Excellent book on the horrors of nuclear war. Though it is dated, it gives great commentary on what it would be like to be isolated from civilization after any catastrophic event.
In my further quest for Post-Apocalyptic goodness my frequent Google searches led me to another book, ALAS, BABYLON. What is more apocalyptic than nuclear war? This is a man made disaster, so much more tragic than anything that Mother Nature could do not us. I was eager to read and my eagerness paid...
I got to see some old Civil Defense movies from the late 50s the other day, and naturally they put me in mind of this book, which I loved as a kid. I picked it up again and found that I love it still. It's certainly dated and more than a little sexist, but forward thinking in a lot of ways. It's a w...
I read this in high school and loved it, perhaps because it features The Underground at Offutt. I remember thinking it wasn't realistic because I felt more people would have died faster from radiation poisoning, but perhaps that was wishful thinking. One of the things I liked about living on Air F...
Certainly not the best post-apocalyptic I've read. I guess it became a classic since it was written during a time when everyone really was afraid everyone on the planet would nuke everyone on the planet (which is what happens in this book).
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