Pat Frank
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| Original Title: | Alas, Babylon |
| ISBN: | 0060741872 (ISBN13: 9780060741877) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Randy Bragg |
| Setting: | Fort Repose, Florida(United States) Florida(United States) Omaha, Nebraska(United States) …more Syria …less |
| Literary Awards: | Audie Award for Fiction (2012) |
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"Alas, Babylon." Those fateful words heralded the end. 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.Details Of Books Alas, Babylon
| Title | : | Alas, Babylon |
| Author | : | Pat Frank |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 323 pages |
| Published | : | July 5th 2005 by Harper Perennial Modern Classics (first published 1959) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Science Fiction. Apocalyptic. Post Apocalyptic. Classics. Dystopia. Adventure. Survival |
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Ratings: 4.08 From 37409 Users | 3127 ReviewsWrite Up Of Books Alas, Babylon
another great survival book! this one was surprising because it didnt feel dated at all, even though it was written in 1959. it makes me wish there were maybe 200 more pages, particularly about rita, who is how i would want to be in the aftermath: shotgun. high heels. stockpiles.i love the image, but the reality is more that i would be in the library, probably rereading this book for tips. meta. to sum it up in a few words: armadillos, glasses, honey, kaboom. and two things i learned, toRead this book in high school and it had a major impact on me not only emotionally but it happened to spark a need to find and explore books of all genres, this my first foray into the postapocalyptical. I reread this one just a couple of years ago and even though it wasn't at all how I remembered it, the story and characters still held up and I loved it. That kind of benchmark says a lot about a book.d.
Alas, Babylon was one of the more perplexing literary experiences Ive had this year. Written by Pat Frank, its the story of Randy Bragg and a small Florida town, Fort Repose, after America and the Soviet Union declare war in the late 1950s.Randys doing nothing much in the family house in Fort Repose, Florida except drinking and charming local womenwith the exception of his neighbor Florence, who suspects him of being a Peeping Tomwhen his brother sends a cable with their code phrase, Alas,
Alas, Babylon was written in 1959 and is part of what I call the Trifecta of Nuclear Cold War novels. The first is Fail Safe which addresses how Nuclear War can be easily triggered though human error and simple stupidity. The second is On the Beach which deals with the possible end of humankind due to nuclear war. The third is Alas Babylon which takes play immediately after a first nuclear attack and deals with the hardships of surviving a nuclear attack. All three together adequately portrays
The first thing that a reader, new to this book, has to remember is that it was first published in 1959, thats nearly 60 years ago. This was when the world was in the grip of the, so called, cold war between the USA and USSR. During the Cold War the populous of the world lived in the shadow of a nuclear war. If you are of an age that you can remember the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 then you will know what that shadow felt like. At that time, two men, President John F. Kennedy of the USA. and
I read "Alas, Babylon" during a vacation to Mammoth at the end of August, 2005. We had no TV, no newspapers and no radio for 4 days. When we got home, we learned about the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina. As I watched news reports about the aftermath, I kept thinking back to the incidents in this book. It was just a bit spooky and it made me realize how unprepared I am for a major disaster. It also made me wonder if it's even possible to be truly prepared for a disaster. Maybe it's your
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