Crossing the Blue

By Holly Jean Buck

Not all rain clouds lead to rainbows. Some form into ravaging thunderstorms, bringing pounding hail, wild winds, and bolts of lightning. Winter storms are equally threatening, bringing terrible wind... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615241719
• ISBN13: 9780615241715
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Holly Jean Buck
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Crossing the Blue

I read the E-Book prior to the book being in print, I am now buying the paperback version as it will be added to my library and one that I read many times. Thank You for this great book Holly! As promised I am purchasing a copy.

Beyond Road Tripping

So, what will last longer: road trips or roads? The answer is in this book. What will we find when society is reduced (returned!) to fundamentals; after the expiration of the resources that fuel and poison our world; when the waters rise; beyond the shelf life of current thinking and roadside hamburgers? This author shows us, conjecturing with a fantasy as informed by science and logic as it is by poetry and beauty. As long as there are spaces to cross, there will be wanderers, voyagers, lovers and explorers to cross it, just as the clouds will cross the blue vault of the sky.

You'll Never View a Road Trip the Same Way Again!

Have you been imagining lately America without the Big Three? Now imagine our land in a post-oil age without any cars that run. In "Crossing the Blue," their rusted hulks are aptly called "carcasses." Cross-country travel is not so easy in this low-energy future, but with courage, an adventurous spirit, and a vision of a better way of life, Juliet leads a young climate refugee from Florida towards Cascadia. Along the way, you might--barely--recognize New Orleans, St. Louis, and Boulder, Colorado... I am eagerly awaiting a sequel to this haunting, lyrical novel.

Crossing the Blue

This is a great book. The central characters are very well-developed, and the post-petroleum landscape is vividly detailed. Without slowing down or lapsing into pedantry, this novel entertains while surreptitiously informing and educating the reader about the potential result which a blind disregard for the end of oil and the causes of climate change could bring to America. It follows along the same genre-line as McCarthy's "The Road" or Atwood's "Oryx and Crake", but unlike these books it is brings a realistic and hopeful brightness along with it that the good of humanity can survive hard times and economic evolution. The positive perspective the book brings in this regard couldn't be more timely. Definitely an enjoyable and worthwhile read for audiences ranging from teenagers to grandparents.

Crossing The Blue -- An Epic Story

Crossing the Blue is a darkly prophetic story about a post-petroleum America and the perils, and hope, that exist in our potential future. It follows Blake, a naive Floridian boy from a rotting sunken "luxury" development who chances to meet Juliet a suave and mysterious traveler who is willing to take the chances that Blake isn't. They travel by boat, car, and bicycle across a changed land encountering people of all stripes from friendly farmers to pirates and thieves and everything in between. Through it all Holly Jean shows a future-that-could-be intricately woven with bits of the past and points to warning signs that must not be missed. From the opening page the theme of this book is crystal clear, climate change is an imminent and real threat and something must be done. At times though the rhetoric can become overwhelming and some of the secondary characters are little more than mouthpieces for certain viewpoints. In contrast to this, the two main characters are both irrepressibly likable with a depth that comes from Holly Jean's unique insight and sense of humour. I would heartily recommend this book to anyone and it will definitely appeal to anyone with an interest in climate change or the massive role that petroleum plays in our modern society.