I just finished reading a pretty scary book. A good book, but a scary book. Contemporary author Cormac McCarthy’s latest Pulitzer Prize winning work, “The Road,” actually came out in 2006. I had wanted to read it since then—only the all too long queue of books to read for school got in the way. That coupled with a chronic forgetfulness about the list of things I want to do eventually led to me sitting alone reading “The Road” yesterday. What reminded me to read it was none other than the interesting recent news that Hollywood has made a film out of the novel, starring Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-Mcphee. For those who haven’t read it, the book takes place on Earth apparently after some cataclysmic disaster has destroyed all of society and nature. A father and son walk a desolate road towards the sea in hopes of finding some means of survival—along the way encountering cold, starvation, and, oh yeah, cannibals. Although it has a message of hope and redemption, it is not for the faint of heart. (Click here to read more…)