Post Apocalyptic Economics

Irish Wolf · 04-24-2017, 06:11 PM

Books might work as currency, but only in certain specific circumstances. In Lucifer's Hammer, Dr. Dan Alderson, whose skillset as an astrophysicist was not itself terribly useful after Hammerfall, bought his way into the Stronghold with a collection of instructional books (his down payment was The Way Things Work, Vol 2; Vol 1 was safely secured with the rest of the books in plastic bags stuffed into a disused septic tank).

04-24-2017, 06:11 PM	#15
Irish Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Earth, mostly	Re: Post Apocalyptic Economics Books might work as currency, but only in certain specific circumstances. In Lucifer's Hammer, Dr. Dan Alderson, whose skillset as an astrophysicist was not itself terribly useful after Hammerfall, bought his way into the Stronghold with a collection of instructional books (his down payment was The Way Things Work, Vol 2; Vol 1 was safely secured with the rest of the books in plastic bags stuffed into a disused septic tank). __________________ If you break the laws of Man, you go to prison. If you break the laws of God, you go to Hell. If you break the laws of Physics, you go to Sweden and receive a Nobel Prize.