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	Hoard This Book By Solveig Singleton January 9, 1999 Not only is this novel Don Tiggre's first, but it's by far the best of the Y2K novels to date. In Y2K: The Millennium Bug (Don L. Tiggre, 1998), the crisis hits early and hard, with nuclear complications. This might not be the most likely Y2K outcome, but the scene describing the President's reaction to the news of the looming missiles is compelling. (He gives up staring at a pair of breasts and runs out of the room.) We follow a wide cast of characters-Prue the angry man-hating dancer, Jared the Mormon doctor, Alexis, a military officer responsible for coordinating Y2K contingency planning, Merlyn, leader of a survival community called the Dollar Ranch (someone's been reading Atlas Shrugged), and the driven Angel, leader of an L.A. gang. As the book progresses, events bring the main characters together for a final clash in the hills of Colorado. The author, the founder of the Liberty roundtable, incorporates many individualist ideas in the book, but he doesn't come on too strong. One theme is the conflict between the individualist and authoritarian Mormons: Does morality mean anything if it's imposed by force? Another idea explored is the conviction of some fringe feminists that to be male is to be malevolent. This is one of those books you'll stay up all night to finish. The author compellingly describes two erotic dancers trapped uneasily among the members of their leering audience when the lights go out; the obsessed Angel's drive for dominance from the urban streets into the suburbs; the bond that forms between a porn starlet and the gentle bookworm Rosalia; the lonely urgency of life within a military hierarchy. This is great stuff. I hope Tiggre writes some more.		FEATURES Book Reviews Y2K already has spawned its own genre. We tell you what books are worth buying. Chip 'n Little Cartoons Chip 'n Little goes on TV Chip 'n Little visits John Koskinen Chip 'n Little saves the world Warning: This cartoon has been called "foolish and tasteless." Y2K from A to Z Y2K Haiku Traditionalists may be shocked. Mad Cow Culture What does Y2K have in common with today's Mad Cow Culture? Answer: Everything. Declan McCullagh's Y2K articles Psychology of Y2K LATEST NEWS As of December 31, 1999 Get Your T-Shirt Quick Bill Gates Does Y2K Reader Feedback A Sarcastic Calendar Cooking After the Apocalypse A Real Y2K Disaster Hitchhiker's Guide Meets Y2K