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    Alas, Babylon

    I just started reading Alas, Babylon! So far it seems like it ought to be a really good read!

    It is about a nuclear doomsday.

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    I liked that one when I read it as a kid.

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    That sounds like an uplifting topic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pinkytoe View Post
    That sounds like an uplifting topic.
    lol!

    Yeah, I would not even know where to look for something uplifting. Once in a while I will come across a memoir that is uplifting. But doomsday sci-fi tends to be by genre.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bae View Post
    I liked that one when I read it as a kid.
    You came of age in the 1980s Cold War era, right?

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    I read it my junior year of high school - 1985-86. I was reading late at night and it scared me. Enjoyed the book, though, and recently read it again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ultralight View Post
    You came of age in the 1980s Cold War era, right?
    Born 1963.

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    That book scared me into nightmares. But I was hooked from the beginning.

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    Yes, so far it really seems like my kind of book!

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    I read that many years ago, probably 1970's and I can still recall parts of it today. Good book. Being a child during the cold war with Russia, The Cuban Missile Crisis, etc. it was pretty scary for me, but still a good book.
    "Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in the midnight choir, I have tried in my way to be free." Leonard Cohen

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