A review by tittypete
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank

4.0

Good story. A little dated but perhaps that makes it interesting too. Alas, Babylon is an apocalypse story that takes place at the during a tense part of the cold war when the US was in the "missile gap" with the USSR. Meaning, the Soviets had ICBMs and we still only had bombers. So our nuclear deterrent was diminished by the Russian's first strike capability. Sort of historically unique window of history that makes the event immediately preceding nuclear doomsday seem fairly and grimly plausible. It also takes place int eh south during a time when segregation was still a thing svn though the Supreme Court had recently said it shouldn't be. Adds another interesting bit of background. I liked this story and it rekindled my prepare bug.