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Praise for J. Neil Schulman's Alongside Night

“J. Neil Schulman’s Alongside Night may be even more relevant today than it was in 1979. Hopefully, the special thirtieth anniversary edition of this landmark work of libertarian science fiction will inspire a new generation of readers to learn more about the ideas of liberty and become active in the freedom movement.”
--Congressman Ron Paul

"An absorbing novel--science fiction, yet also a cautionary tale with a disturbing resemblance to past history and future possibilities."
-- Milton Friedman, Nobel laureate in Economics

"I received Alongside Night at noon today. It is now eight in the evening and I just finished it. I think I am entitled to some dinner now as I had no lunch. The unputdownability of the book ensured that. It is a remarkable and original story, and the picture it presents of an inflation- crippled America on the verge of revolution is all too acceptable. I wish, and so will many novelists, that I, or they, had thought of the idea first. A thrilling novel, crisply written, that fires the imagination as effectively as it stimulates the feelings."
--Anthony Burgess

"Alongside Night is terribly accurate. Whenever the American crack-up boom happens, few libertarians would disagree with his outline of the scenarios. But Neil went one step farther than most of the libertarians of the time. He integrated the new science of countereconomics and the economic philosophy of Agorism, which I had only begun to develop in 1974.... When? You decide, dear reader; but you are now well armed to see the signs and know what actions to take. Thanks to Ludwig von Mises, a small band of rational revolutionary students, and J. Neil Schulman, artist."
--Samuel Edward Konkin III

"One of the most widely hailed libertarian novels since the classic works of Ayn Rand."
--Reason Magazine

"High Drama ... A story of high adventure, close escapes, mistaken identities, and thrilling rescues. ... A fast-moving tale of a future which is uncomfortably close at hand."
-- Los Angeles Times Book Review

"The narrative is fast-paced, the plot well-developed... [T]he book reads extremely well and its intellectual thrust is clear and is not belabored. I was too engrossed in the novel to read it critically."
-- Thomas S. Szasz, MD

"Those who don't remember the future described in great science fiction are condemned to live the bad parts. Alongside Night was a warning when it first came out. Now it is contemporary reality and prophecy with a vengeance. America needs this novel more than ever."
-- Brad Linaweaver
Prometheus Award winning author

"Probably the best libertarian novel since Atlas Shrugged."
-- Science Fiction Review

"Let me begin with a disclaimer: I don't really agree with many of J. Neil Schulman's ideas about society or politics or money. But his first book, Alongside Night, is as enjoyable piece of cautionary fiction as I have read in some years ... Like Ayn Rand and Robert A. Heinlein, Schulman can tell a good story!"
-- Sunday Detroit News

"An unabashedly polemical , libertarian novel which packages its message in a fast, effectively told action adventure."
-- Publishers Weekly

"This is a radical novel. It pulls no punches, offers no compromises. It effectively presents a social, moral, and political point of view without polemic, without stridency. Without hysteria, it projects a bleak future for us all, but not without hope, for there's a deep affection for humanity despite its foibles underlying every sentence."
-- F. Paul Wilson

"I found it a sprightly, enjoyable read that will help to educate the public on some fundamental economic issues."
-- Michael Medved

"Here is a frightening and all too plausible picture of the near future. America is already a long way down the road that leads to it. Yet there is also a hopefulness in the story, for the author develops a philosophy, in considerable practical detail, that we could begin living by today, if we will choose to be free."
-- Poul Anderson

"Anyone interested in freedom will find this more than readable."
-- Jerry Pournelle

"A great book!"
--Shelly Roche

"Not only a first-rate suspense thriller, but also a brilliant exposition of libertarian ideas. I read it with great enjoyment and heartily recommend it."
-- Robert Anton Wilson

"As the seventies ended ... the time seemed ripe for a great libertarian novel to appear, and so it did. The novel was Alongside Night..."
--Liberty Magazine