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Kali wallace salvation day5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() A lethal virus is awoken on an abandoned spaceship in this incredibly fast-paced, claustrophobic thriller. They thought the ship would be their salvation. My first, and most flippant, reaction was to think, “You set it in space”-which is admittedly a rather more dramatic step than setting it in the wilderness, and maybe the easy way out, but it’s still my go-to approach. Salvation Day by Kali Wallace: 9781984803719 : Books A lethal virus is awoken on an abandoned spaceship in this incredibly fast-paced, claustrophobic thriller. I thought about this as I read Zoje Stage’s essay “ How Do You Write an Isolation Thriller When Everybody Is Connected All The Time?” It is a very good question, one I have been turning over in my head since I read that piece a few weeks ago. The most recent message our siblings text thread received from that phone was a joke about how long he would wait in line for an In-N-Out double-double. I suppose it is meant for emergencies, although I’m not sure he’s ever used it for that purpose. My brother, an avid backpacker, carries a satellite phone with him in the backcountry. ESSAY: On Social Isolation, Thrillers, and the Limits of Connectivity ![]()
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