Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780060741877
Edition: Reissue
ISBN: 0060741872
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2005-07
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Studio: Harper Perennial

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Rating: - Perfect storytelling, simple but so so effective
Nuclear war viewed through the eyes of a small isolated Florida community.

It seemed to me from reading the blurb that any story that didn't move location in its entirety must be somewhat lacking in its lasting appeal to the reader. Oh how I was wrong.

First off, I am a big sucker for this kind of apolcalyptic tale, stories where a small group of people watch society fall apart around them are perfect for portraying not only the often overlooked fragility of modern life ... Read More

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Rating: - Worth a look........
'Alas, Babylon' is a novel that falls into the post disaster category, being about a Florida community trying to survive the aftermath of a nuclear war. It could be acccused of being a 'cosy catastrophe' - despite a continental holocaust little really bad happens to the main character and he actually seems to benefit from the experience in many ways. However, it is well written and since it was originally published in 1959 it gives an insight into the politics and societial structures ... Read More

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Rating: - Alas, Babylon - Pat Frank
I first read this book when I was twelve or thirteen, some thirty
odd years ago, and have read that original copy to peices over the years,(literally). Its story of the survival of one small town in Florida, in the afermath of a nuclear war is unfortunately as timely and poiniant today as it was back in the 1960's when I first read it. Today's worldwide political situations come to mind. I would recomend the reading of this book, for not only is it thought provocing, but its also a terrific storey.

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Rating: - Excellent, a must read and still relevant today !
This book is excellent. One has only to think of Yugoslavia or the worst-case-scenarios of the Y2K problem to see how timely this book really is. It is a study of survival What makes it unique amongst such stories is that the focus is on the survival of the community as a whole, not just an individual. Most stories of the collapse of civilization are about its effect on one individual. The collapse of civilization becomes nothing more than a backdrop for exciting and heroic personal adventures. This novel ... Read More

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Rating: - Great as a teenager, even better now!
I read Alas, Babylon in high school and thought it was a fantasic story. I have had to re-purchase this book a number of times...friends loved it and kept it. I now have it again! Pat Frank takes you to an earlier Florida and sets you in a atomic war haven. Would you survive?

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