Alas, Babylon

by Pat Frank (Author)

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You wake up to the aftershocks of nuclear bombing and the end of civilisation as you know it. (

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MercerTraieste | Jun 10, 2013 |

almost a happy ending after the nuclear holocaust (

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sherribrari | Jun 3, 2013 |

Another very good post apocalypse book. Of course I do think that when it really would happen there would not be as many survivors but I loved this novel. It makes you think how you would act. If we would be left without electricity it would be much harder for this generation to adapt. Very happy I had the chance to read this book. (

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Marlene-NL | Apr 12, 2013 |

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 wonderful book for those of us whose taste runs to dystopian fiction. (

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satyridae | Apr 5, 2013 |

4 stars for enjoyableness
-2 stars for gross racist/sexist attitudes
1 star for awesome librarian character (

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JenneB | Apr 2, 2013 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Frank, Pat	Author	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Brin, David	Foreword	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Patton, Will	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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The Day After Doomsday [a 5 volume set of 'end of the world' classics] by Easton Press

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1959-03

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Fort Repose, Florida, USA

Pistolville, Florida, USA

River Road (Fort Repose)

Riverside Inn (Fort Repose)

Marines Park (Fort Repose)

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World War III

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David Pringle's Best 100 Science Fiction Novels (29)

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In Fort Repose, a river town in Central Florida, it was said that sending a message by Western Union was the same as broadcasting it over the combined networks.

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Harper Perennial Modern Classics

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The story of a group of people who rely on their own courage and ingenuity to survive in a small Florida town that escaped nuclear bombing.

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The nukes fall on Florida
Soon after so does technology
And the honor of men

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The classic apocalyptic novel that stunned the world.

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When a nuclear holocaust ravages the United States, a thousand years of civilization are stripped away overnight, and tens of millions of people are killed instantly. But for one small town in Florida, miraculously spared, the struggle is just beginning, as men and women of all backgrounds join together to confront the darkness.… (more)

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