Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bantam Books, United States
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780553263145ISBN:0553263145
Description: Fair. No Jacket. Textbook. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. The Survivoralist classic. Wrappers shelf worn and pages browning slightly. Highly useable copy for personal or school use. Good example of dystopian literature. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780553229783ISBN:0553229788
Description: Poor. No dust jacket as issued. cover and binding wear and creases, F160. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Spectra
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780553278835ISBN:0553278835
Description: Acceptable. Overall below average used book. May have highlighting, underlining, notes, price sticker on cover, or be an ex-library book. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books, New York
Date Published: 1964
Description: Good. No dust jacket. 17th Printing. Light edge wear to soft cover. Heavy page tanning from age. 279 p.; 18 cm. "29th printing. " read more
Description: Fair. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books, New York
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780553029239ISBN:0553029231
Description: Good. 12mo. {003412} Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank. ISBN 0553029231. Published by Bantam Books in 1976. MASS MARKET PAPERBACK 12mo Sci-Fi {Book Condition} GOOD {Book Condition Details} Cover: edge wear, minor soiling, short tear(s), scuffing, Text: light tanning, minor staining on page edge(s), foxing. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780553229783ISBN:0553229788
Description: Acceptable. Overall below average used book. May have highlighting, underlining, notes, price sticker on cover, or be an ex-library book. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
"I had to read this novel in high school, and I liked it then. I recently re-read it, and it was even better than I remembered! It'll make you think about the types of things you would need for any kind of disaster that left you without power and water - whether the disaster is natural or man-made. I highly recommend this book - for the survival tactics if nothing else!"
"Although it is a litle dated, the author develops the plot in a fast paced, "hair burning" pace. It is intresting to see the techniques used to make do when there is no infrastructure to support a small community, much like where I presently live, in time of a national disaster. As I said, it is a little dated but one can use their imagination and move the time line."
"What if the tension between the USSR and America in the 50s ended less peacefully, maybe involving exploding warheads and a nuclear holocaust? How would the common American rural town cope in such a situation?
Such a situation is at the heart of Alas, Babylon. The tiny town of Fort Repose, Florida, manages to survive the initial onslaught - but moving forward in world suddenly transformed into the dark ages proves to be an even bigger challenge. Florida itself is beautifully described and its bounty and climate plays an essential role as haven and provider. Our main characters are just normal people, flawed yet with untapped strength that catastrophe and necessity bring to the forefront. Other characters, of course, use the disaster to get gain, prey on those who have supplies, or live in denial until it's too late.
More interesting than the characters though, for me, is just the situation they found themselves in and how they got inventive about making life work again. That part was certainly the most intriguing. When Frank switched to the more military side of things my interest waned a bit, but those parts didn't usually last long. I think, perhaps, that Fort Repose was almost a bit too spared - sometimes there seemed to be a few too many good coincidences, but I liked it that way. It's hard to have a story about a town's survival if everyone gets horrendous radiation sickness :)
This book is amazing because it felt completely plausible - it's quite a wake up call, I can imagine it scaring the pants off of people in the 60s, realizing how easily fiction could've become fact. The science felt authentic and the military side of it did too (as far as I could tell). I read this book in essentially one sitting, it was that good."
"This had a lot of technical information in it, but it was a good book. It was realistic, and I really felt the same need to survive that the characters had. I just can't picture living without electricity, water, etc. This was a very good survival story. I have always been interested in post-nuclear war stories, and I liked this one. I reccommend it."
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