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A review by larsdradrach
By the Waters of Babylon by Stephen Vincent Benét
4.0
“We must build again”
A somber and reflective post apocalyptic tale with a surprisingly positive endnote.
Throughout the story I just assumed that the world had undergone a nuclear disaster, but written in 1937, 4 years before the Manhattan project, Benét was referring to the mass destruction of Guernica and the use of chemical weapons in WW1, which just goes to show, that each generation have their own fears.
A somber and reflective post apocalyptic tale with a surprisingly positive endnote.
Throughout the story I just assumed that the world had undergone a nuclear disaster, but written in 1937, 4 years before the Manhattan project, Benét was referring to the mass destruction of Guernica and the use of chemical weapons in WW1, which just goes to show, that each generation have their own fears.