James Howard Kunstler was born in New York City in 1948. He is the author of numerous novels, including World Made By Hand and The Witch of Hebron, and four nonfiction books, including The Long Emergency. He is a frequent lecturer at colleges and professional organizations across the country. He lives in Saratoga Springs, New York.Here Kunstler dreamcasts an adaptation of his new novel, A History of the Future:
This book is third in a four-book cycle called collectively the World Made By Hand novels, named after the first of the series. They are all set in a small town in far upstate New York in the years following the economic collapse of the USA. I’ve already made two journeys (2009, 2011) to the top level of HBO with these books — both times I was beaten out by rival books that featured zombies (mine lacked zombies). A central character in all the books is the evangelical minister, Brother Jobe, head honcho of a Jesus cult that has left the “disorders” of the south to settle his 78 “brothers and sisters” in my northern village of Union Grove, New York. Early on, I had imagined Philip Seymour Hoffman in the role, because he was physically right and emotionally very powerful. Ironically, after Hoffman’s death this year, I learned that he was a fan of these books.Visit James Howard Kunstler's website.
Writers Read: James Howard Kunstler.
The Page 69 Test A History of the Future.
--Marshal Zeringue
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