Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!ut-sally!riddle From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Nuclear Holocaust Message-ID: <773@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Sat, 14-Jan-84 23:10:08 EST Article-I.D.: ut-sally.773 Posted: Sat Jan 14 23:10:08 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 15-Jan-84 07:30:22 EST References: <203@shark.UUCP> Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 10 No, don't try "Alas, Babylon" as a followup to "The Day After". It is a book of which Dr. Strangelove might have approved. I read it when I was in junior high, myself; I recall enjoying the book and having the feeling that a post-holocaust world would be a nice place to visit, even if I wouldn't quite want to live there. (The post-holocaust book which r e a l l y makes it all sound fun is "Earth Abides".) ---- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.") {ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!riddle