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Pat Frank

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Alas, Babylon Summary

This 1959 work of fiction takes place in the same year it is published and is the story of a small town in north central Florida. The population of Fort Repose and the surrounding area is just under five thousand. Central characters in the novel are the Bragg brothers and their family. The older Mark is a career military officer. His brother Randy seems at first a ne'er do well lawyer and...

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"Alas Babylon" as a Modernist Story

1,717 words, approx. 6 pages

Alas, Babylon, by Pat Frank is science fiction (A literary or cinematic genre in which fantasy, typically based on speculative scientific discoveries or developments, environmental changes, space trav... Read more

Alas, Babylon

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The story's plot is what would have happened if the cold war had resulted in using nuclear weapons. It shows how a materialistic society, like the one during the cold war (1950-1989) would react if t... Read more

The Speculative Fiction of "Alas, Babylon"

797 words, approx. 3 pages

Throughout the book of Alas Babylon, there are many independent themes that are addressed to illustrate Pat Frank's ideas. Shown in this book are the ideas of what would come to be if the world were... Read more

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