Go Go Girls of the Apocalypseposted by Chris · April 1, 2009 7:00 AM
Unlike most disaster/apocalyptic novels, Go Go Girls doesn’t have a single cause to the apocalypse. Instead, the world lurches from disaster to disaster, finally melting down into the familiar post-apocalyptic landscape that we all know and love. While this is happening, the hero - Mort - is hiding in a cave in the backwoods of Tennessee from his soon-to-be-ex wife. He gets a ringside seat to the meltdown via radio, but batteries soon burn out and he hunkers down to wait for the screaming to stop.
Nine years later, three men show up, scouting around his refuge, and end up dead. This gets Mort thinking, and he decides to rejoin what’s left of the human race. Unfortunately, Mort seems to be fairly clueless. He’s not a quick learner, and is immediately captured & tortured for the wonderful things he’s carrying. Conveniently, his captor is confronted by a fellow survivor, dressed as a cowboy. The captor ends up dead, the cowboy ( who calls himself Buffalo Bill) turns out to be a decent fellow, and Mort has a guide in the scary new world.
