false 1037236 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180411832m/1037236.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180411832s/1037236.jpg But for one small Florida town, spared against all the odds, the struggle was just beginning, as men and women of all ages and races found the courage to join together and push against the darkness.

]]> 38169 22 37962 book 1959 Alas, Babylon total:2916|5:943|4:1157|3:668|2:120|1:28| 2916 11615 3932 505 21475 3.98 2928 508 40750520 899665 38169 0060741872 9780060741877 447 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009m/38169.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009s/38169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38169.Alas_Babylon 3.98 2662 This classic apocalyptic novel stunned the world.

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Randy Bragg is a lawyer living in the backwaters of Florida in the small town of Fort Repose. He's the younger brother of an Air Force Colonel, Mark Bragg, sta...more...]]> 23897005 931495 38169 0060741872 9780060741877 447 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009m/38169.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009s/38169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38169.Alas_Babylon 3.98 2916 This classic apocalyptic novel stunned the world.

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Paranoid? You may be after you read this book. Written in 1959, Frank captures, at least I think he captures, the mood of many US citizens during the heart of the Cold...more...]]> 22477591 811687 38169 0060741872 9780060741877 447 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009m/38169.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009s/38169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38169.Alas_Babylon 3.98 2916 This classic apocalyptic novel stunned the world.

]]> 1959 5 2 false Mon Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 1995 Sun May 18 07:16:33 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 07:16:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 40746731 1159787 38169 0060741872 9780060741877 447 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009m/38169.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009s/38169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38169.Alas_Babylon 3.98 2916 This classic apocalyptic novel stunned the world.

]]> 1959 4 2 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1974 Tue Dec 23 06:25:53 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 06:28:39 -0800 2008 2 more...]]> 52277918 1256262 38169 0060741872 9780060741877 447 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009m/38169.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009s/38169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38169.Alas_Babylon 3.98 2916 This classic apocalyptic novel stunned the world.

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Might have quibbles about how Frank got World War Three started and the unlikely advances his group of survivors had, but even he acknowledged that most folks in similar circumstances wouldn'...more...]]> 21490879 1107786 38169 0060741872 9780060741877 447 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009m/38169.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009s/38169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38169.Alas_Babylon 3.98 2916 This classic apocalyptic novel stunned the world.

]]> 1959 3 1 true Mon Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri May 02 19:03:28 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 20:25:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 38514341 1734736 38169 0060741872 9780060741877 447 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009m/38169.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009s/38169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38169.Alas_Babylon 3.98 2916 This classic apocalyptic novel stunned the world.

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At the very end, one characters asks "Whon won" and another replied "why, we did" and "turned to begin the thousand year night". So much for ...more...]]> 13009215 807177 38169 0060741872 9780060741877 447 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009m/38169.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009s/38169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38169.Alas_Babylon 3.98 2916 This classic apocalyptic novel stunned the world.

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This book speaks of hope that exist beyond terrible tragedy. People can be cruel, and yet those who choose to can survive and live a life of service and caring. It's thought provoking. What would you do ...more...]]> 12664810 743551 38169 0060741872 9780060741877 447 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009m/38169.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009s/38169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38169.Alas_Babylon 3.98 2916 This classic apocalyptic novel stunned the world.

]]> 1959 4 1 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1986 Wed Jan 16 09:13:27 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 09:21:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 48975973 2113363 38169 0060741872 9780060741877 447 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009m/38169.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009s/38169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38169.Alas_Babylon 3.98 2916 This classic apocalyptic novel stunned the world.

]]> 1959 4 1 false Wed Mar 11 17:46:42 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 17:51:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 803960 29175 38169 0060741872 9780060741877 447 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009m/38169.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009s/38169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38169.Alas_Babylon 3.98 2916 This classic apocalyptic novel stunned the world.

]]> 1959 2 1 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 19 20:56:24 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 27 09:32:25 -0700 2007
The first third of the book is waiting for the horrors of nuclear war to happen, and then the last two thirds are about how, with enough American Ingenuity, Johnny American can survive the best that those d...more...]]> 41281746 1731893 38169 0060741872 9780060741877 447 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009m/38169.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009s/38169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38169.Alas_Babylon 3.98 2916 This classic apocalyptic novel stunned the world.

]]> 1959 5 1 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 30 08:21:17 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 08:23:39 -0800 2008 This book made me think of things that I need in case of an emergency.
I read it quite...]]> 1934093 125155 941722 0060931396 9780060931391 25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179649773m/941722.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179649773s/941722.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/941722.Alas_Babylon 4.02 101 1959 4 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Wed Jun 13 14:24:37 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 13 14:31:33 -0700 2007 Jericho, which borrows both premise and key conflicts from Pat Frank's novel.

In the midst of the Cold War, Frank wrote this novel in part to depict what exactly MAD entailed. His protagonist...more...]]> 48354537 1569537 38169 0060741872 9780060741877 447 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009m/38169.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009s/38169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38169.Alas_Babylon 3.98 2916 This classic apocalyptic novel stunned the world.

]]> 1959 5 0 true Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 05 15:17:01 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 15:17:47 -0800 2009
it was written in the late 50s, when fears about a nuclear war were prevalent. and while we fear a different enemy today, the result of a war would still be the same.

two days before america is bombed, randy (the main characte...more...]]> 21526401 128470 38169 0060741872 9780060741877 447 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009m/38169.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009s/38169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38169.Alas_Babylon 3.98 2916 This classic apocalyptic novel stunned the world.

]]> 1959 1 1 false Sat May 03 12:33:24 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 12:36:32 -0700 2008
The novel may have piqued the interest of Americans a few decades ago, but now this tome is a bit defunct. It definitely does not have the staying power of 1984 or Brave New World.

The characters are one-di...more...]]> 71676813 844658 38169 0060741872 9780060741877 447 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009m/38169.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064009s/38169.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38169.Alas_Babylon 3.98 2916 This classic apocalyptic novel stunned the world.

]]> 1959 5 0 false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 11:05:07 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 11:12:25 -0700 2009 Those fateful words heralded the end. When the unthinkable nightmare of nuclear holocaust ravaged the United States, it was instant death for tens of millions of people; for survivors, it was a nightmare of hunger, sickness, and brutality. Overnight, a thousand years of civilization were st...more...]]> 53220466 875001 941722 0060931396 9780060931391 25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179649773m/941722.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179649773s/941722.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/941722.Alas_Babylon 3.98 2916 1959 5 1 false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 08:23:53 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 08:24:06 -0700 2009
Such a situation is at the heart of Alas, Babylon. The tiny town of Fort Repose, ...more...]]> 43319495 1409957 941725 0553278835 9780553278835 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1216948111m/941725.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1216948111s/941725.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/941725.Alas_Babylon 3.77 13 Those fateful words heralded the end. In seconds, the unthinkable nightmare of nuclear war ravaged America. For millions it was instant death; for tens of millions more, it was a living nightmare of hunger, sickness and brutality. Overnight, a thousand years of civilization was stripped away, leaving only maked passions behind.

But for one small Florida town, spared against all odds, the struggle was just beginning. ALAS, BABYLON is the classic story of a handful of men and women of all ages and races, who found the strength and courage to join together to push back the darkness.

The classic apocalyptic novel that stunned the nation with its vivid portrayal of a small town's survival after nuclear holocaust devastates the country.]]> 1959 3 0 false Fri Jan 16 21:32:31 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 08:08:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1037236