Under the Dome

I just finished reading ‘Under the Dome’ by Stephen King.  I decided to read this book because I had heard one of the major themes of the book is the ecology.  While the book does touch on ideas of: warming; pollution; limited food/water resources and oxygen depletion; the ecology theme is buried amongst the high body count.  I enjoyed the book, but it did contain more gore than I expected.

I had my own ‘dome day’ while reading this book.  On TV was the Simpsons movie, in which a dome was placed around the town.  And, I was also reading the book ‘Zeitoun’ by Dave Eggers.  ‘Zeitoun’ is set in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and they mention the conditions of the emergency shelter setup in the Louisiana Superdome.  Frankly, the behavior of the people in the Superdome paralleled the behavior of the characters in Stephen King’s dome.

Update 7/18/2011:  Just watched the final Harry Potter movie.  I had forgotten that Professor McGonagall cast a spell that placed a dome of protection over Hogwarts.  Domes are everywhere!