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PoindexterOglethorpe

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9. "Alas, Babylon" by Pat Frank. A reread.

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Sun Jan 26, 2025, 01:18 PM

Jan 26

Published in 1959. A career A/F pilot sends his wife and two kids to live with his brother in central Florida, convinced nuclear war is about to break out. It holds up very well after all these years.

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