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Alas, Babylon

David Brin (Foreword)

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Jan 25, 2022 MichelleCH rated it did not like it

Does it deserve a 1 because it is so sexist and racist or a 5 because it was one of the first novels to semi-portray a post-nuclear world?

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Shelves: own, read-for-school, genre-fiction, genre-science-fiction, genre-dystopian, level-adult, setting-usa, setting-florida, format-hard-copy, to-reread

Mar 26, 2013 Terri marked it as vaca-home-library

Shelves: science-fiction-general

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Sep 17, 2016 Brittany Gillis marked it as to-read

Shelves: united-states, stand-alones, science-fiction, post-apocalyptic, apocalyptic

May 21, 2017 Keeley marked it as to-read

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Sep 04, 2020 Juliana Philippa marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: 0-own, 0-own-avg-rating-4-plus, 0-own-as-kindle-ebook, 0-own-avg-rating-3-point-8-plus, 0-own-as-an-ebook, science-fiction, post-apocalyptic

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