- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Public Interest Communications (Nov 10 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0983108900
- ISBN-13: 978-0983108900
- Product Dimensions: 1.3 x 2 x 0.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 200 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #339,933 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Cobb does a good job of the writing with snappy pacing and plotting; his descriptions giving immediacy to places and people. --The Huffington Post, Kelpie Wilson, February 11, 2011
Kept me unable to put the book down till finished. Read Prelude because it's a good read. The message is a bonus.... --Dry Dipstick, Mick Winter, December 31, 2010
A Grisham-esque tale of suspense and intrigue...I highly recommend Prelude for its engaging story and richly developed portrait of the peak oil issue. --Energy Bulletin, Frank Kaminski, January 9, 2011
If you know someone — a friend or family member — who enjoys political thrillers but doesn’t yet know about peak oil, then Prelude is the book for them. --Transition Voice, Erik Curren, December 1, 2010
If you know someone -- a friend or family member -- who enjoys political thrillers but doesn't yet know about peak oil, then Prelude is the book for them. --Transition Voice, Erik Curren, December 1, 2010
Kept me unable to put the book down till finished. Read Prelude because it's a good read. The message is a bonus.... --Dry Dipstick, Mick Winter, December 31, 2010
A Grisham-esque tale of suspense and intrigue...I highly recommend Prelude for its engaging story and richly developed portrait of the peak oil issue. --Energy Bulletin, Frank Kaminski, January 9, 2011
If you know someone — a friend or family member — who enjoys political thrillers but doesn’t yet know about peak oil, then Prelude is the book for them. --Transition Voice, Erik Curren, December 1, 2010
If you know someone -- a friend or family member -- who enjoys political thrillers but doesn't yet know about peak oil, then Prelude is the book for them. --Transition Voice, Erik Curren, December 1, 2010
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In this romantic thriller Cassie Young is a rising star at a prestigious energy consulting firm when she discovers secret files that reveal the truth about the world's oil supplies; and, it's not good news. Soon, she finds herself locked in a game of cat and mouse that places her career and ultimately her life on the line. After reading her story, you'll never think quite the same way about filling your gas tank.
Cassie's transformation from one of the firm's true believers into a worried skeptic begins when she meets Victor Chernov, a former oil trader. Contrary to the public pronouncements of her firm and many official agencies, Victor says the world may start running dangerously short of oil--the lifeblood of modern society--within only a few years. In her search for the truth, Cassie uncovers evidence that convinces her Victor is right. But that evidence now makes her a target for those who desperately want to keep an unknowing world in the dark.
A startling reinterpretation of contemporary events, Prelude follows Cassie to the Canadian tar sands; to the heart of Houston, the energy city; to an offshore drilling platform; and to the streets and suites of Washington, D.C. in a journey that unlocks the mysteries of a substance that the world cannot do without.
Cassie's transformation from one of the firm's true believers into a worried skeptic begins when she meets Victor Chernov, a former oil trader. Contrary to the public pronouncements of her firm and many official agencies, Victor says the world may start running dangerously short of oil--the lifeblood of modern society--within only a few years. In her search for the truth, Cassie uncovers evidence that convinces her Victor is right. But that evidence now makes her a target for those who desperately want to keep an unknowing world in the dark.
A startling reinterpretation of contemporary events, Prelude follows Cassie to the Canadian tar sands; to the heart of Houston, the energy city; to an offshore drilling platform; and to the streets and suites of Washington, D.C. in a journey that unlocks the mysteries of a substance that the world cannot do without.
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A Peak Oil Novel We Can Relate To, Dec 7 2010
By Dr. James V. Blowers "Jim Blowers" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Prelude (Paperback)
I learned about peak oil in 1997 when I read an article in Futurist magazine. I started reading the literature, including non-fiction by Kenneth Deffeyes, Jim Kunstler, Richard Heinberg, and others. One would think that with cheap oil starting to run out someone would be out there doiong something. Instead, most analysts, economists, and politicians are saying we have plenty of oil for the next few decades. This annoyed me because I was seeing oil slack dwindling and oil prices rising during the Double-Zero decade. Apparently these authors were having no effect on public attitudes, although politicians and the media were going haywire over the issue of global warming.People read a lot of novels, so maybe a novel is a better way of doing it. Jim Kunstler tried it first with "World Made by Hand". However, he described a post-apocalypse world in which Route NY 29 was a dirt road, electricity was on only 30 minutes each day, and so forth. People can't relate to this because such a doomsday world is not their world. I couldn't. So far I have read only two chapters.
Now comes Kurt Cobb with his novel "Prelude". The world he describes is pretty much as we were living it, in the year 2008. There were Metros, limos, cars, and all the comforts of modern life, including fancy restaurants. The story is about an oil analyst named, probably alludingly, Cassandra. As she lives her life, I can see many things in common with my life - working in a cubicle doing analysis, having dates with the opposite sex, enjoying summer evenings, and so forth. It is something we can relate to. I can relate to it; I have already read the complete book. The story is about how Cassandra found out about a secret about oil supplies that had dire implications for the world, and about the intrigue that resulted when people find out that she found out about it. It has an interesting ending; I will say no more than say that the ultimate things that can be done about peak oil we need to do ourselves in our personal life.
I would encourage as many people as possible to read this book, and I hope it enters the limelight of network TV news. It may be the best way for the general public to find out about peak oil.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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A Very Intriguing Novel!, Dec 2 2010
By Cathy Strickland - Published on Amazon.com
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I just finished "Prelude" - a book which I was not prepared to like as well as I did. It is not the kind of book that I would normally read, but just having heard the author speak at a conference, I decided to read it. And I am so glad that I did. It is a spine-chilling, page-turner of a story with lots of intrigue, good guys and bad guys, a bit of sex, evil corporations - all the components necessary to make an intriguing current novel set in our nation's capital. I highly recommend reading this book -- not only a good story, but also a throrough education about the implications of peak oil.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Two levels of suspense in this book, Jan 18 2011
By Peak Oil in Virginia "Richard" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Prelude (Paperback)
Cassie Young, the central character of Kurt Cobb's novel, reached her job as an oil analyst for a big DC consulting firm with all the regular assumptions about how the world of energy works, and she's the rising star. (Don't worry - you don't spend any time watching people write high-priced reports on arcane topics. That would be a boring book!) She knows that there's lots of oil remaining to be produced, big companies know how to get it out of the ground efficiently, and consulting firms give their clients the benefit of their wisdom. As the book moves along, she discovers that all of the comfortable assumptions are wrong, but there's a good reason why she (and we) have been told these calming lies. As the book moves through a cat-and-mouse game with higher stakes than Cassie realized, another level of suspense begins to appear: what are the rest of us going to do with the information that Cassie's discovered? That's the story that is still evolving. Kurt Cobb has given a good introduction to this challenge, in a much more accessable format than reading the peak oil books and blogs. If you're at all curious about this "energy crisis" talk but don't want to deal with technical jargon, Prelude is a good place to start instead.
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