PositiveThe Columbia Review... not the book you’re expecting—but unquestionably the book we all need during the seismic shift of COVID-19 ... A prelude to our own time, the bunkers and compounds of O’Connell’s investigations take on extraordinary significance for a current reader as they’re presently in use. However, O’Connell’s criticism of the preppers’ rampant individualism and the Mars colonizers’ elitism suggests that only a collective display of strength can truly address an apocalypse.