event\u2019s straightforward premise simply involves giving a scary book to a friend or relative on Halloween. Though I didn\u2019t do an exchange this year because I have a stack of books I haven\u2019t touched, I figured \u201cThe Girl with All the Gifts\u201d would still be a good book to start for the season.<\/p>\n

I usually don\u2019t do horror books. It\u2019s not because of the themes \u2014 or else I wouldn\u2019t do All Hallows Read at all \u2014 but because they often are poorly executed and require more of an investment than a bad horror movie. So when I see a book come highly recommended and turned into a film, I know it\u2019s safe to get on board.<\/p>\n

M. R. Carey\u2019s novel is suspenseful and is a great case study in show-don\u2019t-tell writing. It isn\u2019t immediately clear what sort of apocalyptic event occurred or why a bunch of children are immobile in a classroom.<\/p>\n

Similar to \u201c28 Days Later\u201d and \u201cThe Last of Us,\u201d the zombies are grounded in science and survivors have depth. A fungal infection is what kills and reanimates most of humanity. Melanie, the protagonist and one of the main point-of-view characters, is an infected test subject herself. The story also follows Helen Justineau, Melanie\u2019s teacher who treats the subjects at the compound like humans, scientist Dr. Caroline Caldwell who focuses on a cure above anything else, and soldiers that kill any \u201chungry\u201d they see.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m slightly more than halfway through \u2014 I know, I should be finished already \u2014 and I\u2019ve yet to be disappointed. You don\u2019t need to wait for the following Halloween to get started or to dive into the sequel, \u201cThe Boy on the Bridge.\u201d<\/p>\n

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