Alas, Babylon

320 pages

English language

Published Sept. 3, 1993 by Harpercollins.

ISBN:
9780060812546
OCLC Number:
29513812

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5 stars (1 review)

A story of a group of people who rely on their own courage and ingenuity to survive in a town which escaped nuclear bombing.

12 editions

How would you survive nuclear war?

5 stars

I read this for the first time while I was in high school during the Cold War. I lived in a town that had a SAC base that also hosted nuclear ordinance. I've read it a few more times as an adult, too. While the story seems dated today, it's not hard to understand the struggles of surviving in a post-nuclear war world.

Subjects

  • Modern fiction
  • 20th Century American Novel And Short Story
  • Fiction - Science Fiction
  • Fiction
  • Classics
  • Science Fiction - General