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A quick, bleak read. Very digestible. Written at a time when all of this must have seemed very real. Like other stories, this one does a great job of showing the end-state futility of nuclear war. All out nuclear war is not a possibility in a sane world, it is only a way to force parties to either fight it out conventionally or go to the table.
This was made into a movie, and indeed it is a very "visual" story, with this reader painting very clear pictures in his head without having seen the fil ...more
This was made into a movie, and indeed it is a very "visual" story, with this reader painting very clear pictures in his head without having seen the fil ...more
I was in the mood to re-read this. Macabre of me, I know. It still holds up, remains one of my favorites. I love Shutte's style, his words flow for me. Poiganant, scary and sad, this story captures the essence of ordinary people facing their end. A must read.
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Brutally real...last few pages were what it's all about.
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Very low-key in an impending doom sort of way.
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