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ON THE BEACH by SHUTE, NEVIL |
| At first I was going to put this novel (originally published in 1957) about the end of human life in post-WW III Australia in the science fiction category, but it is really a tale of human relationships: how families, friends, and colleagues interact as the fatal nuclear cloud makes it way south toward Melbourne. Nevil Shute is an amazing author who tackles very complicated themes in a very straightforward and simple fashion. Whether the end of mankind would really be as civilized, or fatalistic, as this novel portrays, of course, is a different matter. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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 wow. -- susi on 01/14/2013 |
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 We were just talking about this at the Central Indiana Mensa Regional Gathering. The Gathering was called "We survived - the Superbowl and the Mayan Calendar", but the point of On the Beach is that we do NOT survive. The moral I took away from the book (read in the late 1960s!) is that we should not be so careless throwing around threats that may cause irreparable actions. I warmly recommend other works by Schute, like "Trustee from the Toolroom". -- Konsulentin on 01/28/2013 |
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