Alas, Babylon

by Frank, Pat
ISBN: 9780062421036
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  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Frank, Pat
  • ISBN: 9780062421036
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.00 x 1.00
  • Number Of Pages: 368
  • Publication Year: 2015

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  • Visions for today from 60 years ago

    HPB S. - 5 years 6 months ago

    Imagine the world in 1959. The United States and the USSR were constantly vying for top spot in everything - space, military, science. Pat Frank's book, Alas, Babylon, was published in 1959. It takes a deep look at the people in a small Florida community, showing us how relationships are affected by death, crime, greed, want, and love after a hard and fast nuclear war. The world today would be no better - in fact, it might be worse off if we're cut off from the electronic information databases we all take for granted. There's no sex, very little blood and guts, and minimal action. This is about the people - who they were before it all happened, what affected them, and how they became their new selves. It's an intellectual look at a community that will never be the same. This book was required reading in high schools for years. Maybe it should be again.

  • Situations that Are Relevant Today

    Yudit K. - 5 years 10 months ago

    It's been a few years since I read Alas, Babylon, but there have always been scenes that have stuck with me. When I read the book originally, I read it seeing it as an interesting possible future (the premise is "What if there had been a nuclear war?") Now that I'm living through the Corona Virus pandemic as well as the rioting going on all around the country, I again and again come back to the descriptions of desperate people and situations that Pat Frank mentions in his book. Alas, Babylon is a fun and informative dystopian read, and I am strongly considering reading it again. #summerreading