Research book suggestions

[Eternity]

In the process of writing, and looking for suggestions on these topics: (first hand preferable)

- Heart Defects
- Being born without a limb/limb
- Religious Diversity (both negative and positive viewpoints appreciated)
- Information about any spesific belief system
- Personaity Disorders (like scizofrenia, paranoia, etc)
- Liberal vs Conservative lifestyle
- Sexual drive (non-erotic first hand/documentaries only)
- Language influences and how languages change over the years,
spesifically what kind of infuence atomic war (total
breakdown of society) has on languages.

Working title for the story is Last Seven. The setting is earth a few houndred years after an atomic war. Society has changed drastically, and certain areas of the world are still inhabitable as a result of bombing. The main character is a guy from what used to be england, born with a heart defect and without a left arm. He has all odds against him, but still holds on to the Word of God. The plot is his personal story. What he goes through, and how he spread to gospel to  six other people on his travels.

 

[Signor Finzione]

Hi,

 

I'm not sure if this will help, but there's a blog called Bookworm Blues where the blogger (Sarah) runs an occasional feature called 'Special Needs in Strange Worlds'. She mostly refers to fantasy/SF in her examples, but I've also read a couple of her articles where she talks more generally about the representation of disabilities in fiction. Might be worth checking out.

 

Good luck with the book!

[Eternity]

Thanks, I'll check it out.