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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2015 10:20:51 GMT -5
Do you need to be reminded that lines from old movies are merely fiction ? Your first posted sentence (and corresponding scene from the movie)is not possible. There is no way to know all the possible outcomes of a global thermonuclear war. That's nonsense. It's a fiction writers idea of what a computer would "think". I just reread for the umpteenth time a old book..."alas Babylon..." circa the 1950's....the story takes place in central Florida...a very realistic account of possible potential happenings if one did survive such a event...your area not directly hit but close and the loss of just about everything...{what happens when society runs out of salt..? } The author is "Pat Frank "...originally published 1959...my copy is the 29th printing...circa 1974 so you can see very popular...Believe it was published / written before the Hydrogen bomb..the war itself is not really part of the story...it is being fought but the story line is just about surival and the problems faced with average folks...all of a sudden no more just about everything unless it was supplied by the folks them selves..I am sure there are holes in the story but what story doesn't have them..If one wants to just read a good yarn I suggest do a google..check with your local library or look up a second hand copy..I know you will enjoy thye read...something to read for the summer..actually not a long read..279 pages..I have picked up and reread many times... Thanks. I think I will read it. I currently have about thirty books waiting in line to be read, but with the hot weather coming they'll go fast. No reason it can't get bumped to the head of the list either.  |
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 5, 2015 10:27:28 GMT -5
I just reread for the umpteenth time a old book..."alas Babylon..." circa the 1950's....the story takes place in central Florida...a very realistic account of possible potential happenings if one did survive such a event...your area not directly hit but close and the loss of just about everything...{what happens when society runs out of salt..? } The author is "Pat Frank "...originally published 1959...my copy is the 29th printing...circa 1974 so you can see very popular...Believe it was published / written before the Hydrogen bomb..the war itself is not really part of the story...it is being fought but the story line is just about surival and the problems faced with average folks...all of a sudden no more just about everything unless it was supplied by the folks them selves..I am sure there are holes in the story but what story doesn't have them..If one wants to just read a good yarn I suggest do a google..check with your local library or look up a second hand copy..I know you will enjoy thye read...something to read for the summer..actually not a long read..279 pages..I have picked up and reread many times... Thanks. I think I will read it. I currently have about thirty books waiting in line to be read, but with the hot weather coming they'll go fast. No reason it can't get bumped to the head of the list either. Dezi and I have discussed Alas, Babylon several times. Dezi has reread it more times than me but I think I have read it about four times. Good read. |
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