false 38180 49 "The most shocking fiction I have read in years. What is shocking about it is both the idea and the sheer imaginative brilliance with which Mr. Shute brings it off."<br>THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE<br>They are the last generation, the innocent victims of an accidental war, living out their last days, making do with what they have, hoping for a miracle. As the deadly rain moves ever closer, the world as we know it winds toward an inevitable end.... 963772 book 1957 On the Beach total:2353|5:608|4:920|3:617|2:166|1:42| 2353 8945 3151 289 231607 0345311485 9780345311481 192 31 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172937157m/231607.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231607.On_the_Beach 5 10 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 09 16:27:27 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 07 15:09:24 -0700 2007 1984, Anthem), or the excitement of the dawning space age (early Asimov...more...]]> 231607 0345311485 9780345311481 192 31 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172937157m/231607.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231607.On_the_Beach 3 16 false Sat Oct 17 07:15:05 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 17:31:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 38180 1842322761 9781842322765 1881 242 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064142m/38180.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38180.On_the_Beach 5 3 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1977 Wed Apr 09 21:49:04 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 22:30:22 -0700 2008
Nevil Shute's sharply perc...more...]]> 38180 1842322761 9781842322765 1881 242 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064142m/38180.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38180.On_the_Beach 5 2 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1963 Tue Mar 04 16:30:48 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 16:32:05 -0800 2008 38180 1842322761 9781842322765 1881 242 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064142m/38180.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38180.On_the_Beach 2 2 false Sun Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 06:49:32 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 09:25:16 -0700 2008
That line from the old REM song pretty much sums up Nevil Shute's "On the Beach." The world has ended and everyone's pretty much OK with it.

Written in the late 50's and set in the near future of t...more...]]> 38180 1842322761 9781842322765 1881 242 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064142m/38180.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38180.On_the_Beach 4 1 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 11:37:04 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 11:29:02 -0700 2008
I was surprised not to see the expected evangelist hordes or epic demolition that typically follows in such stories. A week before the last survivors' death...more...]]> 38180 1842322761 9781842322765 1881 242 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064142m/38180.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38180.On_the_Beach 3 1 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 27 09:31:51 -0700 2007 Tue May 01 16:22:56 -0700 2007 On the Beach is pretty close to how it'd go down.

This is a hard book to pin down. It's not flashy or dynamic; we enter the book two years after the last b...more...]]> 38180 1842322761 9781842322765 1881 242 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064142m/38180.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38180.On_the_Beach 5 1 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1959 Thu Jun 05 09:22:10 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 20:38:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 38180 1842322761 9781842322765 1881 242 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064142m/38180.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38180.On_the_Beach 2 1 false Wed Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 09:34:41 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 09:25:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 231607 0345311485 9780345311481 192 31 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172937157m/231607.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231607.On_the_Beach 4 1 false Thu Jan 15 18:29:53 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 18:36:48 -0800 2009
Kill them prior to its' appearance so they won'...more...]]> 38180 1842322761 9781842322765 1881 242 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064142m/38180.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38180.On_the_Beach 5 1 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Tue Sep 25 04:55:15 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 05:01:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 38180 1842322761 9781842322765 1881 242 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064142m/38180.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38180.On_the_Beach 4 0 false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 20:57:30 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 23:15:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 38180 1842322761 9781842322765 1881 242 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064142m/38180.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38180.On_the_Beach 1 0 false Tue Dec 23 16:04:26 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 17:02:05 -0800 2008
The characters in the novel are largely one-dimension with little contrast and their interactions are superficial and or stereotypical. John is the lifelong g...more...]]> 38180 1842322761 9781842322765 1881 242 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064142m/38180.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38180.On_the_Beach 5 0 false Thu Aug 20 16:36:36 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 16:37:00 -0700 2009
On the Beach is set...more...]]> 38180 1842322761 9781842322765 1881 242 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064142m/38180.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38180.On_the_Beach 5 0 false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 05:58:22 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 05:58:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 38180 1842322761 9781842322765 1881 242 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064142m/38180.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38180.On_the_Beach 5 4 false Sat Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 09:21:28 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 03:51:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 38180 1842322761 9781842322765 1881 242 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064142m/38180.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38180.On_the_Beach 3 0 false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 19:01:41 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 16:37:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 978887 0899683657 9780899683652 21 2 3.80 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/978887.On_the_Beach 3 0 false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 10:17:20 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 10:18:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 38180 1842322761 9781842322765 1881 242 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169064142m/38180.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38180.On_the_Beach 4 1 false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Tue Dec 04 09:37:27 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 09:39:38 -0800 2007 more...]]> 231607 0345311485 9780345311481 192 31 3.80 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172937157m/231607.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231607.On_the_Beach 4 0 false Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 07:02:10 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 07:12:36 -0800 2009
It was interesting to me to read a book written in 1957 & to see how things were viewed at that time as far as wars & nuclear wea...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5269636