'Camp of The Saints' is the scariest book of all time (as a Westerner)

[NuclearBrainReturns]

Inspiration​

Raspail has said his inspiration came while at the French Riviera in 1971, as he was looking out at the Mediterranean.

What if they were to come? I did not know who "they" were, but it seemed inevitable to me that the numberless disinherited people of the South would, like a tidal wave, set sail one day for this opulent shore, our fortunate country's wide-gaping frontier.[13]

The name of the book comes from a passage in the Book of Revelation (20:7–9) depicting the apocalypse. Satan influences most of the nations of the Earth to gather for one final battle against "the camp of the saints," before being defeated for eternity:

And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them.

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The way in which african/indian/asian horde migration is described in this book is so fucking surreal, I picture them in my head as a multiheaded brown mass like a Hydra with white gnashing teeth ever so hungry and angry and violent.

Theres a catholic priest in Sri Lanka (called Ceylon at the time of writing the book) who tries to help a crowd of starving indians so he walks into the middle of the crowd and gets a million NIGGER FISTS to the face and turns into a red strawberry jam stain on the ground.

The book is mostly set in France so its really interesting to see a non-angloid nation approach to migration. The French setting adds to the impending doom vibe.

I've attached the PDF file on this thread if you want to read it yourself. Be prepared to feel grateful for every tiny little thing you have in your possession as a westerner. The future described in that book is not far away.

 

[Deleted member 17872]

The book sounds extremely racist tbh.

 

[NuclearBrainReturns]

The book sounds extremely racist tbh.

Racist? I wouldn’t really say so. Of course it has racist moments in it but think of how most people would react if Africa emptied itself onto a life boat and sailed to Europe.

Here is an excerpt:

 

[Deleted member 17872]

Racist? I wouldn’t really say so. Of course it has racist moments in it but think of how most people would react if Africa emptied itself onto a life boat and sailed to Europe.

Here is an excerpt:
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How would you rate the novel from a literary perspective?

 

[NuclearBrainReturns]

Good accompanying soundtrack to read with since it’s set in France.

 

[NuclearBrainReturns]

How would you rate the novel from a literary perspective?

It’s been translated into English from French so there is the occasional grammatical error or idiom that doesn’t translate well into English but over all, it’s actually well written and the imagery it describes is pretty well done. It really lets you experience thr sense of impending doom it writes about. The first half of thr book is about western governments preparing for the ethnic hordes, civilians in southern Europe evacuating northwards etc.

I’d genuinely recommend it in spite of the racialist undertones.

 

[Deleted member 17872]

It’s been translated into English from French so there is the occasional grammatical error or idiom that doesn’t translate well into English but over all, it’s actually well written and the imagery it describes is pretty well done. It really lets you experience thr sense of impending doom it writes about. The first half of thr book is about western governments preparing for the ethnic hordes, civilians in southern Europe evacuating northwards etc.

I’d genuinely recommend it in spite of the racialist undertones.

I have long bucket list of books to read but i will try to read this.