Alas, Babylon
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Product Description
The classic apocalyptic novel that stunned the world.
Spotlight Customer Reviews:
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Interesting story; a bit clunky
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Pat Frank had the fine idea to focus on small area after a nuclear war and limit the perspective to what one somewhat isolated area experiences. He's got a good idea for logistics -- what preparations could be made before the war, how people could make due with what is stocked, how their resources and resourcefulness would serve them, and so on. So it's interesting to watch as events play out for one county.
The problem is that the dialogue is often pretty stilted and painful. Some situations seem a little too much of their time, as well -- the women tend to sit back and see what the men do and don't take leadership roles; hardly likely in any era when humans themselves have become a precious resource. (One woman ardently keeps the telegraph office going, but that ain't much.) The children also seem to be either young for their age or wisely and stoically old for their age, so it reads very much like 1950's melodrama.
Fortunately, the nuts and bolts of the thing are absorbing enough to keep things moving. The end is a bit abrupt, but believable.
Worth a read.
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Very Good.
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If you are into post-apocalyptic science fiction, this should definitely be on your list. Could use better character development, but still a classic.
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Life In Post-Apocalypse America
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I read this book the first time when I was a very young teenager~~at the height of the Cold War/Political Paranoia Age~~that time of bomb shelters, Civil Defense emergency drills, and children hiding under desks from Hiroshima-like devastation.
Professional reporter and occasional novelist Pat Frank's 'Alas Babylon', puts 'On The Beach' to shame. An examination of small-town life with all its foibles, driven by a flawed everyman protagonist, the book is a stand-alone, fabulous read. It became an instant favorite of mine all those years ago. And even today, looking, as I do, at life through the other end of the binoculars, 'Alas Babylon' holds a permanent place on my bookshelves, and in my heart.
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this is my first choice
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have worn out one copy of this book and had to buy a new one. It isn't graphic it's just a wonderful look at what could happen to the very very lucky few who survive "well" after a nuclear war and how they do it, Fantastic character development, you KNOW these people they pull you in and take you for a nice pleasant ride
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READ IT IN HIGH SCHOOL
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i THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING, I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN. MARVELOUS WRITING AND CREATIVITY.
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