Alas Babylon

mass market paperback

English language

Published July 7, 1982 by Bantam Books.

ISBN:
978-0-553-22978-3
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4 stars (3 reviews)

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

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reviewed Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank (Perennial classics)

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.

reviewed Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank (Perennial classics)

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5 stars

Wow, I am so glad I read this book. I have always recommended Lucifer's Hammer to people looking for a good, relatively realistic post-apocalyptic novel. Alas, Babylon is just as good, if not better. I had never heard of this book or the author until I started researching the best apocalypse novels (I had an itch that only they could scratch). This novel is widely considered to be the best of its kind. I agree.

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Subjects

  • Science Fiction - General
  • Fiction - Science Fiction