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Pat Frank

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born

May 05, 1908 in Chicago, Illinois, The United States

died

October 12, 1964

gender

male

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, History, Literature & Fiction

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"Pat Frank" was the lifelong nickname adopted by the American writer, newspaperman, and government consultant, who was born Harry Hart Frank (1908-1964), and who is remembered today almost exclusively for his post-apocalyptic novel Alas, Babylon. Before the publication of his first novel Mr. Adam launched his second career as novelist and independent writer, Frank spent many years as a journalist and information handler for several newspapers, agencies, and government bureaus. His fiction and nonfiction books, stories, and articles made good use of his years of experience observing government and military bureaucracy and its malfunctions, and the threat of nuclear proliferation and annihilation. After the success of Alas, Babylon, Frank con...more

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Books by Pat Frank

Average rating: 4.00 · 9,303 ratings · 1,028 reviews · 10 distinct works

	Alas, Babylon 4.00 avg rating — 9,287 ratings — published 1959 — 28 editions	My rating:
	Forbidden Area 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1956 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Mr. Adam (Vintage Pocket Book, #2498) 3.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1947 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Hold Back The Night 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1951 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Rendezvous At Midway: U.S.S. Yorktown And The Japanese Carrier Fleet 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings	My rating:
	How to Survive the H-Bomb...and Why 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1962	My rating:
	An Affair of State 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1948	My rating:
	Shadow Child 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Unknown Book 7711296 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Little Warriors 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008	My rating:

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Quotes by Pat Frank

“ 'Legs are for men's pleasure, breasts are for babies'.' " - Lib McGovern”
― Pat Frank, Alas, Babylon

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“ 'I think you ought to go to New York or Chicago or San Francisco or any city with character and vitality. You should go to work. This place is no good for you, Randy. The air is like soup and the people are like noodles. You're vegetating. I don't want a vegetable. I want a man.' " - Lib McGovern”
― Pat Frank, Alas, Babylon

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“I love you. I worry about you. I wonder whether I tell you enough how I love you and want you and need you and how I am diminished . . . when you are not with me and how I am multiplied when you are here.”
― Pat Frank, Alas, Babylon

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Polls

SEPTEMBER SCIENCE FICTION: This run-off poll decides which novel will be our September SF Book of the Month!

Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge

46 votes, 58.2%

Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank

33 votes, 41.8%

79 total votes

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