Defiance a novel by unknown author anybody know?

[Rider]

He group.
years ago (about 12) I read a paperback novel titled "Defiance". It
was about an artist living in the hills in New Mexico after wwIII and
the US was occupied by the enemy (Russia or China, I think). He has a
son and puts together a force to liberate Americans being held in a re-
education camp.

Does anyone know who the author was?

Thanks,

Brig

[Big Red Jeff Rubard]

Post by Rider
He group.
years ago (about 12) I read a paperback novel titled "Defiance". It
was about an artist living in the hills in New Mexico after wwIII and
the US was occupied by the enemy (Russia or China, I think).  He has a
son and puts together a force to liberate Americans being held in a re-
education camp.
Does anyone know who the author was?
Thanks,
Brig

A *testis* is:

*Defiance* is, /as per Wikipedia/, a novel by Savitri Devi about the
*Nazi-Zeit* that was published in 1951.

The book you 'refer' to (*ganz extensionalisch*) is roughly *The Man
in the High Castle, by the noted *Berkeley* knock-about Philip K.
Dick. It was published in 1962.

/A Specter is Haunting Texas/ would be a cool name for a book by Fritz
Leiber, because /it is/ the book's name and it's a cool name.

Thank you for your support [MEMORIES].

JDR in extensio

[Big Red Jeff Rubard]

Post by Rider
He group.
years ago (about 12) I read a paperback novel titled "Defiance". It
was about an artist living in the hills in New Mexico after wwIII and
the US was occupied by the enemy (Russia or China, I think). He has a
son and puts together a force to liberate Americans being held in a re-
education camp.
Does anyone know who the author was?
Thanks,
Brig

A *testis* is:

*Defiance* is, /as per Wikipedia/, a novel by Savitri Devi about the
*Nazi-Zeit* that was published in 1951.


The book you 'refer' to (*ganz extensionalisch*) is roughly *The Man
in the High Castle*, by the noted *Berkeley* knock-about Philip K.
Dick. It was published in 1962.


/A Specter is Haunting Texas/ would be a cool name for a book by
Fritz
Leiber, because /it is/ the book's name and it's a cool name.


Thank you for your support [MEMORIES].


JDR in extensio

[Big Red Jeff Rubard]

"Telegraphically":
TROTSKY!

[Rider]

Nope, not the one I'm looking for.

Defiance: An American Novel (1981), by Oliver Lange (the pseudonym of
novelist John Wadleigh). Vandenberg, the character, is a rebellious
social misfit who resists indoctrination after a Communist take-over
of the American West. He finds it harder than most such books make it
seem. Vandenberg pontificates, “to listen to some, if the day ever
came, 500,000 citizens, all appropriate Rogue Male types, would melt
into the hills, and when they weren’t creating havoc among brutal
Occupation forces, they would be practicing the fine art of
survival.” On equipment, he says, “if a survival and guerrilla nut
bought all the stuff the outdoor stores and catalogs said he needed,
it would’ve taken a 25-foot U-Haul trailer and two weeks of packing to
get him out of his damned driveway.”

Of course he does go into the hills, and the author’s descriptions of
the New Mexico mountains are so accurate the book’s locations can be
found on a map. Eventually he does get some equipment, and he does
recruit a few other rebels willing to fight back, but the ultimate
result is more thought-provoking than satisfying.

out of print but available on the used book market.

[Rider]

Post by Rider
He group.
years ago (about 12) I read a paperback novel titled "Defiance". It
was about an artist living in the hills in New Mexico after wwIII and
the US was occupied by the enemy (Russia or China, I think).  He has a
son and puts together a force to liberate Americans being held in a re-
education camp.
Does anyone know who the author was?
Thanks,
Brig

Found it. Also found a couple more good oldies.

Alas Babylon by Pat Frank

Daybreak 2250 AD by Andre Norton

Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collaps by James Wesley
described as “a survival manual disguised as a novel.” It is the now-
standard dystopian tale of the hardy band of survivors coping in the
wake of the collapse of civilization. An early quote from the book is
ominously forboding.

“The President . . . instead of reducing growth in government spending
launched an immoderate bank lending stimulus package . . . the Federal
Reserve . . . began monetizing large and larger portions of the debt
(p.13) The dollar collapsed because of the long-standing promises of
the FDIC . . . the government had to print money – lots and lots of
it.” (p. 15)

This is prescient, considering the first edition of this book came out
about 1999, before the current government actions it seems to predict,
and the theme of economic collapse followed by chaos has resonated
with many readers.