@MorlockP btw is the description of post-collapse California in Peace War as interesting to read to non-Californians? I loved the geographic scope but I have driven through that whole area countless of times, but I wonder if the contrast between pre-collapse was as visible.
I haven't read it in decades, but, I suspect the answer is "no". I recently reread Lucifer's Hammer and loved it, as always, but was struck that it probably had a whole 'nother level for those who knew the area.